Article 3. Beginning, duration and end of military service. 1. The beginning of military service is considered:

a) for citizens called up for military service who were not in the reserves - the day of departure from the military commissariat of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation to the place of military service;
b) for citizens called up for military service from among those who graduated from state, municipal or non-state educational institutions of higher professional education having state accreditation in the relevant areas of training (specialties) and enlisted in the reserve with the assignment of the military rank of officer - the day of departure to the place of military service specified in the order of the military commissariat;
c) for citizens called up for military service immediately after graduating from state, municipal or non-state educational institutions of higher professional education having state accreditation in the relevant areas of training (specialties), who have been awarded the military rank of officer - the day of departure on leave provided by the military commissariat upon graduation specified educational institutions;
d) for citizens who entered military service under a contract - the day the contract came into force;
e) for citizens who entered military educational institutions and did not undergo military service or who completed military service earlier - the day of enrollment in these educational institutions.
2. The duration of military service is established:
a) for soldiers, sailors, sergeants and foremen doing military service upon conscription - 24 months;
b) for soldiers, sailors, sergeants and foremen undergoing conscription military service and graduating from state, municipal or non-state educational institutions of higher professional education with state accreditation in the relevant areas of training (specialties), - 12 months;
c) for officers undergoing military service upon conscription - 24 months;
d) for military personnel performing military service under a contract - the period specified in the contract.
The term of military service is calculated from the date of commencement of military service.
3. The period of military service expires:
a) for military personnel undergoing conscription military service - on the corresponding date of the last month of the period of conscription military service;
b) for military personnel performing military service under a contract - on the corresponding month and day of the last year of the contract period or on the corresponding date of the last month of the contract period, if the contract was concluded for a period of up to one year.
In cases where the expiration of the period of military service falls on a month in which there is no corresponding date, the specified period expires on the last day of this month.
4. The day of the end of military service is considered the day a serviceman is excluded from the lists of personnel of a military unit (hereinafter, military units mean military command and control bodies, bodies, military units, ships, formations, enterprises, institutions and organizations of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (other troops, military formations or bodies), as well as military faculties (departments) at educational institutions of higher professional education) in connection with dismissal from military service, death, recognition as missing or declared dead.
A serviceman must be excluded from the lists of personnel of a military unit on the day of expiration of his military service (dismissed early - no later than the end of his military service), except in cases established by Federal Law and these Regulations.
The day of exclusion from the lists of personnel of a military unit is the day of completion (last day) of military service for a serviceman.
5. The following is not counted towards the period of military service:
a) the time the serviceman spent in a disciplinary military unit;
b) the time the convicted military personnel served the arrest;
c) the time of serving the disciplinary sanction in the form of arrest;
d) time of unauthorized abandonment of a military unit or place of military service lasting more than 10 days, regardless of the reasons for abandonment.
6. For a convicted military man who has mastered a military specialty, knows and accurately fulfills the requirements of military regulations and performs impeccable service, and is released from a disciplinary military unit after the expiration of his conscription period, the time spent in the disciplinary military unit may be counted towards the period of his military service in the manner determined Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation.
For a serviceman released from a disciplinary military unit, subject to his impeccable military service, the time spent in the disciplinary military unit may be counted toward the period of military service by the commander of the military district or a commander (chief) equal or superior to him, in the manner determined by the heads of the federal executive bodies. authorities that provide for military service.
7. The total duration of military service of a serviceman includes the entire time of his military service, both conscript and contract, including in cases of re-entry into military service.
The total duration of military service is determined in calendar terms.
In cases established by federal laws and other regulatory legal acts of the Russian Federation, the total duration of military service is determined in preferential terms.
8. For military personnel undergoing conscription military service, one day of participation in hostilities or performing tasks in armed conflicts, as well as one day of stay in medical institutions due to wounds, concussions, injuries or diseases received during participation in these actions or conflicts , is counted as two days of military service upon conscription.
II. PROCEDURE FOR CONCLUSION OF THE CONTRACT
AND TERMINATION

The issue of service life is of great concern to conscripts. And it’s not surprising - after all, this time can be spent on building a career or family.

The length of service directly determines how long the conscript will be away from home and at what age he will return.

The excitement is also fueled by incessant rumors that the deadline will be extended. Both the conscripts themselves and their parents are worried. Many are already thinking through plans to evade military duty.

However, it is enough just to understand the rumors a little and it will become quite obvious that the conscripts have nothing to fear.

Service life in 2019

Rumors are constantly spreading among conscripts that the period of military service will be increased to two years. This change radically changes everything, because a very small part of the military personnel are willing to spend an extra year fulfilling their military duty. Such things are still at the level of rumors and in fact do not have any real facts behind them.

