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Podpolkovnik
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Podpolkovnik (Russian: подполко́вник, lit. 'sub –, junior – , or lower regimentary') is a military rank in Slavic and nearby countries which corresponds to the lieutenant colonel in the English-speaking states and military.[1]
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In different languages the exact name of this rank maintains a variety of spellings.[1] The transliteration is also in common usage for the sake of tradition dating back to the Old Slavonic word "polk" (literally: regiment sized unit), and include the following names in alphabetical order:
- Belarus — падпалкоўнік (padpalkownik)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia — потпуковник / potpukovnik (Serbo-Croatian: [pôtpukoːʋniːk])
- Bulgaria — подполковник
- Czech Republic — podplukovník (Czech: [ˈpotplukovɲiːk])
- Georgia — ვიცე-პოლკოვნიკი (Georgian: [vitse pʼolkʼovnikʼi])
- North Macedonia — потполковник (podpolkovnik)
- Poland — podpułkownik (Polish: [pɔtpuwˈkɔvɲik])
- Russia — подполко́вник (podpolkovnik) (Russian: [pətpɐlˈkovnʲɪk])
- Slovenia — podpolkovnik
- Slovakia — podplukovník
- Ukraine — підполковник (pidpolkovnyk)