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The Military ranks of the Soviet Union were those introduced after the October Revolution of 1917, and the creation of the Soviet Union in 1922. From then the Imperial Table of Ranks was abolished, as was the right of the pre Soviet nobility to acquire personal ranks or special rights assigned to them previously. Soviet ranks were abolished in 1991 after the collapse of the Soviet Union, although modern Russian military insignia has been largely adopted from the Soviet system. Image File history File links Stop_hand. ... A Red Army is a communist army. ... Image File history File links Summary en: State Coat of Arms of the USSR (1958-1991 version). ... The Soviet Air Force, also known under the abbreviation VVS, transliterated from Russian: ВВС, Военно-воздушные силы (Voenno-Vozdushnye Sily), formed the official designation of the airforce of the Soviet Union. ... The short forms Red Army and RKKA refer to the Workers and Peasants Red Army, (Рабоче-Крестьянская Красная Армия - Raboche-Krestyanskaya Krasnaya Armiya in Russian), the armed forces organised by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War in 1918. ... Voyska PVO (Russian: Войска ПВО, or PVO Strany until 1981) was the air defense branch of the Soviet military. ... The Soviet Naval ensign The Soviet Naval jack The Soviet Navy (Russian: Военно-морской флот СССР, Voyenno-morskoy flot SSSR, literally Naval military forces of the USSR) was the naval arm of the Soviet armed forces. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with RVSN. (Discuss) The Strategic Rocket Forces are a major division of the Russian armed forces that controls Russias land-based ICBMs. ... Joseph Stalin and Kliment Voroshilov salute a military parade in Red Square above the message Long Live the Worker-Peasant Red Army—Loyal Sentinel of the Soviet Borders! The military history of the Soviet Union began in the days following the 1917 October Revolution that brought the Bolsheviks to power. ... The October Revolution, also known as the Bolshevik Revolution, was the second phase of the Russian Revolution of 1917, the first having been instigated by the events around the February Revolution. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ... 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The Russian Empire in 1913 Imperial Russia is the term used to cover the period of history from the expansion of Russia under Peter the Great, through the expansion of the Russian Empire from the Baltic to the Pacific Ocean, to the deposal of Nicholas II of Russia, the last... Table of Ranks (Табель о рангах; Tabel o rangakh) was a formal list of positions and ranks in military, government, and court of the Imperial Russia. ... Dvoryanstvo ( Russian: дворянство) refers to a category of Russian nobility. ... State motto (Russian): Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! (Transliterated: Proletarii vsekh stran, soedinyaytes!) (Translated: Workers of the world, unite!) Capital Moscow Official language None; Russian (de facto) Government Federation of Socialist republics/ Communist state Area  - Total  - % water Largest on the planet 22,402,200 km² ?% Population  - Total  - Density 3rd before collapse 293,047,571 (July... 1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The rise of Gorbachev Although reform stalled between 1964–1982, the generational shift gave new momentum for reform. ... The factual accuracy of this article is disputed. ... Soviet redirects here. ...

Rank Table

Uniform abstract of the Soviet Union

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History of Soviet Ranks

The October Revolution of 1917 cancelled the privileges of Russian nobility (Dvoryanstvo). The Table of Ranks was abolished and so were the personal military ranks. The army and the navy has returned to a system of positional ranks that were acronyms of the full position names. For example, komdiv was an acronym of Division Commander; likewise kombat was Battalion Commander, etc. These acronyms have survived as informal position names to the present day. The October Revolution, also known as the Bolshevik Revolution, was the second phase of the Russian Revolution of 1917, the first having been instigated by the events around the February Revolution. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ... Dvoryanstvo ( Russian: дворянство) refers to a category of Russian nobility. ... Table of Ranks (Табель о рангах; Tabel o rangakh) was a formal list of positions and ranks in military, government, and court of the Imperial Russia. ... A division is a large military unit or formation usually consisting of around ten to fifteen thousand soldiers. ... Symbol of the Austrian 14th Armoured Battalion in NATO code In military terminology, a battalion consists of two to six companies typically commanded by a lieutenant colonel. ...

The personal ranks were not reintroduced until 1935, and General ranks were restored in May 1940. The ranks were based on Russian Empire military ranks, although they underwent some modifications; the modified Imperial rank insignia was reintroduced in 1943. 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... General is a high military rank, used by nearly every country in the world. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) is a common year starting on Friday. ...

