General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation

General Staff of the Armed Forces
Генеральный штаб Вооружённых сил Российской Федерации
	General Staff emblem
	Official Standard (Banner)
	; Main Building of the General Staff in Moscow
Staff overview
Formed	10 June 1992
Preceding agencies	General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union (1946–1991); General Staff of the Red Army (1921–1946); Revolutionary Military Council of the Republic (1918–1921); Council of People's Commissars on War and Navy Affairs (1917–1918); Imperial Russian Army (1812–1917);
Headquarters	Znamenka 14/1, Moscow
Minister responsible	Sergei Shoigu, Minister of Defence;
Staff executives	Gen. Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the General Staff; Col. Gen. Nikolay Bogdanovsky, First Deputy Chief of the General Staff;
Website	www.mil.ru

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (Russian: Генеральный штаб Вооружённых сил Российской Федерации, romanized: General'nyy shtab Vooruzhonnykh sil Rossiyskoy Federatsii) is the military staff of the Russian Armed Forces. It is the central organ of the military command of the Armed Forces Administration and oversees operational command of the armed forces under the Russian Ministry of Defence.

As of 2012, the Chief of the General Staff is Army General Valery Gerasimov and since 2014, the First Deputy Chief of the General Staff is Colonel General Nikolay Bogdanovsky.

The General Staff Building is located in Moscow on Znamenka Street in the Arbat District. Together with the Main Building of the Ministry of Defense and several Staff directorate office buildings nearby, it forms the so-called "Arbat military district" as it is often referred to among the military personnel to outline the highest supreme command of the Russian Armed Forces.

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