main military medical directorate (russia) main military medical directorate (russia) the main military medical directorate, (russian: главное военно-медицинское управление министерства обороны российской федерации). also known as military medical directorate, a successor of soviet military medical directorate, is the specialist medical corps in the russian ministry of defense, it was part of the soviet armed forces. now it is part of the russian armed forces which provides medical services to all army personnel and their families, in war and in peace. main military medical directoratelogo of emblemactive1805 – presentcountry soviet union (1922-1988) russia (1988-present )typemedical corpsroleprovide healthcare for all the military personnel in the armed forcessize100,000part ofministry of defensegarrison/hqznamenka 19, moscow, runickname(s)"гвму", gvmuengagements world war i world war ii soviet-afghan war dagestan war first chechen war second chechen war russian operation in syria nagorno-karabakh war commanderscurrentcommanderdmitry trishkin the headquarters is located in the main building of the ministry of defense at znamenka 19, moscow, russia history sanitary unit which formed in saint-petersburg on march 11, 1904, and was sent to russian far east.photo by carl bulla for "niva" journal. sanitary detachment marching in moscow streets, november 20, 1941. first military corps in russia were formed as medical expedition in the russian army (медицинская экспедиция при военного министерства россии) in 1805. since 1867 it was renamed to main medical department. in 1909 it was renamed to main military sanitary directorate (главное военно-санитарное управление). during soviet regime the military medical department changed its name many times: in 1924 it became the military sanitary directorate of the red army (всу ркка). in 1936: sanitary directorate, and during world war ii, in 1941 the department was called again as the main military sanitary directorate (гвсу). in 1946 the directorate carried the current name: main military medical directorate of the soviet armed forces (гвму вс ссср). in 1960 it simply was called as the military medical directorate (or the center for military medical directorate) after the dissolution of the ussr, the military medicine was subordinate to the armed forced of the russian federation in 1992 and became main military medical directorate of the russian military (гвму вс рф). structure more than 100,000 medical specialists are working in the military medicine system, including 23,000 doctors. the military services built with 70 military medical organizations, with about 4 million workers. missions preservation and strengthening the health of the military personnel; improving accessibility and quality of healthcare for all contingents have the right to legislate on health care at the expense of the russian defense ministry; strengthening the material-technical base of military medical units and institutions; comprehensive re-modern medical equipment of health centers of military units, the sanitary and epidemiologic institutions and military hospitals; participation in the implementation of federal target programs; integration with civilian health institutions in order to preserve and promote the health of family members of military personnel and veterans of the armed forces; institutionalization of warning systems, expertise, monitoring and correction of the health for young people at all stages, starting with the pre-conscription period tightening of the barrier function when calling up citizens for military service in order to prevent patients in the armed forces; close cooperation of military control bodies with legislative and executive authorities, both at the federal and at the regional level on issues of manning the armed forces healthy replenishment; sustainable sanitary and epidemiological welfare of the personnel and the deployment of troops (forces) areas on the basis of strict compliance with the statutory provisions governing the conditions of life and military life, trouble-free operation of all life-support systems of military camps; prevention of the most pressing for the army and navy of diseases, especially infectious diseases, mental health, drug addiction, alcoholism, diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue injuries; formation of the personnel of the army and navy active life position in matters of health protection; priority financing of expenditure on military health care, including at the expense of extra-budgetary sources; creation of conditions for the guaranteed medical support attachments contingents. commanders # name military rank took office left office notes 1 eduard nechaev colonel general of medical services 1992 1993 2 ivan chij colonel general of medical services 1993 2004 3 igor bykov colonel general of medical services 2004 2007 4 vladimir shappo lieutenant general 2007 2009 5 alexander belevitin major general june 8, 2009 2011 6 aleksander vlasov colonel 2011 2011 acting 7 a. kalmykov general 2011 2012 8 aleksander vlasov colonel 2012 2012 acting 9 vyacheslav novikov general of the army october 2012 january 14, 2013 acting 10 aleksandr fisun major general february 19, 2013 november 28, 2016 10 aleksandr vlasov major general november 28, 2016 december 2016 acting 11 dmitry trishkin major general december 2016 acting