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==Rank Table== ==Rank Table==
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{|class="prettytable" cellpadding="5" align="center"
!width="20%" |Category
!width="40%" |All-forces ranks
!Deck Ranks


{|class="prettytable" cellpadding="6" align="center"
!width="20%" |Category
!width="30%" |Soviet All-forces ranks<br>(Army, Militsiya)
!Soviet military branches ranks<br>(Air Force, Space Troops, Artillery, Tank Forces, Engineer Forces and Signal Forces, Medical Service, Military Judicial Service, other Special and Technical Services)
!Soviet Navy Ranks
|- |-
|rowspan="5" |<center>'''Supreme Officers'''<br> '''or'''<br> '''General Officers'''<center> |rowspan="6" |<center>'''Supreme Officers'''<br> '''or'''<br> '''General Officers'''<center>
|<center>]<br>('''Ма́ршал Совéтского Сою́за''') |colspan="3"|<center>]<br>('''Генерали́ссимус Сове́тского Сою́за''')<center>
|-
|<center>]<br>('''Ма́ршал Совéтского Сою́за''')<center>
----
<center>'''-'''<center>
|<center>'''-'''<center>
----
<center>]<br>('''Гла́вный Ма́ршал Авиа́ции Совéтского Сою́за''')<br>] of an arm<br>('''Гла́вный Ма́ршал рода войск''')<center>
|<center>]<br>('''Адмира́л Фло́та Совéтского Сою́за''')<center> |<center>]<br>('''Адмира́л Фло́та Совéтского Сою́за''')<center>
----
<center>'''-'''<center>
|- |-
|<center>]<br>('''генера́л а́рмии'''), <br>] of an arm<br>('''Гла́вный Ма́ршал рода войск'''), <br>] of an arm<br>('''Ма́ршал рода войск''')<center> |<center>]<br>('''генера́л а́рмии''')<center>
|<center>] '''of''' ]'''<br>(''Ма́ршал авиа́ции''')<br><center>] of an arm<br>('''Ма́ршал рода войск''')<center>
<center>

