# Army general (Russia)

Army general (Russian: Генера́л а́рмии, romanized: Generál ármii) is the second highest military rank in Russia, subordinate only to a marshal and superior to a colonel general. It is a direct counterpart of the Soviet Army General rank.
At present it is also the highest rank in the air force, artillery, aerospace defense forces, armored troops, engineer troops and signal troops, unlike the Soviet Union where similarly ranked officers were called marshals and chief marshals of a branch. The corresponding naval rank is admiral of the fleet.
On appointment as Defence Minister on 7 May 1992, Pavel Grachev was the first officer to be promoted to this rank. Vladimir Yakovlev was promoted to this grade while serving as commander of the Strategic Missile Forces (1997–2001).

## Rank insignia

Since 2013, the rank insignia has been one big star and the army emblem on straps which was also used until 1997, as in the Soviet Army since 1974. Between 1997 and 2013, the rank insignia was four stars in a row, as in the Soviet Union from 1943 to 1974.
Until 1997 generals wore a "small" marshal's star. But when, in 1993, the ranks of chief marshal and marshal of the branch in Russian Federation were abolished, there was no more reason for a special rank insignia for generals. By the President's decree of January 27, 1997, generals regained 1943-like straps with four stars in a row.
* Rank insignia Army general
* Parade uniform (1992–97)
* Service uniform (1994–97)
* Air Force uniform (1994–97)
* Service uniform (2010–13)
* Air Force uniform (2010–13)
* Parade uniform (2017–present) (Mandarin collar)
* Parade uniform (2013-2017) (Turned-Down Collar)
* Field uniform (2013–present)

