Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Android™ device!
Download
Faster access than browser!
 

2008 Russian military reform

Index 2008 Russian military reform

Significant reforms of the Russian Armed Forces were announced in October 2008 under Defence Minister Anatoliy Serdyukov, and major structural reorganisation began in 2009. [1]

35 relations: Army ranks and insignia of the Russian Federation, Central Military District, Division (military), Dmitry Milyutin, Domestic policy of Vladimir Putin, Eastern Military District, History of Russian military ranks, Military budget of the Russian Federation, Military districts of Russia, Military History Museum of the Far Eastern Military District, Moscow Military District, Naval Infantry (Russia), Nezavisimoye Voyennoye Obozreniye, Russian Air Force, Russian Airborne Troops, Russian Ground Forces, Russian Naval Aviation, Soltsy-2 (air base), Southern Military District, Special Forces of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Special Operations Forces (Russia), Spetsnaz, Vladimir Putin, Vladimir Shamanov, Western Military District, 18th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade, 21st Guards Motor Rifle Brigade, 22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division, 242nd Motor Rifle Division, 27th Guards Motor Rifle Division, 41st Army (Russia), 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division, 49th Army, 5th Guards Tank Division, 69th Fortress Brigade (Russia).

Army ranks and insignia of the Russian Federation

The Russian Federation inherited the ranks of the Soviet Union, although the insignia and uniform were altered slightly.

New!!: 2008 Russian military reform and Army ranks and insignia of the Russian Federation · See more »

Central Military District

The Central Military District (Russian: Центральный военный округ) is a military district of Russia.

New!!: 2008 Russian military reform and Central Military District · See more »

Division (military)

A division is a large military unit or formation, usually consisting of between 10,000 and 20,000 soldiers.

New!!: 2008 Russian military reform and Division (military) · See more »

Dmitry Milyutin

Count Dmitry Alekseyevich Milyutin (Дмитрий Алексеевич Милютин; 28 June 1816, Moscow – 25 January 1912, Simeiz near Yalta) was Minister of War (1861–81) and the last Field Marshal of Imperial Russia (1898).

New!!: 2008 Russian military reform and Dmitry Milyutin · See more »

Domestic policy of Vladimir Putin

The domestic policy of Vladimir Putin concerns the internal Russian policies of Vladimir Putin during his tenure as President of Russia, as well as the effects of Putinism and the Putin legislative program within Russia.

New!!: 2008 Russian military reform and Domestic policy of Vladimir Putin · See more »

Eastern Military District

The Eastern Military District (Russian: Восточный военный округ) is a military district of Russia.

New!!: 2008 Russian military reform and Eastern Military District · See more »

History of Russian military ranks

Modern Russian military ranks trace their roots to Table of Ranks established by Peter the Great.

New!!: 2008 Russian military reform and History of Russian military ranks · See more »

Military budget of the Russian Federation

The military budget of Russia is the portion of the overall budget of Russia that is allocated for the funding of the Russian Armed Forces.

New!!: 2008 Russian military reform and Military budget of the Russian Federation · See more »

Military districts of Russia

The Military districts of Russia are a system of military districts in Russia that serve as administrative divisions for the Russian Armed Forces.

New!!: 2008 Russian military reform and Military districts of Russia · See more »

Military History Museum of the Far Eastern Military District

The Military History Museum of the Far Eastern Military District (Военно-Исторический Музей Дальневосточного Военного Округа) is a military museum in the Russian city of Khabarovsk.

New!!: 2008 Russian military reform and Military History Museum of the Far Eastern Military District · See more »

Moscow Military District

The Moscow Military District was a military district of the Soviet Armed Forces and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

New!!: 2008 Russian military reform and Moscow Military District · See more »

Naval Infantry (Russia)

The Russian Naval Infantry (Marines, Морская пехота, Morskaya Pekhota), is the amphibious force of the Russian Navy.

New!!: 2008 Russian military reform and Naval Infantry (Russia) · See more »

Nezavisimoye Voyennoye Obozreniye

Nezavisimoye Voyennoye Obozreniye, NVO (Независимое военное обозрение, Independent Military Review) is a Russian weekly newspaper supplement to Nezavisimaya Gazeta dedicated to military posture, military science, activity of secret services, military technology, weapons, military history of Russia, as well as of other countries.

New!!: 2008 Russian military reform and Nezavisimoye Voyennoye Obozreniye · See more »

Russian Air Force

The Russian Air Force (r, literally "military air forces of Russia") is a branch of the Russian Aerospace Forces, the latter being formed on 1 August 2015 with the merger of the Russian Air Force and the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces.

New!!: 2008 Russian military reform and Russian Air Force · See more »

Russian Airborne Troops

The Russian Airborne Troops or VDV (from "Vozdushno-desantnye voyska Rossii", Russian: Воздушно-десантные войска России, ВДВ; Air-landing Forces) is a military branch of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

New!!: 2008 Russian military reform and Russian Airborne Troops · See more »

Russian Ground Forces

The Ground Forces of the Russian Federation (r) are the land forces of the Russian Armed Forces, formed from parts of the collapsing Soviet Army in 1992.

