Soviet military ranks

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military rank system

Soviet military ranks were the hierarchical titles and insignia used to organize and distinguish authority levels within the armed forces of the former Soviet Union.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Soviet military ranks canonical	2
Soviet Armed Forces rank system	1
Soviet military rank system	1

Statements (71)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military rank system ⓘ
abolished	1918 officer ranks of the Imperial Russian Army ⓘ
alignedWith	Soviet military doctrine ⓘ
country	Soviet Union ⓘ
governedBy	Ministry of Defense of the USSR ⓘ surface form: People’s Commissariat of Defence of the USSR Ministry of Defense of the USSR ⓘ surface form: Soviet Ministry of Defence
hadInsigniaType	collar patches ⓘ shoulder boards ⓘ
hadNavalRank	Admiral ⓘ Admiral flota Sovetskogo Soyuza ⓘ Glavny starshina ⓘ Kapitan 1-go ranga ⓘ Kapitan 2-go ranga ⓘ Kapitan 3-go ranga ⓘ Kapitan-leitenant ⓘ Konteradmiral ⓘ surface form: Kontr-admiral Leytenant (Navy) ⓘ Matros ⓘ Michman ⓘ Starshina 1 statyi ⓘ Starshina 2 statyi ⓘ Starshiy michman ⓘ Vice-admiral ⓘ
hadRank	General armii ⓘ General-leytenant ⓘ General-mayor ⓘ General-polkovnik ⓘ Glavny marshal roda voysk ⓘ Kapitan ⓘ Leytenant ⓘ Marshal Sovetskogo Soyuza ⓘ Marshal roda voysk ⓘ Mayor ⓘ Mladshiy serzhant ⓘ Podpolkovnik ⓘ Polkovnik ⓘ Praporshchik ⓘ Ryadovoy ⓘ Serzhant ⓘ Starshina ⓘ Starshiy leytenant ⓘ Starshiy praporshchik ⓘ Starshiy serzhant ⓘ Yefreytor ⓘ
hadRankCategory	company-grade officers ⓘ enlisted personnel ⓘ field-grade officers ⓘ general officers ⓘ non-commissioned officers ⓘ warrant officers ⓘ
influenced	post-Soviet states’ military rank systems ⓘ
introduced	personal military ranks in 1935 ⓘ
language	Russian ⓘ
reformedIn	1940 ⓘ 1943 ⓘ 1955 ⓘ 1970s ⓘ
replaced	Imperial Russian military ranks ⓘ
replacedBy	Russian Federation military ranks ⓘ
restoredFeature	traditional officer ranks in 1940 ⓘ
standardizedFor	Warsaw Pact forces influence ⓘ
timePeriod	1918–1991 ⓘ
usedColorCoding	branch-of-service colors ⓘ
usedIn	KGB troops ⓘ Soviet Internal Troops ⓘ surface form: NKVD troops Red Army ⓘ Soviet Air Forces ⓘ Soviet armed forces ⓘ surface form: Soviet Armed Forces Soviet Navy ⓘ
usedSymbol	hammer and sickle ⓘ red star ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

LWP → hadRankStructureBasedOn → Soviet military ranks ⓘ

Armed Forces of Belarus → usesRankStructureBasedOn → Soviet military ranks ⓘ

Chief Marshal of the branch → partOf → Soviet military ranks ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet military rank system

Land Forces of the NVA → militaryRankStructureBasedOn → Soviet military ranks ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet Armed Forces rank system