Commanding Officers, 1943-2006
- Major-General Aleksandr Fyodorovich Kazankin (1943–1944)
- Major-General Ivan Nikolayevich Vindushev (1944–1946)
- Major-General Ivan Nikitich Konev (1946–1947)
- Major-General Afanasiy Romanovich Kopichko (1947–1949)
- Colonel Aleksandr Dimitriyevich Yepanshin (1949–1951)
- Major-General Aleksandr Akimovich Gerasimov (1951–1955)
- Major-General Aleksandr Andreyevich Koreshchenko (1955–1960)
- Major-General Magomed Tankayevich Tankayev (1960–1961)
- Colonel Konstantin Yakovlevich Kurochnik (1961–1964)
- Major-General Yuri Mikhailovich Potapov (1964–1969)
- Major-General Aleksandr Ivanovich Pitkov (1969–1972)
- Major-General Anatoly Mikhailovich Dobrovolsky (1972–1976)
- Major-General Yevgeny Nikolayevich Podkolzin (1976–1980)
- Major-General Gennady Vasilyevich Filatov (1980–1984)
- Major-General Fyodor Ivanovich Serdechny (1984–1988)
- Major-General Aleksandr Ivanovich Lebed (1988–1991)
- Major-General Aleksandr Petrovich Kolmakov (1991–1993; now overall commander of the VDV)
- Major-General Yevgeny Yuryevich Savilov 1993-2004)
- Major-General Andrey Nikolayevich Serdyukov (2004–present day)
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