The fact is that previously they served in the Russian army for two years. Of these, six months were spent on mastering theoretical knowledge. The employee was required to spend the remaining 18 months in a military unit, mastering the practical side of this craft. The government later came to the conclusion that the period needed to be shortened.

Among young men at that time, a fairly large percentage tried in various ways to avoid conscription, and many succeeded. Those who were forced to go served very reluctantly. Thus, the army's effectiveness was low. But with the shortening of the period, everything changed. Young people have become more willing to come to military registration and enlistment offices to do military service.

At the same time, many types of official deferments from the army have become irrelevant, so there are much fewer ways to “slope off”. Thanks to this, the army is steadily replenished with young men for each conscription campaign. At the same time, the demand for military departments at universities has fallen - they also provide deferments, and previously this method was very popular among conscripts.

In the State Duma, individuals several times raised the issue of returning the service life to 2 years or at least increasing it to 18 months. However, these initiatives were not supported. The question about changing the service period was also asked to the President, to which he answered categorically that an increase in the service period should not be expected.

If the President of the country does not change, then there will be no reason to worry about increasing his service life. Therefore, with great probability, in 2019 young men will also serve for 12 months.

Transition to contract service

In 2012, Dmitry Medvedev proposed an initiative for the gradual introduction of contract service in Russia. The strategy is designed in such a way that contract soldiers should gradually displace the majority of conscripts. This is a fairly reasonable solution, which has already been implemented by quite a few states.

The advantages of this approach are obvious. First of all, only people who are truly interested in this will join the army. Such young men will give their all both in training and on the battlefield. Becoming a military man will be their own decision and they will understand the full responsibility of this profession.

At the same time, the military power of the state will increase disproportionately. Such soldiers will be much better trained. At the same time, they will have the most important thing - enthusiasm, a desire to serve and a willingness to devote themselves completely to this work.

By replacing unmotivated conscripts, who sometimes have to be forcibly dragged to the military registration and enlistment office, with contract soldiers who are eager to defend their country, the state will receive a very effective army.

The strategy for transition to contract service is divided into 3 stages:

mass propaganda of the benefits of contract service and setting the ratio of contract soldiers/conscripts in the army to 70/30 or 80/20, respectively;
gradual change in the ratio of contract soldiers/conscripts to a ratio of 85/15, improvement of service conditions;
increase in salaries for contract soldiers, transition to the ratio of contract soldiers/conscripts to a ratio of 90/10.

It's worth noting that this strategy is a work in progress. Its final result cannot be assessed in the coming years. The army, where 90% of employees work under contract, will have to wait a little longer.

Military department and alternative service in Russia

Do not forget about completely legal methods of exemption from military service. They are not accessible to everyone and are not entirely simple, but they still exist:

work instead of service at a special enterprise that has military status;
passing the military department at a university.

Very few people can claim the first option. Employees of military enterprises can become either indigenous representatives of ethnic groups, the number of representatives of which is limited. Conscripts whose religion does not allow them to serve in military service can also apply for this option. At the same time, the conscript must work at the enterprise for 21 months.

Thus, there is every reason to believe that in 2019 it will remain unchanged - conscripts will have to fulfill their duty for 12 months. A change in this period is extremely unlikely, so there is no need to worry.

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The beginning of military service is considered:

For citizens who are not in the reserve and called up for military service - the day of departure from the military commissariat of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation to the place of military service;

For citizens (foreign citizens) who entered military service under a contract - the day the contract for military service came into force;

For citizens who have not completed military service or who have previously completed military service and entered military educational institutions of vocational education - the date of enrollment in the specified educational institutions.

A soldier who is a citizen who has entered military service for the first time, or a citizen who has not undergone military service and has been called up for military training for the first time, takes the Military Oath in front of the State Flag of the Russian Federation and the Battle Banner of the military unit.

Foreigners, as mentioned above, accept an obligation.

Taking the Military oath (taking an obligation) is carried out:

Upon arrival of a serviceman to the first place of military service after completing initial military training, the duration of which should not exceed two months;

Upon the citizen’s arrival at the first place of military training.

Before taking the Military Oath (obligation):

A serviceman cannot be involved in combat missions (participation in hostilities, combat duty, combat service, guard duty) and tasks when a state of emergency is introduced and in armed conflicts;

Weapons and military equipment cannot be assigned to a military personnel;

A disciplinary sanction in the form of arrest cannot be imposed on a military serviceman.

For military personnel performing military service under a contract, the duration of military service is established in accordance with the contract for military service.

The term of military service is calculated from the date of commencement of military service.

