Kombrig

Kombrig (Russian: комбриг) is an abbreviation of Commanding officer of the brigade (Russian: командир бригады, romanized: komandir brigady, lit. 'brigade commander'), and was a military rank in the Soviet Armed Forces of the USSR from 1935 to 1940. It was also the designation to military personnel appointed to command a brigade sized formation (X).

Brigade commander командир бригады
Coat-collar insignia
Country	Soviet Union
Service branch	Red Army
Abbreviation	Kombrig
Formation	1935
Abolished	1940
Next higher rank	Komdiv
Next lower rank	Colonel
Equivalent ranks	Captain 1st rank

Until 1940 it was the fourth highest military rank of the Red Army. It was equivalent to Brigade commissar (Russian: бригадный комиссар, romanized: brigadny komissar) of the political staff in all military branches, Kapitan 1st rank (Russian: капита́н 1-го ранга, romanized: kapitan 1-go ranga) in the Soviet navy, or to Major of state security (Russian: майор государственной безопасности, romanized: mayor gosudarstvennoy bezolosnosti). With the reintroduction of regular general ranks, the designation Kombrig was abolished, and replaced by Major general (OF-6).

History

This particular rank was introduced by disposal of the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union and the Council of People's Commissars, from September 22, 1935.^[1] The new rank structure was as follows:

• Command level Brigade X: Kombrig (Brigadier)
• Command level Division XX: Komdiv (Division commander)
• Command level Corps XXX: Komkor (Korps commander)
• Command level Field army XXXX: Komandarm 2nd rank (Army commander 2nd rank – Commander Army)
• Command level Army group, Front XXXXX: Komandarm 1st rank (Army commander 1st rank – Frond commander)
• Marshal of the Soviet Union

Rank insignia

• 
  Overcoat collar patch (big)
• 
  Jacket collar patch and Gymnastyorka
• 
  ... Air Force
• 
  Chevron/ sleeve insignia

See also

• Ranks and rank insignia of the Red Army 1935–1940, and ... 1940–1943

References

1. Decree of the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union and the Council of People's Commissars, from September 22, 1935, on introduction of individual military rank designation to commanding personnel of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army.