New!!: 2008 Russian military reform and Russian Ground Forces · See more »

Russian Naval Aviation

The Russian Naval Aviation (r) is the air arm of the Russian Navy, having superseded Soviet Naval Aviation.

New!!: 2008 Russian military reform and Russian Naval Aviation · See more »

Soltsy-2 (air base)

Soltsy-2 (also spelled Sol'tsy, Soltsy, Solcy, Solcy 2) is an air base in Novgorod Oblast, Russia located 2 km north of Soltsy and 72 km southwest of Novgorod.

New!!: 2008 Russian military reform and Soltsy-2 (air base) · See more »

Southern Military District

The Southern Military District (Russian: Южный военный округ) is a military district of Russia.

New!!: 2008 Russian military reform and Southern Military District · See more »

Special Forces of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces

Special Forces of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, commonly known as the Spetsnaz GRU, is the special forces (spetsnaz) of the GRU, the foreign military intelligence agency of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

New!!: 2008 Russian military reform and Special Forces of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces · See more »

Special Operations Forces (Russia)

Russian Special Operations Forces (Sily spetsial’nykh operatsii; SSO) are components of Special Operations Forces Command (Komandovanie sil spetsial’nalnykh operatsii; KSSO) of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

New!!: 2008 Russian military reform and Special Operations Forces (Russia) · See more »

Spetsnaz

Spetsnaz (p), abbreviation for Войска специа́льного назначе́ния, tr. Voyska spetsialnogo naznacheniya, (Special Purpose Forces or Special Purpose Military Units), is an umbrella term for special forces in Russian and is used in numerous post-Soviet states.

New!!: 2008 Russian military reform and Spetsnaz · See more »

Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (a; born 7 October 1952) is a Russian statesman and former intelligence officer serving as President of Russia since 2012, previously holding the position from 2000 until 2008.

New!!: 2008 Russian military reform and Vladimir Putin · See more »

Vladimir Shamanov

Vladimir Anatolyevich Shamanov (Владимир Анатольевич Шаманов, born 1957) is a retired Colonel General of the Russian Armed Forces, who was Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Airborne Troops from May 2009 to October 2016 and a former Russian politician.

New!!: 2008 Russian military reform and Vladimir Shamanov · See more »

Western Military District

The Western Military District (Russian: Западный военный округ) is a military district of Russia.

New!!: 2008 Russian military reform and Western Military District · See more »

18th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade

The 18th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade (Military Unit Number 27777) was a formation of the Russian Ground Forces.

New!!: 2008 Russian military reform and 18th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade · See more »

21st Guards Motor Rifle Brigade

The 21st Guards Motor Rifle Brigade is a formation of the Russian Ground Forces.

New!!: 2008 Russian military reform and 21st Guards Motor Rifle Brigade · See more »

22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division

The 22nd Guards Donbass Red Banner Heavy Bomber Aviation Division was a Soviet Air Forces formation.

New!!: 2008 Russian military reform and 22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division · See more »

242nd Motor Rifle Division

The 242nd Motor Rifle Division was a motorized infantry division of the Soviet Army.

New!!: 2008 Russian military reform and 242nd Motor Rifle Division · See more »

27th Guards Motor Rifle Division

The 27th Guards Motor Rifle Division (Military Unit Number 35100)Michael Holm, was a Red Army rifle division in World War II which later became a Soviet Army motor rifle division.

New!!: 2008 Russian military reform and 27th Guards Motor Rifle Division · See more »

41st Army (Russia)

The 41st Army (41-я армия) is a field army of the Russian Ground Forces, currently part of the Central Military District.

New!!: 2008 Russian military reform and 41st Army (Russia) · See more »

42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division

The 42nd Guards "Evpatoriyskaya Red Banner" Motor Rifle Division (Military Unit Number 29410 until 1987; 28320 afterwards)Michael Holm,, accessed February 2015.

New!!: 2008 Russian military reform and 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division · See more »

49th Army

The 49th Army (49-я армия) is a combined arms army of the Russian Ground Forces, formed in 2010 and headquartered in Stavropol.

New!!: 2008 Russian military reform and 49th Army · See more »

5th Guards Tank Division

The 5th Guards Tank Division was an armored division of the Soviet Ground Forces and Russian Ground Forces, active from 1945 to 2009, in two different formations.

New!!: 2008 Russian military reform and 5th Guards Tank Division · See more »

69th Fortress Brigade (Russia)

The 69th Fortress Brigade is a unique fortifications brigade of the Russian Ground Forces, stationed at Babstovo and part of the 35th Army.

New!!: 2008 Russian military reform and 69th Fortress Brigade (Russia) · See more »

Redirects here:

Russian Military Reform of 2008, Russian military reform, Russian military reform (2008).

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Russian_military_reform

OutgoingIncoming
Hey! We are on Facebook now! »