Armed Forces General Staff
Main Directorates [Glavnoe Upravlenie]
Organizational changes in 2004 appear to have subordinated these directorates to the Ministry of Defense, relegating the General Staff to a studies and analysis function.
This organization chart is based information from Joint Publications Research Service, JPRS Report: Central Eurasia Military Affairs: Directory of Military Organizations and Personnel, Washington, 1994, 32-53, modified to reflect more recent FBIS information, and the more common and familiar names of some groupings. The current subordination of Rear Services [Tyl] and other Special Troops is unclear. The integration of the Ground Troops Headquarters into the General Staff [and subsequent re-establishment of the Ground Troops Headquarters as a separate entity], along with various re-shuffling of responsibilities between the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff, all have served to obscure current subordination.
| Directorate | Function |
|---|---|
| Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) | Successor to Soviet Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU); collection of strategic, technical, and tactical information for armed forces |
| Main Operations Directorate (GOU) | operationally controls the entire Armed Forces |
| Main Organization and Mobilization Directorate [GOMU] | Conscription, development and dissemination of mobilization plans for national emergencies |
| Armaments | Liaison with military industrial complex |
| Armor | Staff supervision of maintenance and modernization of combat vehicles |
| Artillery | Staff supervision of maintenance and modernization of weapons |
| Billeting and Maintenance | Maintenance and operation of military real estate |
| Cadres | Management of careers of professional military officers and warrant officers |
| Construction | Supervision of funding and resources for new military construction |
| Construction Industry of Ministry of Defense | Supervision of classified construction projects |
| Education | Education and training of cadres and specialists |
| Foreign Relations | Direction of foreign assistance programs and military attachés |
| Military Counterintelligence | Oversight of military security matters |
| Motor Vehicles | Supervision of maintenance and modernization of wheeled vehicles |
| Personnel Work | Successor to Soviet political office, for management of enlisted personnel |
| Trade | Management of foreign military sales |
| 8th Directorate | Department of Information Security |
| 10th Directorate | Main Directorate for International Military Cooperation |
| 12th Main Directorate | nuclear |
| 15th Main Directorate | BW |
| 16th Directorate |
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