New Organizational Structure of the Russian Armed Forces

NEW ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE RUSSIAN ARMED FORCES The organizational structure and the number of personnel in the Russian Armed Forces have changed drastically since the beginning of the current military reform in 2008 REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER 4 NEW MILITARY DISTRICTS HAVE BEEN CREATED OF PERSONNEL NEW STRUCTURE Kaliningrad ASeveromorsk before the reform military district St. Petersburg O after the reform WESTERN army brigade Sevastopol AORostov-on-Don Yekaterinburg SOUTHERN EASTERN Military personnel, mln CENTRAL 1.2 OLD STRUCTURE Astrakhan O Khabarovsk O Military district headquarters A Fleet headquarters military district Vladivostok A army Officers, thousand A military district commander has units of all military branches (Ground Forces, Air Force and air defenses, Navy) under his supervision division 355 regiment The old territorial principle of the division on 6 military districts and 1 special area could not meet modern threats and challenges 220 THE STRUCTURE OF MILITARY DISTRICTS Western Military District Southern Military District Central Military district Eastern Military District Unified Strategic Command Unified Strategic Command Unified Strategic Command Unified Strategic Command Armies Armies Armies Armies Brigades Brigades Brigades Brigades 2nd Air Force and Air Defense 3rd Air Force and Air Defense 1st Air Force and Air Defense 4th Air Force and Air Defense Command Command Command Command Support and logistics units Pacific Fleet Northern Fleet Black Sea Fleet Support and logistics units Baltic Fleet Caspian Flotilla Support and logistics units Support and logistics units RIANOVOSTI O 2011 www.ria.ru