Day of food and clothing services of the Armed Forces of Russia

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Every year February 18 in our country celebrates the Day of food and clothing services of the Armed Forces of Russia. It is celebrated by all military personnel and specialists related to this service, which is a part of the logistics system of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. This service is of paramount importance both in peacetime and in wartime, since the principle of “well-fed soldier is the basis of the army”, known since ancient times, remains unchanged today.

Until the middle of the XVII century in our country there was no organized power supply system for military personnel. The state simply did not allow the army to pay for food, so all the concerns about food were placed on the soldiers themselves, who purchased food for themselves and feed for horses from their personal funds, including the salary they received. At the same time, servicemen who went to the training camp, brought some of the food from home, and some of them were purchased from local residents. Food was usually prepared with the help of the dishes that were at hand. For example, as the chroniclers noted, under Prince Svyatoslav, the meat in the cauldrons was not cooked, but baked on charcoal. Bread was usually baked in peasant ovens, and then just took it with you.



Everything changed radically in the Petrine era, after Peter I 18 in February 1700 established in Russia a special post of general of provisions, who was responsible for the procurement and distribution of grain stocks for the needs of the army. Along with this, similar posts were introduced as part of each regiment, and people appointed to these posts began to be called food maisters. At the same time, the first food allowances for the soldiers were formed. On the basis of the decree of Peter I, an Okolnichy S. I. Yazykov was appointed to the position of “Provisional General”.

Day of food and clothing services of the Armed Forces of Russia

In fact, a new order was created in Russia, which, in accordance with the title of the post of his chief, began to be called provisional. This event marked the beginning of the centralized provision of the army with food products and determined the date of the birth of the food (food) service. With the introduction of food allowances (cereals, flour) for the soldiers, as well as the release of funds for the purchase of meat, vegetables and salt in Russia, an organized feeding system began to take shape, and at the same time the governing bodies for supplying troops with food and fodder went on.

On the same day of February 18, 1700, in Russia, a “Special Order” was formed, on which Peter I laid the responsibility for supplying the regiments with equipment, uniforms and salaries, as well as horses, weapons and carts. With the creation of a truly regular army in Russia under Peter I, all soldiers and officers were dressed in a uniform that was strictly regulated and issued for a specific period. Field Marshal D. A. Milyutin, who served as Minister of War of Russia, was the initiator of radical changes in the army of our country, especially in matters of its clothing provision. Today, the date of February 18 is celebrated as the Day of food and clothing service of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, most recently this service celebrated its 315 anniversary.

During this time, the service has come a long way, which has accommodated all the warriors and conflicts in which the armed forces of our country were involved. The most serious test for food and clothing service was the Great Patriotic War, which required a tremendous strain of resources from the whole country. For all the years of the war, the Red Army only in the Soviet Union harvested 3,6 million tons of grain products, of which 2 million tons were sent to the front, and the remaining 1,6 million tons were delivered to meet the needs of the civilian population. For all the years of the Great Patriotic War, our armed forces received more than 38 million overcoats, over 11 million pairs of boots, 73 million blouses and a large number of other items of clothing, without which it was also impossible to imagine victory in this terrible war.


Centuries succeed each other, the titles of positions, the allowances of servicemen and their composition change, but food and clothing services still continue to exist in the Armed Forces of our country, fulfilling the very important task of organizing a full-fledged and good-quality clothing and power supply for all Russian military personnel. Today, with all the numerous nuances of army life, no one will deny the fact that the nutritional standards for the Russian Armed Forces are set in accordance with the requirements of physiological standards, and also meet the criteria for rational and balanced nutrition. The organization of food servicemen has become today a very real science.

According to the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Russia, at present in the country's armed forces, military personnel are provided with food at the 21 standard of food rations. The main of these rations include more than 40 of various food items. Thanks to this, a great variety of dishes has been achieved, and the military catering itself has been organized today in more than two thousand canteens and galleys.

The army canteens are being transferred to catering with elements of a full-fledged buffet. In February 2015, 835 canteens were transferred to this form, which required equipment of the order of 1,4 thousands of salad bars. Every year more than 700 thousand tons of various foodstuffs are spent on the allowance of the Russian military personnel. At the same time, more than 44,5 million units of household equipment, as well as almost 6 thousands of units of special equipment are being operated in military canteens today. More than 6,5 thousand tea rooms were equipped in the subunits especially for improving the life and living conditions of military personnel of the Russian army, for which thousands of tea pairs and 101,3 thousand teapots were supplied to the troops.