|<center>]<br> ('''адмира́л фло́та''')<center> |<center>]<br> ('''адмира́л фло́та''')<center>
|- |-
|<center>]<br>('''генера́л-полко́вник''')<center> |<center>]<br>('''генера́л-полко́вник''')<center>
|<center>] '''of aviation'''<br>('''генера́л-полко́вник авиа́ции''')<center>
|<center>]<br>('''адмира́л''')<center> |<center>]<br>('''адмира́л''')<center>
|- |-
|<center>]<br>('''генера́л-лейтена́нт''')<center> |<center>]<br>('''генера́л-лейтена́нт''')<center>
|<center>] '''of aviation'''<br>('''генера́л-лейтена́нт авиа́ции''')<center>
|<center>]<br>('''ви́це-адмира́л''')<center> |<center>]<br>('''ви́це-адмира́л''')<center>
|- |-
|<center>]<br>('''генера́л-майо́р''')<center> |<center>]<br>('''генера́л-майо́р''')<center>
|<center><center>] '''of aviation'''<br>('''генера́л-майо́р авиа́ции''')<center>
|<center>]<br>('''ко́нтр-адмира́л''')<center> |<center>]<br>('''ко́нтр-адмира́л''')<center>
|- |-
|rowspan="3" |<center>'''Senior Officers'''<br> '''or'''<br> '''Field Grade Officers'''<center> |rowspan="3" |<center>'''Senior Officers'''<br> '''or'''<br> '''Field Grade Officers'''<center>
|<center>]<br>('''полко́вник''')<center> |<center>]<br>('''полко́вник''')<center>
|<center>] '''of aviation'''<br>('''полко́вник авиа́ции''')<center>
|<center>], 1st rank<br>('''капита́н 1-го ра́нга''')<center> |<center>], 1st rank<br>('''капита́н 1-го ра́нга''')<center>
|- |-
|<center>]<br>('''подполко́вник''')<center> |<center>]<br>('''подполко́вник''')<center>
|<center>] '''of aviation'''<br>('''подполко́вник авиа́ции''')<center>
|<center>], 2nd rank<br>('''капита́н 2-го р́анга''')<center> |<center>], 2nd rank<br>('''капита́н 2-го р́анга''')<center>
|- |-
|<center>]<br>('''майо́р''')<center> |<center>]<br>('''майо́р''')<center>
|<center>] '''of aviation'''<br>('''майо́р авиа́ции''')<center>
|<center>], 3rd rank<br>('''капита́н 3-го р́анга''')<center> |<center>], 3rd rank<br>('''капита́н 3-го р́анга''')<center>
|- |-
|rowspan="4" |<center>'''Junior Officers'''<br> '''or'''<br> '''Company Grade Officers'''<center> |rowspan="4" |<center>'''Junior Officers'''<br> '''or'''<br> '''Company Grade Officers'''<center>
|<center>]<br>('''капита́н''')<center> |<center>]<br>('''капита́н''')<center>
|<center>]<br>('''капита́н-лейтена́нт''')<center> |<center>] '''of aviation'''<br>('''капита́н авиа́ции''')<center>
|<center>Captain-]<br>('''капита́н-лейтена́нт''')<center>
|- |-
|<center>Senior ]<br>('''ста́рший лейтена́нт''')<center> |<center>Senior ]<br>('''ста́рший лейтена́нт''')<center>
|<center>Senior ] '''of aviation'''<br>('''ста́рший лейтена́нт авиа́ции''')<center>
|<center>Senior ]<br>('''старший лейтенант''')<center> |<center>Senior ]<br>('''старший лейтенант''')<center>
|- |-
|<center>]<br>('''лейтена́нт''')<center> |<center>]<br>('''лейтена́нт''')<center>
|<center>] '''of aviation'''<br>('''лейтена́нт авиа́ции''')<center>
|<center>]<br>('''лейтена́нт''')<center> |<center>]<br>('''лейтена́нт''')<center>
|- |-
|<center>Junior ]<br>('''мла́дший лейтена́нт''')<center> |<center>Junior ]<br>('''мла́дший лейтена́нт''')<center>
|<center>Junior ] '''of aviation'''<br>('''мла́дший лейтена́нт авиа́ции''')<center>
|<center>Junior ]<br>'''мла́дший лейтена́нт''')<center> |<center>Junior ]<br>'''мла́дший лейтена́нт''')<center>
|- |-
|rowspan = "2" |<center>'''Under-Officers'''<br> '''or'''<br> '''Master non-commissioned officers'''<center> |rowspan = "3" |<center>'''Under-Officers'''<br> '''or'''<br> '''Master non-commissioned officers'''<center>
|<center>Senior ]<br>('''ста́рший пра́порщик''')<center> |<center>Senior ]<br>('''ста́рший пра́порщик''')<center>
|<center>Senior ] '''of aviation'''<br>('''ста́рший пра́порщик авиа́ции''')
|<center>Senior ]<br>('''ста́рший ми́чман''')<center> |<center>Senior ]<br>('''ста́рший ми́чман''')<center>
|- |-
|<center>]<br>('''пра́порщик''')<center> |<center>]<br>('''пра́порщик''')<center>
|<center><center>] '''of aviation'''<br>('''пра́порщик авиа́ции''')<center>
|<center>]<br>('''ми́чман''')<center> |<center>]<br>('''ми́чман''')<center>
|-
|<center>] ('''подпра́порщик''')<center>
|<center>] '''of aviation'''<br> ('''подпра́порщик авиа́ции''')<center>
|<center>]<br> ('''бо́цман''')<center>
|- |-
|rowspan = "4" |<center>'''Sergeants'''<br> '''and'''<br> '''Petty Officers '''<center> |rowspan = "4" |<center>'''Sergeants'''<br> '''and'''<br> '''Petty Officers '''<center>
|<center>]<br>('''старшина́''')<center> |<center>]<br>('''старшина́''')<center>
|<center>] '''of aviation'''<br>('''старшина́ авиа́ции''')<center>
|<center>Chief Ship ]<br>('''гла́вный корабе́льный старшина́''')<center> |<center>Chief Ship ]<br>('''гла́вный корабе́льный старшина́''')<center>
|- |-
|<center>Senior ]<br>('''ста́рший сержа́нт''')<center> |<center>Senior ]<br>('''ста́рший сержа́нт''')<center>
|<center>Senior ] '''of aviation'''<br>('''ста́рший сержа́нт авиа́ции''')<center>
|<center>Chief ]<br>('''гла́вный старшина́''')<center> |<center>Chief ]<br>('''гла́вный старшина́''')<center>
|- |-
|<center>]<br>('''сержа́нт''')<center> |<center>]<br>('''сержа́нт''')<center>
|<center>] '''of aviation'''<br>('''сержа́нт авиа́ции''')<center>
|<center>], 1st class<br>('''старшина́ 1-й статьи́''')<center> |<center>], 1st class<br>('''старшина́ 1-й статьи́''')<center>
|- |-
|<center>Junior ]<br>('''мла́дший сержа́нт''')<center> |<center>Junior ]<br>('''мла́дший сержа́нт''')<center>
|<center>Junior ] '''of aviation'''<br>('''мла́дший сержа́нт авиа́ции''')<center>
|<center>], 2nd class<br>('''старшина́ 2-й статьи́''')<center> |<center>], 2nd class<br>('''старшина́ 2-й статьи́''')<center>
|- |-
|rowspan= "2" |<center> '''Soldiers,<br> seamen,<br> airmen'''<center> |rowspan= "2" |<center> '''Soldiers,<br> seamen,<br> airmen'''<center>
|<center>]<br>('''ефре́йтор''')<center> |<center>]<br>('''ефре́йтор''')<center>
|<center>Senior ]<br>('''ста́рший матро́с''')<center> |<center>] '''of aviation'''<br> '''or''' Senior ]<br>('''ефре́йтор авиа́ции''') '''или''' ('''стáрший лё́тчик''')<center>
|<center>Senior ]<br> '''or''' ], ]<br>('''ста́рший матро́с''') '''или''' ('''ста́рший моря́к''')<center>
|- |-
|<center>]<br>('''рядово́й''')<center> |<center>] '''or''' ], ]<br>('''рядово́й''') '''или''' ('''солдáт''')<center>
|<center>] '''of aviation''' '''or''' ]<br>('''рядово́й авиа́ции''') '''или''' ('''лё́тчик''')<center>
|<center>]<br>('''матро́с''')<center>
|<center>] '''or''' ], ]<br>('''матро́с''') '''или''' ('''моря́к''') <center>
|} |}
{{ref|1}}