## List of Russian army generals

| Name | Lifespan | date of appointment | post at time of appointment | left military service |
| Pavel Grachev | 1948–2012 | 7 May 1992 | 1st Deputy Minister of Defence | 2007 |
| Viktor Barannikov | 1940–1995 | 7 May 1992 | Minister of Security | 1993 |
| Viktor Dubynin | 1943–1992 | 5 October 1992 | Chief of the General Staff | died in service 1992 |
| Viktor Yerin | 1944–2018 | 1 October 1993 | Minister of Internal Affairs | 2000 |
| Mikhail Kolesnikov | 1939–2007 | 5 May 1995 | Chief of the General Staff | 2004 |
| Mikhail Barsukov | born 1947 | 9 November 1995 | Director of the Federal Security Service (FSB) | 1997 |
| Anatoly Kulikov | born 1946 | 9 November 1995 | Minister of Internal Affairs | 1998 |
| Andrey Nikolayev [ru] | born 1949 | 17 November 1995 | Director of the Federal Border Service | 1998 |
| Viktor Samsonov | 1941–2024 | 25 January 1996 | Chief of Staff, Military Cooperation Headquarters, Commonwealth of Independent States | 1999 |
| Vladimir Toporov [ru] | born 1946 | 22 February 1996 | Deputy Minister of Defence | 2002 |
| Pyotr Deynekin | 1937–2017 | 13 June 1996 | Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Air Force | 1998 |
| Viktor Prudnikov [ru] | 1939–2015 | 13 June 1996 | Commander of the Air Defence Forces | 2004 |
| Vladimir Semyonov | born 1940 | 13 June 1996 | Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces | 2004 |
| Igor Sergeyev | 1938–2006 | 13 June 1996 | Commander of the Strategic Rocket Forces | 2001 |
| Igor Rodionov | 1936–2014 | 4 October 1996 | Minister of Defence | 1996 |
| Anatoly Kvashnin | 1946-2022 | 25 November 1997 | Chief of the General Staff | 2004 |
| Vyacheslav Trubnikov | 1944-2022 | 22 January 1998 | Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) | 2000 |
| Nikolay Kovalyov | 1949–2019 | 23 February 1998 | Director of the FSB | 1998 |
| Aleksandr Starovoitov | 1940–2021 | 23 February 1998 | Director of the FAPSI | 1999 |
| Viktor Kazantsev | 1946–2021 | 21 February 2000 | Commander of the North Caucasus Military District | 2000 |
| Anatoly Kornukov | 1942–2014 | 21 February 2000 | Commander of the Air Force | 2002 |
| Vladimir Yakovlev | born 1954 | 27 June 2000 | Commander of the Strategic Rocket Forces | 2004 |
| Nikolai Patrushev | born 1951 | 11 June 2001 | Director of the FSB | 2008 |
| Vladimir Isakov | born 1950 | 22 February 2002 | Commander of the Rear of the Russian Armed Forces | 2008 |
| Aleksandr Kosovan [ru] | born 1941 | 22 February 2002 | Deputy Minister of Defence | 2003 |
| Vyacheslav Tikhomirov [ru] | 1945–2014 | 6 November 2002 | Commander of the Internal Troops | 2004 |
| Valentin Bobryshev | 1945–2022 | 21 February 2003 | Commander of the Leningrad Military District | 2005 |
| Yury Yakubov | born 1946 | 21 February 2003 | Commander of the Far Eastern Military District | 2006 |
| Konstantin Totskiy [ru] | 1950–2018 | 23 February 2003 | Director of the Federal Border Service | 2003 |
| Vladimir Matyukhin | born 1945 | 11 March 2003 | Director of the FAPSI | 2004 |
| Sergey Shoygu | born 1955 | 7 May 2003 | Minister of Emergency Situations | in service |
| Nikolay Abroskin | born 1951 | 11 June 2003 | Chief of the Federal Special Construction Service | 2010 |
| Valentin Korabelnikov | born 1946 | 11 June 2003 | Head of the Main Directorate of the General Staff (GRU) | 2009 |
| Nikolai Kormiltsev | born 1946 | 11 June 2003 | Commander of the Ground Forces | 2004 |
| Vladimir Boldyrev | born 1949 | 12 December 2003 | Commander of the North Caucasus Military District | 2010 |
| Sergey Lebedev | born 1948 | 2003 | Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service | 2007 |
| Ivan Yefremov | born 1946 | 22 February 2004 | Commander of the Moscow Military District | 2007 |
| Vladimir Mikhaylov | born 1943 | 22 February 2004 | Commander of the Air Force | 2007 |
| Aleksandr Baranov | 1946-2025 | 12 June 2004 | Commander of the Volga-Urals Military District | 2008 |
| Aleksey Moskovsky [ru] | born 1947 | 12 June 2004 | Deputy Minister of Defence | 2007 |
| Nikolay Pankov | born 1954 | 12 June 2004 | Head of Personnel at the Ministry of Defence | 2009 |
| Yevgeny Murov | born 1945 | 2004 | Director of the Federal Protective Service | 2010 |
| Yuri Baluyevsky | born 1947 | 22 February 2005 | Chief of the General Staff | 2008 |
| Nikolay Makarov | born 1952 | 8 May 2005 | Commander of the Siberian Military District | 2012 |
| Vladimir Pronichev | born 1953 | 9 May 2005 | Director of the Federal Border Service | 2013 |
| Igor Puzanov | 1947–2023 | 12 December 2005 | Commander of the Leningrad Military District | 2007 |
| Sergei Smirnov | born 1950 | December 2005 | 1st Deputy Director of the FSB | 2020 |
| Rashid Nurgaliyev | born 1956 | 27 December 2005 | Minister of Internal Affairs | 2012 |
| Anatoly Grebenyuk [ru] | born 1955 | 12 June 2006 | Head of the Billeting and Arrangement Service of the Ministry of Defence | 2007 |
| Aleksandr Belousov | born 1952 | 15 December 2006 | 1st Deputy Minister of Defence | 2009 |
| Alexey Maslov | 1953–2022 | 15 December 2006 | Commander of the Ground Forces | 2011 |
| Alexander Bortnikov | born 1951 | December 2006 | Head of the Economic Security Department of the FSB | in service |
| Oleg Syromolotov | born 1953 | December 2006 | Head of the Counter-intelligence Department of the FSB | 2015 |
| Vladimir Bakin | born 1953 | 23 February 2007 | Commander of the Moscow Military District | 2009 |
| Nikolay Rogozhkin | born 1952 | 23 February 2007 | Commander of the Internal Troops | 2014 |
| Vladimir Popovkin | 1957–2014 | 22 February 2009 | Chief of Armaments of the Ministry of Defence | 2011 |
| Nikolai Klimashin [ru] | born 1952 | ? | Head of the Scientific and Technical Service of the FSB | 2010 |
| Dmitry Bulgakov | born 1954 | 23 February 2011 | Deputy Minister of Defence | 2022 |
| Valery Gerasimov | born 1955 | 21 February 2013 | Chief of the General Staff | in service |
| Arkady Bakhin | born 1956 | 21 February 2013 | 1st Deputy Minister of Defence | 2015 |
| Yuri Yakovlev [ru] | born 1952 | ? | Head of the Economic Security Department of the FSB | 2016 |
| Vladimir Kulishov | born 1957 | ? | 1st Deputy Director of the FSB | in service |
| Viktor Zolotov | born 1954 | 10 November 2015 | Commander of the Internal Troops | in service |
| Pavel Popov | born 1957 | 11 December 2015 | Deputy Minister of Defence | 2024 |
| Oleg Salyukov | born 1955 | 22 February 2019 | Commander of the Ground Forces | in service |
| Aleksandr Dvornikov | born 1961 | 23 June 2020 | Commander of the Southern Military District | in service |
| Yevgeny Zinichev | 1966–2021 | 21 December 2020 | Minister of Emergency Situations | died in service 2021 |
| Dmitry Kochnev | born 1964 | 2020 | Director of the Federal Protective Service | in service |
| Sergei Korolev | born 1962 | 2021 | First Deputy Director of the FSB | in service |
| Sergey Surovikin | born 1966 | 16 August 2021 | Commander-in-Chief of the Aerospace Forces | in service |
| Viktor Goremykin | born 1959 | 9 December 2024 | Deputy Minister of Defence, Head of the Main Military-Political Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces | in service |
| Yunus-bek Yevkurov | born 1963 | 9 December 2024 | Deputy Minister of Defence | in service |