List of Russian field marshals

The following 53 officers of the Imperial Russian Army were marshals of the Russian Empire ( officially General Field Marshals ) and belonged to the Russian armed forces on. Furthermore, 10 foreigners were given the honorary title of Field Marshal awarded.

After the October Revolution of 1917, in the Red or Soviet Army, it was the rank of ( General ) Field Marshal no longer, but in 1935 several other marshal ranks. The Marshals of the Soviet Union and the Hauptmarschälle the branches of the Soviet armed forces are included in the list of the Marshals of the Soviet Union. The Russian armed forces since 1992 is the highest rank and only Marshal rank of Marshal of the Russian Federation. He was previously awarded only once: in 1997 the defense minister Igor Sergeyev ( 1938-2006 ). Portraits of the marshals are ( Winter Palace ) exhibited in the Hermitage in Saint Petersburg.

The military rank of a Russian field marshal was also awarded to the following foreign persons. The transfer was made in these cases purely honorary; these individuals had served at any time as an active soldier in the Russian armed forces.

The highest rank in the Imperial Russian Navy was that of General Admiral, which was equivalent to the Field Marshal. He was only rarely awarded:

To some extent, the general admirals also expected:

• François Le Fort (1656-1699), from 1695 also called General - Admiral; it is debatable whether it has acted as a service rather than a position Serves Ranges
• Fyodor Golovin, the first Russian general - field marshal from 1700 at the same time General - Admiral of the Fleet
• Ivan Chernyshev, 1796 General-Field Marshal of the fleet