Military service expires:

a) for military personnel undergoing conscription military service - on the corresponding date of the last month of the period of conscription military service;

b) for military personnel performing military service under a contract - on the corresponding month and day of the last year of the contract period or on the corresponding date of the last month of the contract period, if the contract was concluded for a period of up to one year.

In cases where the expiration of the period of military service falls on a month in which there is no corresponding date, the specified period expires on the last day of this month.

The day of the end of military service is considered to be the day of exclusion of a serviceman from the lists of personnel of a military unit due to dismissal from military service, death, recognition as missing or declared dead.

A serviceman must be excluded from the lists of personnel of a military unit on the day of expiration of his military service (dismissed early - no later than the end of his military service), except in cases established by the Federal Law “On Military Duty and Military Service” and the Regulations on the Procedure for Military Service.

The day of exclusion from the lists of personnel of a military unit is the day of completion (last day) of military service for a serviceman.

The following is not counted towards the period of military service:

a) the time the serviceman spent in a disciplinary military unit;

b) the time of serving the disciplinary arrest by the convicted military personnel;

c) time of unauthorized abandonment of a military unit or place of military service lasting more than 10 days, regardless of the reasons for abandonment.

For a convicted military man who has mastered a military specialty, knows and accurately fulfills the requirements of military regulations and performs impeccable service, and is released from a disciplinary military unit after the expiration of his conscription period, the time spent in the disciplinary military unit may be counted towards the period of his military service in the manner determined by the Minister of Defense RF.

For a serviceman released from a disciplinary military unit, subject to his impeccable military service, the time spent in the disciplinary military unit may be counted toward the period of military service by the commander of the military district or a commander (chief) equal or superior to him, in the manner determined by the heads of the federal executive bodies. authorities that provide for military service.

The total duration of military service of a serviceman includes the entire time of his military service, both conscript and contract, including in cases of re-entry into military service.

The total duration of military service is determined in calendar terms.

In cases established by federal laws and other regulatory legal acts of the Russian Federation, the total duration of military service is determined in preferential terms.

For military personnel undergoing conscription military service, one day of participation in hostilities or performing tasks in armed conflicts, as well as one day of stay in medical institutions due to wounds, concussions, mutilations or diseases received during participation in these actions or conflicts, is counted for two days of conscript military service.

Recruits 2019 service period 1 year

The military (including the duration of its completion for all categories) is strictly regulated by the regulatory legal acts of the state, and the main one, of course, is the Constitution of the Russian Federation.

And many years after the reduction service life up to 1 year There have not been any major changes regarding the duration of conscription military service (increasing the service life or, conversely, decreasing it) and, it seems, is not expected.

Accordingly, in the 2019-2020 conscription, conscripts will serve no more than 1 calendar year. And right now you can find out how much and what service life has already been completed.

The length of service in the army and navy will not change

About the service life in the army 1.8 years

But nevertheless, our website for conscripts and soldiers constantly receives the same questions from conscripts (future soldiers), conscripted military personnel, as well as their relatives and friends. The essence of all these appeals boils down to the fact that, allegedly, service life this year will increase to 1.8 years(1 year and 8 months).

What would you like to say about this? Until changes are made to the current legislation, no talk about increasing the service life has any basis. In other words, in the next year or two length of military service will not change and will remain as it is now for 1 year.

Reducing the length of military service by 45 days

Or the opposite questions come about reducing the service life by 45 days. It is completely unclear where this information comes from, but nevertheless, every year from draft to draft, we strongly recommend not to take these rumors seriously. Since this information has never been confirmed. Get information only from reliable sources!

The length of military service will not be increased or shortened!

The President on military service in 2019

Data talk about increasing or decreasing service life in the army in the course of or arise primarily due to the legal illiteracy of our population. Also, these rumors are published, and in some cases intentionally spread, by a number of media outlets.

But in response to all these unfounded conversations, our Supreme Commander-in-Chief - President of the Russian Federation V.V. Putin - made an official statement that we would increase and, even more so, decrease service life in 2019 not planned.

After such a statement by the first person of our state, we have nothing more to add. I hope you have found the answer to your question and now you know for sure what is the length of service in the Russian army?

Legal regulation in the field of military duty and military service in Russia is carried out in accordance with the Federal Law of March 28, 1998 N 53-FZ “On Military Duty and Military Service” (hereinafter referred to as the Law).

Military service is carried out by both citizens of the Russian Federation - by conscription and voluntarily under a contract, and foreign citizens - by contract in military positions to be filled by soldiers, sailors, sergeants and foremen in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, other troops and military formations.

The procedure for military service is determined by the Law, other federal laws, the Regulations on the procedure for military service (hereinafter referred to as the Regulations) and other regulatory legal acts of the Russian Federation.