In the 1970s, the non-commissioned officers serving under contract and holding Starshina (Master Sergeant) rank were reassigned to newly-created Praporshchik rank (not to be confused with similarly named Russian Empire rank of commissioned officers); starshina was reserved for conscripts only. All the textbooks define a contract as either a promise or an agreement that is enfored or recognised by the law. ... United States Master Sergeant insignia U.S. Army Master Sergeant insignia U.S. Marine Corps Master Sergeant insignia U.S. Air Force A Master Sergeant is: the eighth enlisted rank in the United States Army, just above Sergeant First Class and below 1st Sergeant. ... Imperial Russia is the term used to cover the period of Russian history from the expansion of Russia under Peter the Great, through the expansion of the Russian Empire from the Baltic to the Pacific Ocean, to the deposal of Nicholas II of Russia, the last tsar, at the start...

The table of Soviet military ranks is in the section below (as they were the same as present military ranks of the Russian Federation).

Notable ranks

Two notable ranks during the era of the Soviet Union include that of Marshal of the Soviet Union, along with Generalissimo of the Soviet Union, which was a rank used by Joseph Stalin after 1943. The rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union (Russian: Marshal Sovietskogo Soyuza [Маршал Советского Союза]) was in practice the highest military rank of the Soviet Union. ... Generalissimo of the Soviet Union was a military rank granted to Stalin following World War II. It was the highest military rank in the Soviet Union, and Stalin was the only person ever to hold it. ... ▶ (help· info) (Russian, in full: Иосиф Виссарионович Сталин (Iosif Vissarionovich Stalin), real name: Иосиф Виссарионович Джугашвили (Joseph Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili), Georgian: იოსებ ჯუღაშვილი (Ioseb Jughashvili); (December 18 [O.S. December 6] 1878 (from birth certificate) – March 5, 1953) was the Premier of the Soviet Union from 1941 to his death in 1953 and General Secretary of the Central Committee... 1943 (MCMXLIII) is a common year starting on Friday. ...

Marshal of the Soviet Union

The ranks of Marshal of the Soviet Union (transliteration: Marshal Sovietskogo Soyuza) ([Маршал Советского Союза]) was in practice the highest military rank of the Soviet Union. (The highest rank in theory, Generalissimo of the Soviet Union, was created for Joseph Stalin and held by him alone). The rank was abolished in 1991 after the collapse of the Soviet Union, and was replaced by the Marshal of the Russian Federation rank. The rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union (Russian: Marshal Sovietskogo Soyuza [Маршал Советского Союза]) was in practice the highest military rank of the Soviet Union. ... Image File history File links Marshal of the Soviet Union Badge File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Generalissimo of the Soviet Union was a military rank granted to Stalin following World War II. It was the highest military rank in the Soviet Union, and Stalin was the only person ever to hold it. ... â–¶ (help· info) (Russian, in full: Иосиф Виссарионович Сталин (Iosif Vissarionovich Stalin), real name: Иосиф Виссарионович Джугашвили (Joseph Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili), Georgian: იოსებ ჯუღაშვილი (Ioseb Jughashvili); (December 18 [O.S. December 6] 1878 (from birth certificate) – March 5, 1953) was the Premier of the Soviet Union from 1941 to his death in 1953 and General Secretary of the Central Committee... 1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The rise of Gorbachev Although reform stalled between 1964–1982, the generational shift gave new momentum for reform. ... Marshal of the Russian Federation is the highest rank of the Russian Federation, created in 1991 after the fall and breakup of the Soviet Union. ...

List of those awarded the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union: The rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union (Russian: Marshal Sovietskogo Soyuza [Маршал Советского Союза]) was in practice the highest military rank of the Soviet Union. ...