=== Marshal of an arm=== ==History of Soviet Ranks==

The ranks of ''] of an arm'' and ''Marshal of an arm'' were used in five Soviet military branches; these being the Air Force, Artillery, Tank Forces, Engineer Forces, and Signal Forces. These ranks were established in ] and were both equivalent to ], although they maintained precedence between each other.
The ] of ] cancelled the privileges of Russian nobility (]). The ] 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 ''] Commander''; likewise ''kombat'' was ''] Commander'', etc. These acronyms have survived as informal position names to the present day.

The personal ranks were not reintroduced until ], and ] ranks were restored in May ]. The ranks were based on Russian Empire military ranks, although they underwent some modifications; the modified Imperial rank ] was reintroduced in ].

In the 1970s, the non-commissioned officers serving under ] and holding '''Starshina''' (]) rank were reassigned to newly-created '''Praporshchik''' rank (not to be confused with similarly named ] rank of commissioned officers); ''starshina'' was reserved for conscripts only.

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 ] include that of ], along with ], which was a rank used by ] after ], ]. Other notable ranks include that of ] and that of the ].

=== ] ===

]
The ranks of ''Marshal of the Soviet Union'' (transliteration: ''Marshal Sovietskogo Soyuza'') () was in practice the highest military rank of the ]. (The highest rank in theory, ] of the Soviet Union, was created for ] and held by him alone). The rank was abolished in ] after the ], and was replaced by the ] rank.

List of those awarded the rank of ]:

*] (1881-1969), appointed November 1935
*] (1893-1937), appointed November 1935
*] (1883-1939), appointed November 1935
*] (1883-1973), appointed November 1935
*] (1890-1938), appointed November 1935
*] (1895-1970), appointed May 1940
*] (1890-1950), appointed May 1940
*] (1882-1945), appointed May 1940
*] (1896-1974), appointed January 1943
*] (1895-1977), appointed February 1943
*] (1879-1953), appointed March 1943
*] (1897-1973), appointed February 1944
*] (1897-1955), appointed June 1944
*] (1896-1968), appointed June 1944 (As Konstanty Rokossowski he was also a ] from 1949)
*] (1898-1967), appointed September 1944
*] (1894-1949), appointed September 1944
*] (1897-1968), appointed October 1944
*] (1899-1953), appointed July 1945
*] (1897-1968), appointed July 1946
*] (1895-1975), appointed November 1947
*] (1897-1982), appointed March 1955
*] (1904-64), appointed March 1955
*] (1903-76), appointed March 1955
*] (1892-1970), appointed March 1955
*] (1902-85), appointed March 1955
*] (1900-82), appointed March 1955
*] (1898-1972), appointed May 1959
*] (1900-80), appointed May 1961
*] (1903-72), appointed May 1962
*] (1912-76), appointed April 1967
*] (1910-84), appointed April 1968
*] (1904-76), appointed April 1968
*] (1906-82), appointed May 1976
*] (1908-84), appointed July 1976
*] (born 1921), appointed January 1977
*] (1917-94), appointed January 1977
*] (born 1911), appointed February 1978
*] (1923-91), appointed March 1983
*] (1917-90), appointed March 1983
*] (born 1917), appointed March 1983
*] (born 1924), appointed April 1990

