Military-Industrial Commission of Russia

A meeting of the commission on 19 September 2015

The Military-Industrial Commission of the Russian Federation (Russian: Военно-промышленная комиссия Российской Федерации (acronym VPK)) was established by a presidential decree in March 2006. According to the decree, it is a permanently functioning body with vast responsibilities for supervising the distribution and implementation of the "State defense order". The commission answers directly to the President of Russia. It coordinates between the Defence Ministry of the Russian Federation, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, and the defense industry of Russia. Until then, the defense industry was supervised by Russia's Ministry of Industry and Energy, as well as by the previous government consultative body with a similar name.

The VPK of the Russian Federation shares the name of the former Soviet Military Industrial Commission, which served as a central management body for the Soviet defense industry. The VPK was an inner circle of the Council of Ministers, and the first deputy chairman of the Council headed it. The Soviet VPK's primary function was to facilitate plan fulfilment by easing bottlenecks, enforcing inter-ministerial cooperation, and overseeing the availability of resources.[1]

## Commission members

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* Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Armed Forces (Chairman of the commission)
* Deputy Prime Minister of Russia (Deputy Chairman of the commission, chairman of the Board of the commission)
* First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia
* First Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of Russia
* Aide to the President
* Minister of Defense of Russia
* Chief of the General Staff
* Deputy Minister of Defense
* Director of the Russian National Guard
* Director of the FSB
* General Director of the State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom
* Minister of Internal Affairs of Russia
* Minister of Industry and Trade of Russia
* Minister of Economic Development of Russia
* General Director of Roscosmos
* Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Russia
* General Director of Rostec State Corporation

## Gunsmith Day

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19 September marks Gunsmith Day (Russian: День оружейника), the professional holiday for the commission and the forces under its jurisdiction. It was celebrated for the first time in 2010, following a visit in May of that year to the hometown of Mikhail Kalashnikov by Vladimir Putin. 19 September was chosen for this holiday, because the Russian Orthodox Church honors the memory of Saint Michael the Taxiarch on this day.[2][3]

## Journal "Defence of Russia"

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The magazine Oborona Rossii or Defence of Russia is the official printed organ of the Military-Industrial Commission and has been published since October 2008. The publication covers the activities of the commission and publishes materials related to the issues and activities of the military-industrial complex of Russia.[4][5]

## Notes

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1. ^ William E. Odom, 1998, p.20
2. ^ "Day of Gunsmith celebrating in 2022 at 19 september - Russian holidays".
3. ^ Статья «День оружейника в России» на сайте www.calend.ru
4. ^ «Оборона России»
5. ^ "Новости. "Оборона России" - журнал ВПК".

## See also

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* Military-Industrial Commission of the USSR
* Security Council of Russia
* Federal Service for Defence Contracts (Rosoboronzakaz)

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Ministry of Internal Affairs|

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Emergencies and Disaster Relief|

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Ministry of Defence|

* Federal Service of Military-Technical Cooperation
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and Directorates|

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Russian Armed Forces

Leadership|

* President of Russia as Supreme Commander-in-Chief
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* Ministry of Defence
* Chief of the General Staff and First Deputy Minister of Defence
* General Staff
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* Commander of the Space Forces

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General|

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Military districts|

| Previous|

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Current|

* Moscow
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Fleets of the Navy|

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Military ranks and insignia|

* Ground Forces
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Services|

| Ground Forces troops|

* Air Defence
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* Engineer
* Signal
* Tank
* NBC Protection
* Topographic

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Navy|

* Ensign
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* Infantry
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* Aviation
* Hydrography

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Aerospace Forces|

* Air Force
* Long Range Aviation
* Air and Missile Defense Forces
* Space Forces
* Aerospace Defence Forces
* Radio-Technical Troops

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Special Forces|

* Special Operations Forces
* Special Forces of the Main Directorate

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* Reserve of the Supreme High Command
* BARS

Independent|

Airborne Forces (Commander)
* Strategic Rocket Forces (Commander)

| Logistical Support troops|

* Road
* Railway

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Departments in the
Ministry of Defence
and General Staff|

| Main Directorate|

* Automobiles and Tanks
* Combat Training and Service of Troops
* General Staff (GRU)
* Military Medical
* Military Police
* Military-Political
* Missile and Artillery (GRAU)
* Operational
* Organizational-Mobilizational
* 12th
* Deep-Sea Research

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* National Defense Management Center
* Military Band Service
* Military Representatives
* Krasnaya Zvezda
* Central Television and Radio Studio
* Rear of the Russian Armed Forces

Equipment|

* Ground Forces' equipment
* Air Forces' equipment
* Navy ships
* Future of the Russian Navy

Military education|

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* Page Corps
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* Naval Cadet Corps
* Military academies in the Soviet Union
* Military departments of civilian universities

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Current|

* Adjunctura
* Military Academy of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces
* Military academies in Russia
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* Military training centers of civilian universities
* Military-focused secondary schools
* Suvorov Military School
* Nakhimov Naval School

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