Global political history

Global political history from 3000 BC to the 21st century – political leaders, elections, and more.

Military of Russia

Russian Armed Forces

Chief of the General Staff
General Mikhail Nikolayevich Tukhachevsky

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 16 1893; d. June 12 1937.

1925 – 1928

General of the Army Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 1 1896; d. June 18 1974.

1941

General of the Army Valery Vasilyevich Gerasimov

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 8 1955.

2012 – present


First Deputy Chief of the General Staff
General Valery Vasilyevich Gerasimov

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 8 1955.

2010 – 2012


Commander of the Central Military District
General Valery Vasilyevich Gerasimov

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 8 1955.

2012


Commander of the Joint Group of Forces in the Special Military Operation Zone
General Valery Vasilyevich Gerasimov

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 8 1955.

2023 – present


Regional Commands

Military Governor of Soviet Occupied Germany
Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 1 1896; d. June 18 1974.

1945 – 1946


Commander of the Kiev Military District
General of the Army Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 1 1896; d. June 18 1974.

1940 – 1941


Commander of the Odessa Military District
Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 1 1896; d. June 18 1974.

1946 – 1948


Front Commands

Commander of the Leningrad Front
General of the Army Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 1 1896; d. June 18 1974.

1941


Commander of the Western Front
General of the Army Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 1 1896; d. June 18 1974.

1941 – 1942