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| Formed | December 17, 1796 |
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| Jurisdiction | Russia |
| Headquarters | 8 Solyanka Street Moscow |
| Employees | 1,000 |
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| Parent agency | Presidential Administration of Russia |
| Website | gfs |
The State Courier Service[1] (Russian:Государственная фельдъегерская служба Российской Федерации, ГФС,romanized: Gosudarstvennaya fel'dyegerskaya sluzhba Rossiyskoy Federatsii, GFS) is a federal body of executive authority responsible for federal courier communicationsRussia.
The current director isValery Tikhonov, who was appointed byVladimir Putin on June 26, 2012. Previously, he was thevice governor of Saint Petersburg since 2004.
The State Courier Service of the Russian Federation (GFS of Russia) is a federal executive authority performing specific functions in the area of federal courier in the Russian Federation, and is a system of federal bodies of executive authority, which provides guidance to the President of the Russian Federation.
The GFS of Russia headed by the Director of the State Courier Service of the Russian Federation who shall be appointed and dismissed by the President of the Russian Federation.
The Courier/Feldjäger Corps was created on December 17, 1796, by Imperial decree of theEmperorPavel I.[2] The personnel of the Corps Courier were ensure the delivery of orders, reports, securities, parcels, as well as support for high-ranking officials, and was operated under theCollege of War.
After theOctober Revolution of 1917, the successor to the Imperial Courier Service Corps has an external link All-Russian General Staff, and from 1920 – The Courier Corps of theRed Army. On August 6, 1921 The Courier links service was created as part of theCheka.
On November 25, 1991 The Courier Service Office was part of theMinistry of Communications of the USSR and was transformed into the State Courier Service of the RSFSR in the Ministry of Communications of the Russian SFSR.
On September 30, 1992 The State Courier Service of the Ministry of Communications of the Russian Federation was transformed into a Federal Courier under the Ministry of Communications of the Russian Federation.
On January 24, 1995 The Federal Office of Communications under the Ministry of Courier and Communications of Russia was reorganized into the State Courier Service of the Russian Federation (GFS of Russia) as the current name.
On September 6, 1996 the State Courier Service of the Russian Federation was reorganized into the State Courier Service of the Russian Federation under the Ministry of Communications of Russia.
On August 20, 1997 the State Courier Service of the Russian Federation was reorganized and subordinated directly to theGovernment of the Russia.
On May 17, 2000 the State Courier Service of the Russian Government was reorganized into the State Courier Service under thePresident of the Russian Federation.
The Courier Communications Division located in all provincial, regional and national centers ofRussia, as well as in a number of large cities, are of economic importance.
In a unified system of federal courier division includes the central office, regional offices (inMoscow, eight departments of the federal districts, 73 departments and offices in the capitals and administrative centers of the Russian Federation, as well as a department in the city ofSochi).
The Agencies of the Federal courier mail delivery will take place on 112 permanent routes: 60 aviation, 36 rail and 16 road. Every day in airplanes and trains, there are about 300 employees of the federal courier. In addition, regular meetings are carried out and seeing members of the Inter-governmental courier arriving inMoscow on 12 inter-state routes.
The main tasks of the GFS Russia, according to the provisions of paragraph 2, are:
Heads of Russian State Courier Service since1796:
55°45′11″N37°38′16″E / 55.75306°N 37.63778°E /55.75306; 37.63778
