{{Infobox official post | post = Commander | body = the Strategic Rocket Forces | native_name = {{small|Командующий Ракетными войсками стратегического назначения}} | flag = Flag of Russia's Commander of the Strategic Missile Forces.svg | flagsize = | flagborder = | flagcaption = Flag of the Commander of the RVSN | insignia = | insigniasize = | insigniacaption = | image = Sergey Karakaev.jpg | imagesize = 170px | alt = | incumbent = Colonel General Sergey Karakayev | incumbentsince = 22 June 2010 | type = | status = | department = Strategic Rocket Forces<br>Strategic Rocket Forces Command | style = | member_of = General Staff of the Armed Forces | reports_to = Chief of the General Staff | residence = | seat = | nominator = | appointer = President of Russia | appointer_qualified = | termlength = | termlength_qualified = | constituting_instrument = | precursor = | formation = 17 December 1959 {{small|(historic)}}<br>26 August 1992 {{small|(current form)}} | first = | last = | abolished = | succession = | abbreviation = | unofficial_names = | deputy = | salary = | website = }} The '''Commander of the Strategic Rocket Forces''' ({{langx|ru|Командующий Ракетными войсками стратегического назначения}}) is the general officer responsible for leading the Strategic Rocket Forces of the Russian Armed Forces.
==History== In the years after World War II the development of Soviet ballistic missiles was the responsibility of a department with in the Chief Artillery Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, which was the basis for creation of the Strategic Rocket Forces (RVSN) as a separate branch of the Soviet Armed Forces, on 17 December 1959. The branch was given control over all of the Soviet Union's ballistic missiles.{{sfn|Siddiqi|2000|pages=20–21}}
The title of the head of the service was changed in 2001 from commander-in-chief to commander, when the Russian Space Forces were split off from the RVSN as a separate combat arm. The Main Staff of the Rocket Forces became the Staff.<ref name="staff" />
==List of commanders== ===Commanders-in-Chief=== {{Officeholder table start | showorder = y | showimage = y | image_title = Portrait | officeholder_title = Commander-in-chief | showtermlenght = y | showparty = n | showdefencebranch = n | showaltofficeholder = y | alt_officeholder_title = Reference }} {{Officeholder table | order = 1 | image = Mitrofan Nedelin.jpg | military_rank = Chief Marshal of Artillery | officeholder = Mitrofan Nedelin | officeholder_sort = | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1902 | died_year = 1960 | term_start = 17 December 1959 | term_end = 24 October 1960 | timeinoffice = {{no wrap|{{ayd|17 December 1959|24 October 1960}}}} | alt_officeholder = {{sfn|Siddiqi|2000|page=21}}{{sfn|Siddiqi|2000|page=895}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = 2 | image = Kirill Moskalenko 01.jpg | military_rank = Marshal of the Soviet Union | officeholder = Kirill Moskalenko | officeholder_sort = | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1902 | died_year = 1985 | term_start = 25 October 1960 | term_end = April 1962 | timeinoffice = {{no wrap|~{{ayd|25 October 1960|1 April 1962}}}} | alt_officeholder = {{sfn|Siddiqi|2000|page=26}}{{sfn|Siddiqi|2000|page=895}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = 3 | image = Sergey Biryuzov.jpg | military_rank = Marshal of the Soviet Union | officeholder = Sergey Biryuzov | officeholder_sort = | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1904 | died_year = 1964 | term_start = April 1962 | term_end = March 1963 | timeinoffice = {{no wrap|~{{ayd|1 April 1962|1 March 1963}}}} | alt_officeholder = {{sfn|Siddiqi|2000|page=895}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = 4 | image = Krylov (1).jpg | military_rank = Marshal of the Soviet Union | officeholder = Nikolai Krylov | officeholder_sort = | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1903 | died_year = 1972 | term_start = March 1963 | term_end = 9 February 1972 | timeinoffice = {{no wrap|~{{ayd|1 March 1963|9 February 1972}}}} | alt_officeholder = {{sfn|Siddiqi|2000|page=895}}{{sfn|Siddiqi|2000|page=973}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = 5 | image = Vladimir Tolubko.jpg | military_rank = Chief Marshal of Artillery | officeholder = Vladimir Tolubko | officeholder_sort = | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1914 | died_year = 1989 | term_start = 10 February 1972 | term_end = 10 July 1985 | timeinoffice = {{no wrap|{{ayd|10 February 1972|10 July 1985}}}} | alt_officeholder = {{sfn|Siddiqi|2000|page=895}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = 6 | image = | military_rank = General of the Army | officeholder = Yuri Maksimov | officeholder_sort = | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1924 | died_year = 2002 | term_start = 10 July 1985 | term_end = 26 August 1992 | timeinoffice = {{no wrap|{{ayd|10 July 1985|26 August 1992}}}} | alt_officeholder = {{sfn|Siddiqi|2000|page=895}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = 7 | image = Igor Sergeyev.jpg | military_rank = General of the Army | officeholder = Igor Sergeyev | officeholder_sort = | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1938 | died_year = 2006 | term_start = 26 August 1992 | term_end = 22 May 1997 | timeinoffice = {{no wrap|{{ayd|26 August 1992|22 May 1997}}}} | alt_officeholder = <ref>{{Cite news |title=Игорь Сергеев: первый Маршал Российской Федерации |trans-title=Igor Sergeyev: first Marshal of the Russian Federation |lang=ru |date=20 April 2022 |newspaper=Zen News |url=https://dzen.ru/a/Yl6T4nuyczrW92gS }}</ref> }} {{Officeholder table | order = 8 | image = Владимир Николаевич Яковлев.jpg | military_rank = General of the Army | officeholder = Vladimir Yakovlev | officeholder_sort = | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1954 | died_year = | term_start = 30 June 1997 | term_end = 26 April 2001 | timeinoffice = {{no wrap|{{ayd|22 May 1997|26 April 2001}}}} | alt_officeholder = <ref>{{Cite web |title=ЯКОВЛЕВ Владимир Николаевич |trans-title=YAKOVLEV Vladimir Nikolayevich |publisher=Russian Ministry of Defense |url=https://structure.mil.ru/management/info.htm?id=11513403@SD_Employee |archive-date=8 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708194506/https://structure.mil.ru/management/info.htm?id=11513403@SD_Employee }}</ref> }} {{Officeholder table end}}
===Commanders=== {{Officeholder table start | showorder = y | showimage = y | image_title = Portrait | officeholder_title = Commander-in-chief | showtermlenght = y | showparty = n | showdefencebranch = n | showaltofficeholder = y | alt_officeholder_title = Reference }} {{Officeholder table | order = 9 | image = Colonel General Nikolay Solovtsov official portrait.jpg | military_rank = Colonel General | officeholder = Nikolai Solovtsov | officeholder_sort = | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1949 | died_year = | term_start = 26 April 2001 | term_end = 3 August 2009 | timeinoffice = {{no wrap|{{ayd|26 April 2001|3 August 2009}}}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = 10 | image = | military_rank = Lieutenant General | officeholder = Andrey Shvaichenko | officeholder_sort = | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1953 | died_year = | term_start = 3 August 2009 | term_end = 22 June 2010 | timeinoffice = {{no wrap|{{ayd|3 August 2009|22 June 2010}}}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = 11 | image = Sergey Karakaev.jpg | military_rank = Colonel General | officeholder = Sergey Karakayev | officeholder_sort = | officeholder_note = | born_year = 1961 | died_year = | term_start = 22 June 2010 | term_end = | timeinoffice = {{no wrap|{{ayd|22 June 2010}}}} | alt_officeholder = <ref name="Lenta2">{{Cite web |title=Швайченко, Андрей |trans-title=Shvaichenko, Andrey |work=Lenta.Ru |url=https://lenta.ru/lib/14199493/ }}</ref> }} {{Officeholder table end}}
==Deputies and chiefs of staff== {{Expand list|date=December 2024}} ;First Deputy Commander-in-Chief *Vladimir Tolubko (1960–1968){{sfn|Siddiqi|2000|page=895}} *Mikhail Grigoryev (1968–1981){{sfn|Siddiqi|2000|page=895}} *Yuri Yashin (1981–1989){{sfn|Siddiqi|2000|page=895}} *Aleksandr Volkov (1989–1994){{sfn|Siddiqi|2000|page=895}} *Nikolai Solovtsov (1994–1997)<ref name="Lenta1">{{Cite web |title=Соловцов, Николай |trans-title=Solovtsov, Nikolai |work=Lenta.Ru |url=https://lenta.ru/lib/14178005/ }}</ref>
;Chief of the Main Staff *Mikhail Nikolsky (1960–1962)<ref name="staff" /> *Mikhail Lovkov (1962–1966)<ref name="staff" /> *Vladimir Vishenkov (1976–1987)<ref name="staff" /> *Stanislav Kochemasov (1987–1994)<ref name="staff" /> *Viktor Yesin (1994–1997)<ref name="staff" /> *Vladimir Yakovlev (1996–1997)<ref name="staff" />
;Chief of the Main Staff and First Deputy Commander-in-Chief *Anatoly Perminov (1997–2001)<ref name="staff">{{Cite web |title= Штаб Ракетных войск стратегического назначения |trans-title=Staff of the Strategic Rocket Forces |work=Russian Ministry of Defense |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723191414/https://encyclopedia.mil.ru/encyclopedia/dictionary/details_rvsn.htm?id=13904@morfDictionary |archive-date=23 July 2021 |url=https://encyclopedia.mil.ru/encyclopedia/dictionary/details_rvsn.htm?id=13904@morfDictionary }}</ref>
;Chief of Staff and First Deputy Commander *Sergey Khutortsev (2001–2006)<ref name="staff" /> *Andrey Shvaichenko (2006–2009)<ref name="Lenta2" /> *Sergey Karakayev (2009–2010)<ref>{{Cite news |title=Кто командует РВСН |trans-title=Who commands the RVSN |date=14 December 2009 |work=Kommersant |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1286074 }}</ref> *?
==References== {{reflist}}
==Sources== *{{Cite book |last=Siddiqi |first=Asif A. |title=Challenge to Apollo: The Soviet Union and the Space Race, 1945–1974 |year=2000 |location=Washington, DC |publisher=NASA History Division |isbn= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_luL78EKKQgC }}
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