• Kliment Voroshilov (1881-1969), appointed November 1935
• Mikhail Tukhachevsky (1893-1937), appointed November 1935
• Aleksandr Yegorov (1883-1939), appointed November 1935
• Semyon Budyonny (1883-1973), appointed November 1935
• Vasily Blyukher (1890-1938), appointed November 1935
• Semyon Timoshenko (1895-1970), appointed May 1940
• Grigory Kulik (1890-1950), appointed May 1940
• Boris Shaposhnikov (1882-1945), appointed May 1940
• Georgy Zhukov (1896-1974), appointed January 1943
• Aleksandr Vasilevsky (1895-1977), appointed February 1943
• Joseph Stalin (1879-1953), appointed March 1943
• Ivan Koniev (1897-1973), appointed February 1944
• Leonid Govorov (1897-1955), appointed June 1944
• Konstantin Rokossovsky (1896-1968), appointed June 1944 (As Konstanty Rokossowski he was also a Marshal of Poland from 1949)
• Rodion Malinovsky (1898-1967), appointed September 1944
• Fedor Tolbukhin (1894-1949), appointed September 1944
• Kirill Meretskov (1897-1968), appointed October 1944
• Lavrenty Beria (1899-1953), appointed July 1945
• Vasily Sokolovsky (1897-1968), appointed July 1946
• Nikolai Bulganin (1895-1975), appointed November 1947
• Ivan Bagramian (1897-1982), appointed March 1955
• Sergei Biriuzov (1904-64), appointed March 1955
• Andrei Grechko (1903-76), appointed March 1955
• Andrei Yeremenko (1892-1970), appointed March 1955
• Kirill Moskalenko (1902-85), appointed March 1955
• Vasily Chuikov (1900-82), appointed March 1955
• Matvei Zakharov (1898-1972), appointed May 1959
• Filipp Golikov (1900-80), appointed May 1961
• Nikolai Ivanovich Krylov (1903-72), appointed May 1962
• Ivan Yakubovsky (1912-76), appointed April 1967
• Pavel Batitsky (1910-84), appointed April 1968
• Petr Koshevoi (1904-76), appointed April 1968
• Leonid Brezhnev (1906-82), appointed May 1976
• Dmitry Ustinov (1908-84), appointed July 1976
• Viktor Kulikov (born 1921), appointed January 1977
• Nikolai Ogarkov (1917-94), appointed January 1977
• Sergei Sokolov (born 1911), appointed February 1978
• Sergei Akhromeev (1923-91), appointed March 1983
• Semyon Kurkotkin (1917-90), appointed March 1983
• Vasily Petrov (born 1917), appointed March 1983
• Dmitry Yazov (born 1924), appointed April 1990[2]

