Praporshchik

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Praporshchik was a mid-level warrant officer rank in the Soviet military, positioned between non-commissioned officers and commissioned officers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military rank
warrant officer rank
category Soviet military ranks
warrant officers
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
equivalentRankInNATO OR-8 to W-1 (approximate, context-dependent)
hasFemaleForm Praporshchitsa
historicalPrecursor Imperial Russian Army rank praporshchik (junior officer/ensign)
influenced post-Soviet warrant officer ranks in Russia
warrant officer ranks in other former Soviet republics
introducedIn Soviet era
languageOfName Russian
literalMeaning ensign
militaryBranch Soviet Air Defense Forces NERFINISHED
Soviet Air Forces NERFINISHED
Soviet Armed Forces NERFINISHED
Soviet Army NERFINISHED
Soviet Navy NERFINISHED
Soviet Strategic Rocket Forces NERFINISHED
positionInHierarchy between non-commissioned officers and commissioned officers
promotionSource experienced non-commissioned officers
technical specialists
rankAbove Starshina (in many Soviet ground units) NERFINISHED
rankBelow Starshy praporshchik (in later Soviet period) NERFINISHED
rankClass mid-level warrant officer
rankGroup warrant officers and midshipmen (Soviet classification)
rankSystemContext above conscript and most NCO ranks
below all commissioned officer ranks
distinct from commissioned officer corps
serviceStatus professional military cadre
status no longer awarded in modern Russian Armed Forces under that exact title (reformed system)
typicalDuties logistics and supply management
maintenance supervision
senior NCO-level management
technical specialist
training and mentoring of conscripts
usedBy Air forces of the Soviet Union NERFINISHED
Ground forces of the Soviet Union NERFINISHED
Navy of the Soviet Union NERFINISHED
usedIn Soviet military rank system
usedUntil dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991
woreInsigniaType shoulder boards

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Soviet military ranks hadRank Praporshchik