Impressive figures are presented and clothing support servicemen. Constantly in personal use is more than 50 of millions of different items of clothing, annually issued more than 15 million units. The provision of military personnel of the Russian army today is organized according to 54 supply norms using more than 3 thousand items of clothing. At the same time, over the past few years, progress in improving the equipment of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation seems more and more obvious. Since 2014, all Russian military servicemen, as well as cadets, are provided with travel bags - unique sets for the personal hygiene of military personnel.

Also in Russia, the transition of the Armed Forces to the wearing by all categories of military personnel of an all-season field uniforms kit (WCPP) was completed. This kit stands out for its functionality and allows Russian military personnel to perform all types of combat and special missions in a variety of climatic and weather conditions of our vast country.

February 18 team "Military Review" congratulates all military personnel and civil servants, as well as veterans of the food and clothing service of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on their professional holiday!

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  1. +4
    18 February 2018 07: 05
    Congratulations on your professional holiday rear! soldier
    1. +4
      18 February 2018 08: 01
      I support congratulations !!! Oh today, prapora get drunk! - they have a right! drinks
    2. +2
      18 February 2018 12: 23
      It seems that the logisticians make holidays for themselves according to the sort of sausage, size of clothes, brand of fuel, etc. And everywhere there is its nomenclature chief-general. On such "holidays" prizes are awarded, awards are regular and extraordinary military ranks. But what about the new tradition. Divide and rule, and what else.
      1. +1
        18 February 2018 13: 27
        And just do not want to congratulate?
        Quote: siberalt
        It seems that the logisticians make holidays for themselves according to the sort of sausage, size of clothes, brand of fuel, etc. And everywhere there is its nomenclature chief-general. On such "holidays" prizes are awarded, awards are regular and extraordinary military ranks. But what about the new tradition. Divide and rule, and what else.
        1. +1
          18 February 2018 14: 45
          Personally, I congratulate you. Among the "chests", most of whom I served were just normal people. The specifics of the service and higher authorities. So all the questions to the team, the politician, etc. Such is the zest.
  2. +6
    18 February 2018 07: 11
    I would not say that the Army was fed poorly ... But after lunch, going to the tea room .. A can of condensed milk and a kilogram of gingerbread are easy ...
    1. +10
      18 February 2018 07: 20
      Now, of course, they feed much better, not as an example of the period of my service at sunset in the USSR, it happened that we were treated with porridge like paste on the basis of pearl barley without any signs of meat and canned bread and frozen, but I still regret nothing for two years service in the Soviet army. good soldier
      1. +6
        18 February 2018 08: 49
        Quote: Spartanez300
        we were treated with porridge like paste on the basis of pearl barley without any signs of meat and canned bread, and in frozen form,

        It was like that ... and for dessert tea with sugar that you can’t stir or stewed fruit, and it’s usually hot in summer and cold in winter. Well, the army bigus who served will never forget this smell literally permeating all corners of the military unit when it was cooked by the cook in the dining room.
        1. +8
          18 February 2018 11: 19
          Bigus is a magical dish! It was rarely prepared with us, but unlike the rotten rotten boiled potato, it was tasty and nutritious :).
          1. +6
            18 February 2018 15: 17
            Quote: CTABEP
            Bigus is a magical dish!

            Heh, the lucky ones. laughing 96-98, Kola Peninsula. "Hit of all time" - dried potatoes (in kraft bags) or barley with boiled herring (well, Murmansk, fish edge). wassat As a stew was the Austrian "whiskas" (soy theme in jelly). True, he had his own pigsty, but in the season porters were nominated for mushrooms and berries. In short, they did not die of hunger. Yes Now, I see, in the army came communism. good
            1. +2
              19 February 2018 19: 14
              Alexander, welcome hi I read and am horrified.
              Heh, the lucky ones.

              It suits me better - GSVG 83-85gg. You’ll remember the USSR — the feeding was excellent. Fly in the ointment - overalls. belay
              1. +3
                19 February 2018 20: 39
                Good evening! hi
                Quote: Svarog51
                I read and am horrified.

                Duc, the era of timelessness. The whole country survived, but the people and the army - they are one. Bullshit, broke through. Yes Now, twenty years later, all this is remembered as a joke. Most of all, of course, the uniform was the most fun - not yet “white”, but not “red”. Officers, of course, switched to a new topic faster. And here he is, surrealism: the general construction of the unit, the soldiers with red-star cockades on berets (or hats - in winter), and the officers - with double-headed eagles, stand insignificantly.wassat All united only "state" (sleeve insignia MP). And so they lived and served.
                1. +2
                  19 February 2018 21: 03
                  At that time I was already in transition from the Fire Department to the Ministry of Emergencies. From the form of explosives to the Ministry of Emergencies. The same tramp was.
    2. +3
      18 February 2018 11: 34
      And I took oatmeal cookies on night duty at the headquarters of the automatic telephone exchange, I still remember the taste, now there is none, strong black tea, a good book, and so the service flew by!
  3. +2
    18 February 2018 11: 30
    Carter, clerk, bread-cutter, musician, postman-army intelligentsia of the first level!
  4. +3
    18 February 2018 11: 43
    In the Moscow school (1971) they couldn’t provide me with a parade 54 size, 6 height. I took someone else’s from the platoon’s house for dismissal. It’s good that winter, under the greatcoat you can’t see the corporal epaulettes. I had to make a complaint at the front view, after three days she sewed a brand new one, and also wore a little on the citizen.
    1. +6
      18 February 2018 15: 24
      Quote: andrewkor
      could not provide a parade with 54 size, 6 height.