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Marshal of the Soviet Union Vasily Blyukher Vasily Konstantinovich Blyukher (also spelled Blücher, Blukher, Bliukher etc, Russian: Василий Константинович Блюхер) (November 19, 1889 - November 9, 1938), Soviet military commander, was among the prominent victims of Stalins Great Purge of the late 1930s. ... Marshal of the Soviet Union Semyon Timoshenko Semyon Konstantinovich Timoshenko (Russian: Семён Константинович Тимошенко) (February 6 O.S (February 18 N.S.), 1895-March 31, 1970), Soviet military commander, was the senior professional officer of the Red Army at the beginning of the German invasion of the Soviet Union in... Marshal of the Soviet Union Grigory Kulik Grigory Ivanovich Kulik (Russian: Григорий Иванович Кулик) (November 9, 1890 - August 24, 1950), Soviet military commander, was born into a peasant family near Poltava in Ukraine. ... Marshal of the Soviet Union Boris Shaposhnikov (with Joseph Stalin, 1935) Boris Mikhailovitch Shaposhnikov (Russian: Борис Михайлович Шапошников) (October 2, 1882 - March 26, 1945), Soviet military commander, was born at Zlatoust, near Chelyabinsk in the Urals. ... Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgi Zhukov Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov (Russian: Георгий Константинович Жуков) (December 1 N.S./November 19 O.S., 1896 – June 18, 1974), Soviet military commander and politician, considered by many as one of the most successful field commanders of World War II. // Prewar career Born into a peasant family... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... â–¶ (help· info) (Russian, in full: Иосиф Виссарионович Сталин (Iosif Vissarionovich Stalin), real name: Иосиф Виссарионович Джугашвили (Joseph Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili), Georgian: იოსებ ჯუღაშვილი (Ioseb Jughashvili); (December 18 [O.S. December 6] 1878 (from birth certificate) – March 5, 1953) was the Premier of the Soviet Union from 1941 to his death in 1953 and General Secretary of the Central Committee... Marshal of the Soviet Union Ivan Koniev Ivan Stepanovich Koniev (Russian Иван Степанович Конев) (December 28, 1897 – May 21, 1973), Soviet military commander, was born into a peasant family near Podosinovsky in central Russia (now in Kirov Oblast). ... Marshal of the Soviet Union Leonid Govorov Leonid Aleksandrovich Govorov (Russian Леонид Александрович Говоров) (February 22, 1897 - March 19, 1955), Soviet military commander, was born in the village of Butyrki in central Russia (now in Kirov Oblast). ... Marshal of the Soviet Union Konstantin Rokossovsky Konstantin Konstantinovich Rokossovsky (Russian: Константин Константинович Рокоссовский, Polish name Konstanty Rokossowski) (December 21, 1896 – August 3, 1968), Soviet military commander and Polish Defence Minister. ... Marshal of Poland (Marszałek Polski) is the highest rank in the Polish Army. ... Marshal of the Soviet Union Rodion Malinovsky Rodion Yakovlevich Malinovsky (Russian: Родион Яковлевич Малиновский) (November 23, 1898 - March 31, 1967), Soviet military commander and Defense Minister, was born in Odessa. ... Marshal of the Soviet Union Fedor Tolbukhin Fyodor Ivanovich Tolbukhin (June 16, 1894 - October 17, 1949) (Russian: Фёдор Иванович Толбухин), Soviet military commander, was born into a peasant family in the rural province of Yaroslavl, north-east of Moscow. ... Marshal of the Soviet Union Kirill Meretskov Kirill Afanasievich Meretskov (Russian: Кирилл Афанасьевич Мерецков) (June 7, 1897 - December 30, 1968) was a Soviet military commander. ... Lavrenty Beria Lavrenty Pavlovich Beria (Georgian: ლავრენტი ბერია; Russian: Лаврентий Павлович Берия; (29 March 1899 - 23 December 1953), Soviet politician and police chief, is remembered chiefly as the executor of Joseph Stalins Great Purge of the 1930s, although in fact he presided only over the closing stages of the Purge. ... Marshal of the Soviet Union Vasily Sokolovsky Vasily Danilovich Sokolovsky (Russian: Василий Данилович Соколовский) (July 21, 1897 - May 10, 1968), Soviet military commander, was born into a peasant family in Kozliki, a small town in the province of Grodno, near Bialystok in Poland (then part of the Russian Empire). ... Nikolai Alexandrovich Bulganin Nikolai Alexandrovich Bulganin (Russian: ) (May 30, 1895 - February 24, 1975) was a prominent Soviet politician, who served as Minister of Defense (1953-55) and Prime Minister (1955-58). ... Marshal of the Soviet Union Ivan Bagramian Ivan Khristoforovich Bagramian (Russian: Иван Христофорович Баграмян) (December 2, 1897 - September 21, 1982), Soviet military commander, was born the son of an Armenian railway worker, near Yelizavetpol (later Kirovabad, now Gyandzha in Azerbaijan), then part of the Russian Empire. ... Marshal of the Soviet Union Sergei Biriuzov Sergei Semenovich Biriuzov (August 21, 1904-October 19, 1964) Marshal of the Soviet Union, Chief of the General Staff, born in Skopin, in the province of Ryazan. ... Marshal of the Soviet Union Andrei Grechko Andrei Antonovich Grechko ( October 17, 1903– April 26, 1976) Soviet general, Marshal of the Soviet Union, Minister of Defense, born in small town near Rostov, the son of Ukrainian peasants. ... Marshal of the Soviet Union Andrei Yeremenko Andrei Ivanovich Yeremenko (Yeryomenko, Андрей Иванович Ерёменко) (October 14, 1892 - November 19, 1970) Soviet general during World War II, Marshal of the Soviet Union, born in Markovka in the province of Kharkov to a peasant family. ... Marshal of the Soviet Union Kirill Moskalenko Kirill Semenovich Moskalenko (May 11, 1902-June 17, 1985) Marshal of the Soviet Union, Commander in Chief Strategic Missile Forces, Inspector General Ministry of Defense, born in village of Grishino, near Donetsk in Ukraine. ... Vasily Chuikov during World War II Vasily Ivanovich Chuikov (Васи́лий Ива́нович Чуйко́в) (February 12, 1900 - March 18, 1982) was a lieutenant general in the Soviet Red Army during World War II, two times Hero of the Soviet Union (1944, 1945), who after the war became a Marshal of the Soviet Union. ... Marshal of the Soviet Union Matvei Zakharov Matvei Vasilevich Zakharov (August 17, 1898- January 31, 1972) Marshal of the Soviet Union, Chief General Staff, Deputy Defense Minister, born in Kalinin (now Tver) northwest of Moscow, to peasant parents. ... Petr Kirillovich Koshevoi (December 21, 1904 - August 30, 1976) was appointed Marshal of the Soviet Union in 1968. ... Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev â–¶(?) (Russian: ) (December 19 [O.S. December 6] 1906 – November 10, 1982) was effective ruler of the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1982, though at first in partnership with others. ... Dimitri Fyodorovich Ustinov (October 17, 1908–December 20, 1984) was Defense Minister of the Soviet Union from 1976 until his death. ... Viktor Georgiyevich Kulikov (born July 5, 1921) was the Warsaw Pact commander-in-chief from 1977 to 1989. ... Sergei Feodorovich Akhromeev (Ахромеев, Сергей Фёдорович in Russian) (1923—1991), Russian military figure, Hero of the Soviet Union (1982), Marshal of the Soviet Union (1983). ... Dmitri Timofeyevich Yazov (Язов, Дмитрий Тимофеевич in Russian) (born November 11, 1924) was the last Marshal of the Soviet Union to be appointed before the collapse of the Soviet Union. ...

