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Individual rank insignia to the (Army) ground forces and (Navy) naval forces (1935–1940) were established by orders 2590 and 2591, effective from September 22, 1935.[1]
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This was mainly directed to supreme commanders, commanding officers, and personnel in charge to exert command and control in the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, published by order number 176 of the USSR People's Commissariat of Defense, dated from December 3, 1935.[2]
According to these new orders, new insignia of command personnel should indicate:
The top military rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union was created by order of the USSR Central Executive Committee and the “Council of People's Commissars” from September 22, 1935, onward, before the new ranks were issued.
The military ranks created as a result of the joint decision of the “USSR Central Executive Committee” and the “Council of People's Commissars” from November 21, 1935, are contained in the table below. These replaced the ranks used from 1924.
Land forces Air Force |
Naval forces | equivalent in GUGB/NKVD |
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Enlisted men & junior leading staff | ||
Red Army Man | Red Fleet Man (from 1943: Matros) | No equivalent |
Otdeljonnyi komandir | ||
Junior commander | No equivalent | |
Starshina | ||
Commanding staff | ||
Lieutenant | Sergeant of the state security | |
Starshy leytenant | Mladshy leytenant of state security | |
Kapitan | Captain lieutenant | Lieutenant of state security |
Major | Captain 3rd rank | Starshy leytenant of state security |
Polkovnik | Kapitan 2nd rank | Kapitan of state security |
Kombrig | Kapitan 1st rank | Mayor of state security |
Komdiv | Flag officer 2nd rank | Starshy mayor of state security |
Komkor | Flag Officer 1st rank | Commissioner of state security 3rd rank |
Komandarm 2nd rank | Fleet Flag Officer 2nd rank | Commissioner of state security 2nd rank |
Komandarm 1st rank | Fleet Flag Officer 1st rank | Commissioner of state security 1st rank |
Marshal of the Soviet Union | No equivalent | State Security Commissioner general |
The same orders mentioned above provided for separate ranks for the Political commissars and military specialists, as in the table below.
More regulations were established in 1937, following general instructions of the Red Army. According to paragraph 10 of this instruction, the following subdivision of personnel was made:
Paragraph 14 of this instruction contained the individual ranks and rank designations according to the order of September 22, 1935, and thus officially sanctioned the additional established OF-1c ranks (Junior lieutenant and Junior military technician), taking effect on August 5, 1937.
By decision of the extraordinary session of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR (end of August until early September 1939) the law on universal compulsory service took effect, and the new OF4-ranks of Podpolkovnik and Battalion commissar were introduced as a result of the amendments to the rank regulations of 1935. An equivalent OF4-rank for the Soviet navy was not established, however.
In addition to individual ranks the establishment of defined rank insignia was made in December 1935 as well. From this time military staff, including political commissars, military administration, commissariat, medical service, veterinarian service, and military legal service of the Red Army wore rank insignia as follows:
However, naval military staff wore sleeve insignia (stripes and stars) on both sleeves of the uniform.
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Rank insignia[3] |
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Russian | Маршал советского союза Marshal sovetskogo soyuza |
Командарм 1-го ранга Komandarm 1-go ranga |
Командарм 2-го ранга Komandarm 2-go ranga |
Комкор Komkor |
Комдив Komdiv |
Комбриг Kombrig | |
English | Marshal of the Soviet Union | Army commander 1st class | Army commander 2nd class | Corps commander | Divisional commander | Brigade commander | |
Rank designation after 1940 | No change | General of the Army (Chief marshal of the branch & Marshal of the branch) |
Colonel general | Lieutenant general | Major General |
Designation | Senior commanders | Middle-level commanders | |||||
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Rank insignia[3] | Coat-collar | ![]() |
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Russian | Полковник Polkovnik |
Майор Mayor |
Капитан Kapitan |
Старший лейтенант Starshiy leytenant |
Лейтенант Leytenant |
Младший лейтенант Mladshiy leytenant | |
English | Colonel | Major | Captain | Senior lieutenant | Lieutenant | Junior lieutenant (adopted 1937) |
Designation | Junior commanders | Enlisted men | |||
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Rank insignia | Coat-collar | ![]() |
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Russian | Старшина Starshina |
Младший комвзвод Mladshiy komvzvod |
Отделенный командир Otdelennyy komandir |
Красноармеец Krasnoarmeyets | |
English | Starshina | Junior platoon commander | Section commander | Red Army man | |
Rank designation after 1940 | No change | Senior sergeant | Sergeant | No change |
The following ranks and insignia were used by the Soviet Navy from 1935 to 1940.
Designation | Commander in chief, higher commanders and top appointments | |||
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Russian | Флагман флота 1-го ранга Flagman flota 1-go ranga |
Флагман флота 2-го ранга Flagman flota 2-go ranga |
Флагман 1-го ранга Flagman 1-go ranga |
Флагман 2-го ранга Flagman 2-go ranga |
English | Flag officer of the fleet 1st grade |
Flag officer of the fleet 2nd grade |
Flag officer 1st grade |
Flag officer 2nd grade |
Rank designation after 1940 | Admiral of the Fleet | Admiral | Vice admiral | Counter admiral |
Designation | Commanding officers and unit leaders | ||||||
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Russian | Капитан 1-го ранга Kapitan 1-go ranga |
Капитан 2-го ранга Kapitan 2-go ranga |
Капитан 3-го ранга Kapitan 3-go ranga |
Капитан-лейтенант Kapitan-leytenant |
Старший лейтенант Starshiy leytenant |
Лейтенант Leytenant |
Младший лейтенант Mladshiy leytenant |
English | Captain 1st grade | Captain 2nd grade | Captain 3rd grade | Captain lieutenant | Senior lieutenant | Lieutenant | Junior lieutenant (adopted 1937) |
Designation | Sub-unit leaders, specialists & enlisted men | |||
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Russian | Главный боцман Glavnyy botsman |
Старшина Starshina |
Отделенный командир Otdelennyy komandir |
Краснофлотец Krasnoflotets |
English | Chief Boatswain (adopted 1939) |
Starshina | Squad commander | Red Navy man |
Rank designation after 1940 | Midshipman | Chief Petty Officer | Petty Officer 1st Class | No change |
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