Rear Services of the Armed Forces of Russia
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The Rear Services of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is a rear
Rear (military)
In military parlance, the rear is the part of concentration of military forces that is farthest from the enemy . The rear typically contains all elements of the force necessary to support combat forces - food, medical supplies and substantial shelters, planners and command headquarters....

 of the Russian Armed Forces. It encompasses mainly the Rear Services' Staff, 9 main and central departments and 3 services.

History

The formation of Russian rear services is commonly attached to the year 1700, when Peter I
Peter I of Russia
Peter the Great, Peter I or Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov Dates indicated by the letters "O.S." are Old Style. All other dates in this article are New Style. ruled the Tsardom of Russia and later the Russian Empire from until his death, jointly ruling before 1696 with his half-brother, Ivan V...

 signed an order On Management of the Grain Supplies of All Military People to okolnichy
Okolnichy
Okolnichy was an old rank and a position at the court of Moscow rulers from the Mongol invasion of Rus' until the government reform undertaken by Peter the Great...

 Yazykov with Elevating Him to Commissary General After That
, thus forming the first supply service (Proviantskiy Prikaz). In 1711 all military supply services have been incorporated in the army. However the word "rear" (тыл) as a separate term appeared only in the Russo-Japanese War
Russo-Japanese War
The Russo-Japanese War was "the first great war of the 20th century." It grew out of rival imperial ambitions of the Russian Empire and Japanese Empire over Manchuria and Korea...

 of 1904-1905. Shortly after the onset of Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa was the code name for Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II that began on 22 June 1941. Over 4.5 million troops of the Axis powers invaded the USSR along a front., the largest invasion in the history of warfare...

 in 1941, the Russian rear services experienced severe difficulties, which have been fixed after the order On Organization of the Rear Services Management Office of the Red Army
Red Army
The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army started out as the Soviet Union's revolutionary communist combat groups during the Russian Civil War of 1918-1922. It grew into the national army of the Soviet Union. By the 1930s the Red Army was among the largest armies in history.The "Red Army" name refers to...

...
. The Rear Services of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union were renamed to the Rear Services of the Armed Forces of Russia in 1991.

Current Agencies

The rear services of the Armed Forces of Russia currently includes:
  • Main Military Medical Department of the RF Defence Ministry
  • Main Department of Military Transportation of the RF Defence Ministry
  • Central Automobile Road Department of the RF Defence Ministry
  • Central Department of Rocket and Other Fuel of the RF Defence Ministry
  • Central Food Department of the RF Defence Ministry
  • Central Clothing Department of the RF Defence Ministry
  • Fire Rescue and Local Defence Service of the RF Armed Forces
  • Veterinary and Sanitary Service of the RF Armed Forces
  • Economic Security Department of the RF Armed Forces
  • Main Trade Department of the RF Defence Ministry
  • Main Department of Active Leisure of the RF Defence Ministry
  • Agricultural Department of the RF Defence Ministry
  • Military Science Committee of the RF Armed Forces Rear
  • Secretariat of the Chief of the RF Armed Forces Rear
  • Personnel Department of the RF Armed Forces Rear


On 5 October 2004 the Railway Troops (:ru:Железнодорожные войска) became part of the Rear Services of the Armed Forces.

External links

Official site Defence Ministry. The Rear Services of the Armed Forces
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