=== ] ===
]
]
]
Was a rank acquired by ] in ] ] during ]. It has never been used since, and could be observed as a rank similar to ] or ]'s rank of ].

=== ] ===

Was a rank equivalent to that of ] in the ]. This rank was abolised in ], and replaced with ].

List of those awarded the rank of ]:

*] (1902-74): Appointed ], 1955; demoted ], 1956; restored posthumously ], ]
*] (1894-1967): Appointed ], 1955
*] (1910-88): Appointed ], 1967 {{note|2}}

=== Chief Marshal ===
The rank of ] 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 ], but were largely restricted to the artillery and Air Force by 1984, and had ceased to be conferred in these branches as well.

'''List of Chief Marshals'''
]

*'''Chief Marshals of the Air Forces'''
**] (19.11.1900-3.12.1976) Appointed 21.02.1944
**] (7.08.1904-22.09.1975) Appointed 19.08.1944
**] (19.01.1900-2.10.1963) Appointed 11.3.1955
**] (3.06.1900-30.12.1973) Appointed 8.05.1959
**] (16.08.1914-3.12.1984) Appointed 03.1972
**] (29.07.1923- ) Appointed 1977. Served as Minister of Civil Aviation ]-]
**] (20.09.1923-9.06.1992) Appointed 1984. Served as ''commander of air defense'' from ] to ]
**] (3.2.1942- ) Appointed 09.1991. In August- December 1991 last Minister of Defense OF THE USSR. In 1991-93 served as ''commander-in-chief of the United Armed Forces of the ]''.

*'''Chief Marshals of Artillery'''
**] (5.05.1899-28.02.1968) Appointed 21.02.1944
**] (9.11.1902-24.10.1960) Appointed 8.05.1959
**] (10.08.1901-1.03.1971) Appointed 6.05.1961
**] (25.11.1914-17.06.1989) Appointed 1983
*'''Chief Marshals of Tank Forces'''
**] (6.07.1901-16.04.1982) Appointed 28.04.1962
**] (18.2.1906-1.11.1977) Appointed 05.1975

The ranks of Chief Marshal of Engineer Troops and of Chief Marshal of Signals, established both in 1943 and abolished both in 1984, were never conferred on anybody.


== Rank insignia == == Rank insignia ==
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==External links== == Notes ==
#{{note|U.S. Army}} ''US Army Field Manual 100-2-3 - The Soviet Army; Troops Organisation and Equipment.'' June 1991.

== References ==

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==External links==
* "On military duty and military service" (in Russian)
* "On military uniform, rank insignia of the servicemen and state bodies' rank isnignia" (in Russian)
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The military ranks of the Soviet Union were those introduced after the October Revolution of 1917. 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.

Rank Table

File:SovietUniform-1-.jpg
Uniform abstract of the Soviet Union
Category Soviet All-forces ranks
(Army, Militsiya)
Soviet military branches ranks
(Air Force, Space Troops, Artillery, Tank Forces, Engineer Forces and Signal Forces, Medical Service, Military Judicial Service, other Special and Technical Services)
Soviet Navy Ranks
Supreme Officers
or
General Officers
Generalissimo of the Soviet Union
(Генерали́ссимус Сове́тского Сою́за)
Marshal of the Soviet Union
(Ма́ршал Совéтского Сою́за)

-
-

Chief Marshal of aviation of the Soviet Union
(Гла́вный Ма́ршал Авиа́ции Совéтского Сою́за)
Chief Marshal of an arm
(Гла́вный Ма́ршал рода войск)
Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union
(Адмира́л Фло́та Совéтского Сою́за)