      Well, a guy with ... 1996th foot size arrived in our part (48). Of course, such a shoe was not in stock. He walked to the warmth in his civilian boots, later a little in sneakers, while his shoes were sewn. Duc, in part, they mocked that he was dynamite deputy in the rear, because the guy had a surname ... Gorbachev. laughing
      1. +1
        19 February 2018 19: 35
        We in the autumn of the 83rd came from the Donbass guys, their foreman called "pencils". Small 164 cm and 38th shoe size, large 208 cm and 48 shoe size. He dressed all and shod on time. good
  5. +1
    18 February 2018 13: 02
    "Everything changed dramatically in the Petrine era, after Peter I on February 18, 1700 established a special position in Russia as a food general who was responsible for the procurement and distribution of grain stocks for the needs of the army. "
    The embezzlers quickly realized that the supply of the army was a bonanza.
    At the end of the 60s. XIX century a lot of noise in Nizhny Novgorod made the so-called Salt business Verderevsky. The whole city knew the representatives of this noble family, they were called "robber brothers."
    Junior - A.E. Verderevsky - made a huge fortune on the sale of rotten flour when he was an official of the bread and provisions service of the military department. Senior - V.E. Verderevsky - firmly established himself in Nizhny Novgorod as head of the Treasury. He was in charge of millions of pounds of breech salt, so he was known as the “salt Verderevsky”. The brothers had another nickname in the city - "hospice".
  6. +3
    18 February 2018 14: 46
    A bit of classics wassat
    A warrant officer built a platoon and says
    - Today, comrade fighters, we will ship ALUMINUM!
    One of the fighters corrects
    - NOT ALUMIN Comrade Warrant Officer, but ALUMINUM
    - Yes Yes! ALUMINUM! And the smart ones will ship CAST IRON
  7. +1
    18 February 2018 16: 30
    These are all those that can be planted without trial and without fear of mistakes!
    1. +3
      18 February 2018 19: 35
      Well, xs, we have a deputy on the rear, but the nachprod in training had to weigh everything before him, so that even officers would remember everything by number if his wife went where they asked for soldiers’s dining room and the honest man wouldn’t let everyone
  8. +1
    18 February 2018 17: 26
    In the dining room, the meat was unloaded. Carcases resembling saigachatin. I look at the stamp - the year of slaughter 1965. I think of your livelihood. The animal was controlled for 5 years before my birth. I eat her lol .
  9. +5
    18 February 2018 18: 42
    Every year on February 18 in our country is celebrated the Day of food and clothing service of the Armed Forces of Russia.

    Every year on February 17 in our country is celebrated the Fuel Service Day of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation or simply the Fuel Service Day.

    Insanity grows stronger.
    1. +1
      19 February 2018 04: 37
      Food and fuel should be!
      1. 0
        19 February 2018 08: 47
        Quote: Sverdlov
        Food and fuel should be!

        How does the Day of the Food and Clothing Service of the Armed Forces of Russia and the Day of the Fuel Service of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation affect this?
  10. +6
    18 February 2018 20: 38
    Well, what is it ... One day of fuel service, then this is the whole holiday, what’s next? And then Combat rushes about - no one got drunk?
    Or at least the Ministry of Defense calendar (so that the people knew NATO) let them let out topless washing T-90s and Shells with women, noticing the barracks. And believe me - vobla will earn.
    And when to serve? I’m not talking about church sorrows, "holidays". Shrovetide however wink
  11. 0
    19 February 2018 05: 23
    Why do food service employees need titles? What is the practical benefit of this?
    1. +1
      19 February 2018 19: 38
      For shoulder straps, demand is stricter. They obey the Charter. hi
  12. +3
    19 February 2018 11: 34
    "Front-line affairs, rear concerns!" The author, it is unknown why he slipped in an article by Milyutin, but about Andrei Vasilyevich Khrulev - not a word, not a word! It’s not fair somehow ... On the day of the rear guard, you don’t even remember such a man!

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