The duration of military service is established by Art. 38 of the Law - separately for conscription and contract service. Thus, for those who were called up for military service after January 1, 2008, the service period is 12 months. A “contract employee” serves for as long as the contract is concluded with him.

Duration of military service under contract

The first contract for military service is:

with a military man serving on conscription, or another citizen entering military service in a position for which the state provides for the military rank (hereinafter referred to as the rank) of soldier, sailor, sergeant, sergeant major - for three years;
with a foreign citizen entering military service in a position for which the state provides for the rank of soldier, sailor, sergeant, sergeant major - for five years;
with a soldier undergoing conscription military service, or another citizen entering service in a military position for which the state provides for the rank of warrant officer, midshipman or officer (except for the categories of citizens specified in paragraph 5) - for five years;
with a serviceman studying at a military educational institution under the program:

higher professional education - for the duration of training and five years of military service after graduation;
secondary vocational education - for the duration of training and three years of military service after graduation;

with a citizen who has undergone military training at a military training center at a federal state educational institution of higher professional education and enters military service immediately after graduating from this institution in a position for which the state provides for the military rank of officer - for three or five years.

With a conscript serving, the first contract can be concluded for a shorter period. This is possible if the total duration of his military service upon conscription and under the first contract is three or five years. In addition, if a conscript employee wants to enter military service under a contract during a period of emergency or to participate in maintaining or restoring international peace, a contract with him can be concluded no earlier than a month before the expiration of his military service and for a period of six months up to a year.

A serviceman (citizen) who is undergoing military service under a contract and wishes to continue serving can enter into a new contract for three, five or ten years, as well as for an indefinite period in accordance with paragraph 5 of Art. 38 of the Law and paragraph 5 of Art. 9 Regulations. The specified norms provide for the conclusion of a contract for a different period - for example, until the age limit for military service.

How are periods of military service calculated?

The term of military service is calculated from the beginning of military service, which, according to paragraph 10 of Art. 38 of the Law is considered:

for citizens who are not in the reserves and who are called up for military service - the day they are awarded the military rank of private;
for citizens (foreign citizens) who entered military service under a contract - the day the contract came into force;
for citizens who have not completed military service or who have previously completed military service and entered military educational institutions of vocational education - the date of enrollment in the specified educational institutions.

In accordance with paragraph 3 of Art. 3 of the Regulations, the period of military service expires:

for military personnel undergoing conscription military service - on the corresponding date of the last month of their service period;
for military personnel performing military service under a contract - on the corresponding month and day of the last year of the contract period or on the corresponding date of the last month of the contract period, if the contract was concluded for a period of up to one year.

End of military service

The end of military service is considered the day a serviceman is removed from the lists of personnel of a military unit due to dismissal from military service, death, recognition as missing or declared dead.

A serviceman must be removed from the lists of personnel of a military unit on the day of expiration of his military service. This rule does not apply to cases where a serviceman:

is in hospital treatment;
is on maternity or child care leave (this clause applies only to women);
undergoes military service upon conscription and, if desired, remains in the military unit until the day of dispatch of the vehicle that transports military personnel being transferred to the reserve;
participates in ship voyages;
is in captivity, in the position of a hostage or internee;
missing (until he is declared missing or declared dead);
is suspected or accused of committing a crime and preventive measures have been taken against him in the form of detention (guardhouse) or observation by the command of a military unit.

Time that does not count toward military service

The period of military service does not count the time when a serviceman:

resides in a disciplinary military unit;
convicted and serving arrest;
is serving a disciplinary sanction in the form of arrest;
arbitrarily left a military unit or place of military service for a period of more than 10 days (regardless of the reasons).

The time spent in a disciplinary military unit can be counted towards the period of military service, provided that the serviceman has performed impeccable service. Such a decision can be made in relation to a serviceman released from a disciplinary military unit by the commander of the military district or a commander (chief) equal to or higher than him. In this case, the procedure determined by the heads of the federal executive authorities that provide for military service must be observed.

The total duration of military service includes the entire time of service, both conscript and contract, including in cases of re-entry into military service. It is determined in calendar terms.

In cases established by federal laws and other regulatory legal acts of the Russian Federation, the total duration of military service is determined in preferential terms. For example, one month of service counts as three.

The abbreviations “other troops” and “military formations” are given in the article in accordance with paragraph 1 of Art. 2 Laws.

The regulation "On the procedure for military service" was approved by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of September 16, 1999 N 1237 "Issues of military service."

The age limit for military service is established by Art. 49 of the Law. Age limits vary depending on military rank. There is a separate age limit for women.