Thrilled to publish the first iteration of a project I've wanted to produce for some time - a "who's who" guide to the current command structure of the Russian Armed Forces down to the army level, including biographies of current general officers understandingwar.org/backgrounder/r… 1/9 
This first iteration contains key officers in the General Staff and the commander, chief of staff, and deputy commander for the four main military districts and their army and corps-level formations. Current officers in each role and their verifiable biographies are included. 2/9
This document is not exhaustive, and the @TheStudyofWar team will update it over time—both to fill information gaps and to expand its coverage to other key structures in the Russian military. 3/9
As always, we used entirely open sources and have confirmed the information and have confirmed the information herein to the best of our abilities, though there are necessarily gaps—including both unknown officers at different command positions as well as gaps in biographies. 4/9
We will periodically update this document as new information becomes available and when the occupants of the currently included positions change. We will also expand this document over time to cover other echelons and components of the Russian military. 5/9
As of now, this document notably does not include Russia’s Northern Military District (previously known as the Northern Fleet), officers at the division echelon and below, the heads of the Russian military’s various Directorates, and branch chiefs. 6/9
We produced this guide as a resource to policymakers, military researchers, the media, and other NGOs both as a reference and ideally as a springboard for future research – such as identifying the officers down to lower echelons responsible for Russian atrocities in Ukraine. 7/9
We welcome suggestions on possible research use cases or further improvements/additions. We intend to expand the guide to cover at minimum the Northern Fleet and key operational directorates in the coming months. 8/9
Finally, a massive shoutout to the incredible work of @KarolinaAHird, @KatStepanenko, and the rest of the @TheStudyofWar team (particularly our heroic editor Jacob for wading through 13,000 words of this) and their incredible ongoing efforts to cover the war in Ukraine. 9/9
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