Ranks and insignia of the Russian Federation's armed forces 1994–2010
Ranks and insignia of the Russian Federation's armed forces from 1994 to 2010 were affected by the disintegration of the former Soviet armed forces, and there were other changes in insignia design when the newly established Russian Federation came into existence. The ranks depicted below were replaced with those adopted by decree № 293 of the President of the Russian Federation on 11 March 2010.[1] The transition began with the issue of new military uniforms to the armed services in 2008 in the Moscow area and in 2010 nationwide. The ranks of marshal of the branch and chief marshal were officially abolished as a result of the 1994 regulations.
Colonel
(army / ground forces)
(army / ground forces)
Parade uniform
Service uniform
Field uniform
Captain 1st rank (navy)
Parade uniform
Service uniform
Shoulder boards
Enlisted men
Enlisted men wear no rank on their working uniform shoulder boards. On parade uniforms, the shoulder board shows a Cyrillic letter symbol.
- ВС — armed forces personnel (Russian: Bооружённые силы; vo'oruzhonnye sily)
- Ф — fleet personnel (Russian: Флот; flot)
- К — army and air force military student (Russian: Курсант; kursant)
- Anchor — naval military student
- Н — students of the Nakhimov Naval School (Russian: Нахимовское военно-морское училище; Nakhimovskoye voyenno-morskoye uchilishche)
- СВУ — students of the Suvorov Military School (Russian: Суворовское военное училище; Suvorovskoye voyennoye uchilishche)
- ВМУ — students of the school of military music (Russian: Военно-музыкальное училище; voyenno-muzykalnoye uchilishche)
- КК — cadets of the cadet corps (Russian: Кадетский корпус; kadetsky korpus)
- МКК — Kronstadt sea cadet corps (Russian: Кронштадтский морской кадетский корпус; Kronshtadtsky morskoy kadetsky korpus)
- ВВ — internal troops (Russian: Внутренние войска; vnutrenniye voyska)
Non-commissioned officers
Non-commissioned officers up to staff sergeant (Russian: cтаршина; starshina) wear shoulder boards with the Cyrillic letter symbol for their branch and their rank stripes.
- Field uniform — camouflage colour
- Service uniform — yellow coloured
- Parade uniform — gold coloured
Warrant officers and michman
Warrant officers and michman wore shoulder boards similar to enlisted personnel and non-commissioned officers, but their ranks were shown by small stars arranged in vertical order.
Distinction insignia
Enlisted personnel, NCOs and warrant officers
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| Shoulder board to field uniform all service branches |
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| Rank designation (ground & air forces) |
Officer cadet | Private | Corporal | Junior sergeant | Sergeant | Senior sergeant | Staff sergeant | Warrant officer | Senior warrant officer | ||
| Курсант | Рядовой | Ефрейтор | Младший сержант | Сержант | Старший сержант | Старшина | Прапорщик | Старший прапорщик | |||
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| Shoulder board to parade uniform |
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| Rating designation (naval services) |
Officer cadet | Sailor | Senior sailor |
Petty officer 2nd class |
Petty officer 1st class |
Chief petty officer |
Chief petty officer of the ship |
Midshipman | Senior midshipman | ||
| Курсант | Матрос | Старший матрос | Старшина 2 статьи | Старшина 1 статьи | Главный старшина | Главный корабельный старшина | Мичман | Старший мичман | |||
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Officer cadet | Sailor | Senior sailor |
Junior sergeant |
Sergeant | Senior sergeant | Staff sergeant | Warrant officer | Senior warrant officer | ||
| Курсант | Матрос | Старший матрос | Младший сержант | Сержант | Старший сержант | Старшина | Прапорщик | Старший прапорщик | |||
| NATO-equivalent | OF-(D) | OR-1 | OR-4 | OR-5 | OR-6 | OF-7 | OR-8 | OR-9 | |||
Army, air force and naval officers
- Shoulder boards up to company level
- One vertical stripe, padding with basic ornament (in longitudinal direction appliqued cords in piston-embroidery), metal stars (small 13 mm diameter); shoulder boards to field uniforms simple without basic ornament.
- Shoulder boards to field officers/ staff officers
- Basic ornament identical to company level, two vertical stripes, metal stars (big 20 mm diameter).
- Top level appointments
- Basic ornament longitudinal- and vertical embroidery, embroidered stars (diameter 22 mm).
- Marshal of the Russian Federation
- Basic ornaments longitudinal-and vertical embroidery, one embroidered big star (diameter 40 mm), Coat of arms of Russia.
Officer insignia – army, air force, SMT, airborne and space forces
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| Rank designation | English | Junior lieutenant | Lieutenant | Senior lieutenant | Captain | Major | Lieutenant colonel | Colonel | Major general | Lieutenant general | Colonel general | General of the Army | Marshal of the Russian Federation | |
| Cyrillic | Мл. лейтенант | Лейтенант | Ст. лейтенант | Капитан | Майор | Подполковник | Полковник | Генерал-майор | Генерал-лейтенант | Генерал-полковник | Генерал аpмии | Маршал Российской Федерации | ||
| NATO-equivalent | OF-1 | OF-2 | OF-3 | OF-4 | OF-5 | OF-6 | OF-7 | OF-8 | OF-9 | OF-10 | ||||
Officer insignia – navy
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| Junior officers | Senior officers | Flag officers | |||||||||||
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| Shoulder board white – on shirt |
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| Rank designation naval forces at sea |
Junior lieutenant | Lieutenant | Senior lieutenant | Captain lieutenant | Captain 3rd rank | Captain 2nd rank | Captain 1st rank | Rear admiral | Vice admiral | Admiral | Admiral of the fleet | ||
| Rank designation coastal defence & other services |
Junior lieutenant | Lieutenant | Senior lieutenant | Captain | Major | Lieutenant colonel | Colonel | Major general | Lieutenant general | Colonel general | No equivalent | ||
| NATO-equivalent | OF-1 | OF-2 | OF-3 | OF-4 | OF-5 | OF-6 | OF-7 | OF-8 | OF-9 | ||||
See also
- History of Russian military ranks
- Ranks and insignia of the Russian armed forces until 1917
- Ranks and insignia of the Red Army 1918–1935, 1935–1940, and 1940–1943
- Ranks and rank insignia of the Soviet Armed Forces 1943–1955, and 1955–1991
- Army ranks and insignia of the Russian Federation
- Naval ranks and insignia of the Russian Federation
References
- Decreed № 293 of the president of the Russian Federation … on changes to form and design of rank insignia of the Russian Federation's armed forces from March 11, 2010, in use from 1994 to 2010.
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