Generalissimo of the Soviet Union

Was a rank acquired by Stalin in 1943 during World War II. It has never been used since, and could be observed as a rank similar to General of the Armies of the United States or North Korea's rank of Dae Wonsu. Generalissimo of the Soviet Union was a military rank granted to Stalin following World War II. It was the highest military rank in the Soviet Union, and Stalin was the only person ever to hold it. ... Iosif (usually anglicized as Joseph) Vissarionovich Stalin (Russian: Иосиф Виссарионович Сталин), original name Ioseb Jughashvili (Georgian: იოსებ ჯუღაშვილი; see Other names section) (December 21, 1879[1] – March 5, 1953) was a Bolshevik revolutionary and leader of the Soviet Union. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) is a common year starting on Friday. ... The Eastern Front1 was the theatre of combat between Nazi Germany and its allies against the Soviet Union during World War II. It was somewhat separate from the other theatres of the war, not only geographically, but also for its scale and ferocity. ... In the United States Army military hierarchy, General of the Armies is traditionally considered a rank superior to a five-star general. ... Dae Wonsu is the highest possible military rank of North Korea and is intended to be held solely by the nation’s commander-in-chief. ...

Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union

Was a rank equivalent to that of Marshal of the Soviet Union in the Soviet Navy. This rank was abolised in 1991, and replaced with Fleet Admiral of the Russian Federation. The rank of Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union (Russian: Admiral Flota Sovietskogo Soyuza, Адмирал Флота Советского Союза) was the highest naval rank of the Soviet Union. ... Image File history File links USSR Five Star Naval Rank Template:Screenshot-web File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union (Russian: Marshal Sovietskogo Soyuza [Маршал Советского Союза]) was in practice the highest military rank of the Soviet Union. ... The Soviet Naval ensign The Soviet Naval jack The Soviet Navy (Russian: Военно-морской флот СССР, Voyenno-morskoy flot SSSR, literally Naval military forces of the USSR) was the naval arm of the Soviet armed forces. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Fleet Admiral of the Russian Federation (Адмирал Флота Российской Федерации, Admiral Flota Rossiyskoy Federatsii) is a theoretical (hypothetical) senior-most military rank of the modern Russian Navy that is considered the highest Russian naval position. ...

List of those awarded the rank of Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union: The rank of Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union (Russian: Admiral Flota Sovietskogo Soyuza, Адмирал Флота Советского Союза) was the highest naval rank of the Soviet Union. ...

• Nikolai Kuznetsov (1902-74): Appointed March 3, 1955; demoted February 17, 1956; restored posthumously July 26, 1988
• Ivan Isakov (1894-1967): Appointed March 3, 1955
• Sergei Gorshkov (1910-88): Appointed October 28, 1967 [3] ^ 

Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Nikolai Kuznetsov Nikolai Gerasimovich Kuznetsov (Russian: Николай Герасимович Кузнецов) (July 24, 1904–December 6, 1974) was a Soviet naval officer and Peoples Commissar of the Navy during World War II. In 1919, Kuznetsov joined the Northern Dvina Naval Flotilla, adding two... March 3 is the 62nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (63rd in leap years). ... February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... July 26 is the 207th day (208th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 158 days remaining. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... March 3 is the 62nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (63rd in leap years). ... Sergey Georgyevich Gorshkov (b. ... October 28 is the 301st day of the year (302nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 64 days remaining. ...

Chief Marshal

The rank of Chief Marshal was included in five Soviet military branches; these being the Air Force, Artillery, Tank Forces, Engineer Forces, and Signal Forces. These ranks were established in 1943, but were largely restricted to the artillery and Air Force by 1984, and had ceased to be conferred in these branches as well. [4] 1943 (MCMXLIII) is a common year starting on Friday. ...

Rank insignia

Army

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Navy

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See also

• Air Force ranks and insignia of the Russian Federation
• Army ranks and insignia of the Russian Federation
• Naval ranks and insignia of the Russian Federation
• Russian military ranks

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Notes

1. ^  US Army Field Manual 100-2-3 - The Soviet Army; Troops Organisation and Equipment. June 1991. [5]

References

• Military Ranks of Russia
• Russian military
• Field Marshals of the Soviet Union

External links

• Federal Law No. 58-FZ from March 12, 1998 "On military duty and military service" (in Russian)
• Presidential Decree No. 531 from May 8, 2005 "On military uniform, rank insignia of the servicemen and state bodies' rank isnignia" (in Russian)