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At least partly for that reason, Yeltsin retained his defence minister despite intense criticism of Grachev's management of the First Chechen War and the Russian military establishment in general. Grachev's decision to side with Yeltsin in the Russian constitutional crisis of 1993, when the president called up tanks to shell the Russian White House to blast his opponents out of parliament, effectively deprived the Supreme Soviet of Russia of its nominal an opportunity to overturn the president's authority. In May 1992, President of Russia Boris Yeltsin appointed General of the Army Pavel Grachev to the post of Minister of Defence. These combinations of military and civilian authority ensure that military concerns are considered at the highest levels of the Russian government. The State Duma also seats a large number of deputies who are active-duty military officers-another tradition that began in the Russian imperial era. By tradition dating back to the tsars, the minister of defense normally is a uniformed officer. Brezhnev appointed himself general of the army, and he encouraged portraits of himself in full uniform. Stalin always wore a military uniform, and he assumed the title generalissimo. The tsars were educated as officers, and they regularly wore military uniforms and carried military rank. The historical tradition of military command is considerably different in Russia. structure does not imply military subordination to civilian authority in the Western sense. Library of Congress Country Studies' volume for Russia said in July 1996 that: Lobanov-Rostovsky Palace, former Defense Ministry building

The current Minister of Defence is Army General Sergei Shoigu.

The supreme body responsible for the Ministry's management and supervision of the Armed Forces is the National Defense Management Center located on Frunzenskaya Embankment and responsible for the centralization of the Armed Forces' command. Other buildings of the ministry are located throughout the city of Moscow. The main building of the ministry, built in the 1940s, is located on Arbatskaya Square, near Arbat Street. The General Staff of the Armed Forces executes the president's and the defence minister's instructions and orders. The Minister of Defence exercises day-to-day administrative and operational authority over the armed forces. The President of Russia is the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and directs the activity of the Ministry.

The Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation ( Russian: Министерство обороны Российской Федерации, Минобороны России, informally abbreviated as МО, МО РФ or Minoboron) is the governing body of the Russian Armed Forces.