Russian Army Ranks Explained

The Russian Army has many ranks, some of these ranks are so similar it can be confusing, as well as in what order they progress in. In this video, we explain a simple guide to the Russian Army Ranks in Order.

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What did you think of the Russian Army Ranks? How do you think they compare to other armies?

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[formatchannel]

The only marshal of the Russian Federation was Igor Sergeev, who was the Minister of Defense of Russia from 1997 to 2001

[ElectricEndurance]

NCO are the back bone of the USA military. "NCOs are the doers, " the senior enlisted advisor said. "They provide inspiration, purpose, motivation, direction and discipline to the troops they lead, and they are also responsible for the individual training of those in their charge." If there are not battle field communications NCOs are allow to give orders to carry out the mission not to wait for orders from officers.

[quik]

Ranks of late imperial Russia would be indeed both confusing and really interesting

[romanzavsegolov]

Junior Sergeants and Sergeants are Squad or Armored vehicles commanders. Senior Sergeant is a "Platoon Sergeant", being in fact second in command to his lieutenant. Starshina is usiually a "Company Sergeant", being the most ranking NCO in a company. They usually manage weapons, and other material equipment. Praporshchiks may be in charge of warehouses or other base facilities.

As for Generals, there is no such thing as Brigadier General in Russia, there for the top rank for the commander of a brigade would be that of "Colonel". Major General is usually a division commander or XO in some other larger military unit.

[ПетрЛонзингер]

There is no rank "Leitenant-Colonel" in Russian Army. Contrary there is the rank is called "Podpolkovnik" and can be translated as "Under-Colonel".

[VikingTeddy]

Fascinating. Can we have a look at their other branches too?

[dmitryyagodkin]

Good video, exclude one point. Jr. Lieutenant is no longer in use in Russian Army, so Lieutenant is the most junior of officers.
P.S. Junior Sergeant and Sergeant are squad leaders while Senior Sergeant is platoon sergeant and Starshina acts as company first sergeant.

[eduardpankratz]

Served myself in the Soviet army and consider the clarity of the ranking system superior to other systems. The same ranking system applies to any other rank caring organisations within now currently Russia. The system is very easy to understand and to remember as it is systematically progressing and keeps the same pattern of upgraids within the respective group of ranks.

[kennygottlieb]

It’s like the German/Prussian Ranks they also used Generaloberst who means upper general, it was similar to a fieldmarchal in peacetimes, in War the overall highest where generalfeldmarchalle.

[tomislavgrozdanic]

Maybe you now understand why I wrote to you to use NATO rank codes instead of DOD paygrades in the USMC video, you can easily compare ranks from any nation to each other. The name can mislead sometimes.
I’m a Lt. Colonel in the Croatian Army, the rank is in my language called pukovnik, in many other Eastern Europe armies this name is used for a full colonel, and the rank of the Lt. Colonel is called potpukovnik, it means like undercolonel. In our Army the rank of the full colonel is Brigadir. So that’s the reason I suggested to use NATO rank codes.
2nd LT OF-1b
1st LT OF-1a
Captain OF-2
Major OF-3
Lt. Colonel OF-4
Colonel OF-5
Brig. General OF-6
GMJ OF-7
GLT OF-8
General OF-9
5* Gen. OF-10

Keep up the good work 👍

[dr.morecook]

There are many fewer enlisted ranks in the Russian Army compared to USA. In USA there are 9 different enlisted ranks and also 5 different warrant officer ranks. There's no statement here about better or worse - I am just sharing the difference with a neutral voice.

[vasskolomiets]

Actually, the starshina is the rank of contracted sergeants, and the jr. lieutenant is the rank only for reservists.

[ichwanuddinidrus]

There are 22 ranks in Indonesian Armed Force. The lowest rank is second private and the highest one is general (in the army), admiral (navy) marshal (air force). Police is not armed force but ranks level in it is the same in number, i.e., 22. The names of police ranks are different from those of armed force. For example, high ranking officers are brigadier general, inpector general, commisaries general and general.

[victorontheweb]

You forgot the most important tank called Dedovchshina

[BajoniGoblin]

I wanna hear you try to pronounce finnish army ranks. Please do them next.

[richardshort]

Thanks.
I always wondered what a Colonel-General was.

[mateimaster]

Marshal of the Russian Federation is supposed to be a continuation of the "Marshal of the Soviet Union" rank, the most prestigious rank in the Red Army and probably a much more desirable position than most political offices at that time.

And - in my humble opinion - said prestige probably only radiated off of the fact that Georgy Zhukov held it. Arguably one of, if not THE best general of the 20th century and the man who basically won WW2 for the Allies against Germany.

[Ncolai]

This is the most beautiful ranks my country has, I might wanna research Belarus’s military ranks.

[brutus]

i was not expecting there to be 20 ranks. That's impressive.