General of the Infantry (Imperial Russia)

See also: General of the Infantry (disambiguation) General of the infantry
(Imperial Russian Army)

Epaulet
(1857-1907)

Shoulder strap
in the General staff (1904-1909

...as to the 54th inf. Regiment (1902-1915)shoulder board

General of the Infantry (Russian: генера́л от инфанте́рии) was a general of the branch rank in the Imperial Russian Army (today comparable to OF-8 rank level). It served as the rank below General-feldmarschal (Russian: генерал-фельдмаршал), and was the highest rank one could achieve in the infantry from 1796 to 1917.

History

The rank was introduced by the Russian Emperor Peter the Great in 1700. It was introduced in the Table of Ranks in 1722. It was no longer used in 1724 but the rank was reintroduced by Emperor Paul I in 1796.

General of the Infantry was addressed as ´Your Excellency'. The rank was on the same level with Admiral and Active Privy Councillor.

References

^ Инфантерия (устаревшее итальянское infanteria, от infante — «юноша, пехотинец»), название пехоты в вооружённых силах ряда зарубежных государств. В России в XVIII — начале XX веках термин «инфантерия» употреблялся в официальных документах наравне с термином «пехота».
^ Декрет об уравнении всех военнослужащих в правах (). Vol. 1: 25 октября 1917 г. — 16 марта 1918 г. / подгот. С. Н. Валк и др (Декреты советской власти: сб. док. / Ин-т марксизма-ленинизма при ЦК КПСС; Ин-т истории АН СССР ed.). М.: Политиздат. 1957–1997. pp. 242–243. ISBN 5-250-00390-7. Archived from the original on 2016-03-20. (ISBN т. 1 отсутствует. Привязано к: Декреты советской власти: . М., 1957—1997.)