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List of Inspectors General of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation
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The Office of Inspectors General of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation (Russian: Управление генеральных инспекторов Министерства обороны Российской Федерации is a constituent part of the Russian Ministry of Defence.
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Created in 2008, it numbers around thirty retired senior members of the Russian Armed Forces, usually those with the ranks of marshals of the Soviet Union, generals of the army, admirals of the fleet, marshals of artillery, marshals of aviation, and colonel generals.[1] The membership changes as members die, and new members are appointed.[2] Though members remain retired from the military during their service, they receive a salary.[2]
The original members were presented with their credentials by Deputy Defence Minister Nikolay Pankov at an official ceremony at the Central House of Officers of the Russian Army on 30 December 2008.[3] Among this original group were Marshal of the Soviet Union Dmitry Yazov, army generals Anatoly Betekhtin, Filipp Bobkov, Makhmut Gareev, Nikolai Grachyov [ru], Ivan Yefremov, Viktor Yermakov [ru], Konstantin Kochetov [ru], Vladimir Lobov, Mikhail Moiseyev, Stanislav Postnikov, Viktor Prudnikov [ru], Viktor Samsonov, Vladimir Shuralyov, Yuri Yashin [ru] and Yury Yakubov, Admirals of the Fleet Ivan Kapitanets, Konstantin Makarov, Vladimir Chernavin and Alexey Sorokin, Marshal of the Artillery Vladimir Mikhailin [ru], Marshal of Aviation Ivan Pstygo [ru] and Colonel General Ivan Fuzhenko [ru].[3]