| Unit Name: | Main Military Medical Directorate |
| Dates: | 1805 – present |
| Country: | Soviet Union (1922-1988) (1988-present) |
| Type: | Medical corps |
| Role: | Provide healthcare for all the military personnel in the Armed Forces |
| Size: | 100,000 |
| Command Structure: | Ministry of Defense |
| Current Commander: | Vladimir Uyba |
| Garrison: | Znamenka 19, Moscow, RU |
| Nickname: | "ГВМУ", GVMU |
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55.7489°N 37.6022°WThe Main Military Medical Directorate, (ru|link=no|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 and 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.
The headquarters is located in the Main Building of the Ministry of Defense at Znamenka 19, Moscow, Russia.[1]
Previously, 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 as the '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).thumb|right|200px|Logo of the directorate in use from 2004 to 2015In 1960, it simply was called the Military Medical Directorate (or the Center for Military Medical Directorate)
After the dissolution of the USSR, the Military medicine was subordinate to the Russian Armed Forces in 1992, and became Main Military Medical Directorate of the Russian Military (ru|ГВМУ ВС РФ).
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.[2]
| 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 | 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 | |