-
General of the Army
(генера́л а́рмии)
Marshal of aviation
(Ма́ршал авиа́ции
)
Marshal of an arm
(Ма́ршал рода войск)
Admiral of the Fleet
(адмира́л фло́та)
Polkovnik General
(генера́л-полко́вник)
Polkovnik General of aviation
(генера́л-полко́вник авиа́ции)
Admiral
(адмира́л)
Lieutenant General
(генера́л-лейтена́нт)
Lieutenant General of aviation
(генера́л-лейтена́нт авиа́ции)
Vice Admiral
(ви́це-адмира́л)
Major General
(генера́л-майо́р)
Major General of aviation
(генера́л-майо́р авиа́ции)
Counter Admiral
(ко́нтр-адмира́л)
Senior Officers
or
Field Grade Officers
Polkovnik
(полко́вник)
Polkovnik of aviation
(полко́вник авиа́ции)
Captain, 1st rank
(капита́н 1-го ра́нга)
Podpolkovnik
(подполко́вник)
Podpolkovnik of aviation
(подполко́вник авиа́ции)
Captain, 2nd rank
(капита́н 2-го р́анга)
Major
(майо́р)
Major of aviation
(майо́р авиа́ции)
Captain, 3rd rank
(капита́н 3-го р́анга)
Junior Officers
or
Company Grade Officers
Captain
(капита́н)
Captain of aviation
(капита́н авиа́ции)
Captain-Lieutenant
(капита́н-лейтена́нт)
Senior Lieutenant
(ста́рший лейтена́нт)
Senior Lieutenant of aviation
(ста́рший лейтена́нт авиа́ции)
Senior Lieutenant
(старший лейтенант)
Lieutenant
(лейтена́нт)
Lieutenant of aviation
(лейтена́нт авиа́ции)
Lieutenant
(лейтена́нт)
Junior Lieutenant
(мла́дший лейтена́нт)
Junior Lieutenant of aviation
(мла́дший лейтена́нт авиа́ции)
Junior Lieutenant
мла́дший лейтена́нт)
Under-Officers
or
Master non-commissioned officers
Senior Praporshchik
(ста́рший пра́порщик)
Senior Praporshchik of aviation
(ста́рший пра́порщик авиа́ции)
Senior Midshipman
(ста́рший ми́чман)
Praporshchik
(пра́порщик)
Praporshchik of aviation
(пра́порщик авиа́ции)
Midshipman
(ми́чман)
Podpraporshchik (подпра́порщик)
Podpraporshchik of aviation
(подпра́порщик авиа́ции)
Bootsmann
(бо́цман)
Sergeants
and
Petty Officers
Starshina
(старшина́)
Starshina of aviation
(старшина́ авиа́ции)
Chief Ship Starshina
(гла́вный корабе́льный старшина́)
Senior Sergeant
(ста́рший сержа́нт)
Senior Sergeant of aviation
(ста́рший сержа́нт авиа́ции)
Chief Starshina
(гла́вный старшина́)
Sergeant
(сержа́нт)
Sergeant of aviation
(сержа́нт авиа́ции)
Starshina, 1st class
(старшина́ 1-й статьи́)
Junior Sergeant
(мла́дший сержа́нт)
Junior Sergeant of aviation
(мла́дший сержа́нт авиа́ции)
Starshina, 2nd class
(старшина́ 2-й статьи́)
Soldiers,
seamen,
airmen
Gefreiter
(ефре́йтор)
Gefreiter of aviation
or Senior Lyotchik
(ефре́йтор авиа́ции) или (стáрший лё́тчик)
Senior Matrose
or Seaman, Sailor
(ста́рший матро́с) или (ста́рший моря́к)
Private or Soldier, Reiter
(рядово́й) или (солдáт)
Private of aviation or Lyotchik
(рядово́й авиа́ции) или (лё́тчик)
Matrose or Seaman, Sailor
(матро́с) или (моря́к)

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 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.

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.

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 June 27, 1945. Other notable ranks include that of Chief Marshal and that of the Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union.

Marshal of the Soviet Union

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Marshal of the Soviet Union

The ranks of Marshal of the Soviet Union (transliteration: Marshal Sovietskogo Soyuza) () 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.

List of those awarded the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union:

Generalissimo of the Soviet Union

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Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union
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Chief Marshal of Air Forces
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Chief Marshal of Artillery

Was a rank acquired by Stalin in June 1945 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.

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.

List of those awarded the rank of Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union:

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.

List of Chief Marshals

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Chief Marshal of Signals Forces and Chief Marshal of Engineer Troops

The ranks of Chief Marshal of Engineer Troops and of Chief Marshal of Signals, established both in 1943 and abolished both in 1984, were never conferred on anybody.

Rank insignia

Army

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Navy

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See also


Notes

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

References

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