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Special ranks of Police are used by: Russian Police (under Ministry of Internal Affairs) Main Directorate for Drugs Control (Ministry of Internal Affairs) Special ranks of justice are used by: Investigative Committee of Russia (not to be confused with military ranks of military prosecutors and military judges) Special ranks of internal service ...
Rank titles are sometimes modified due to a particular assignment, branch, or status: The ranks of servicemen assigned to a "guards" unit or formation are preceded by the word "guards"; The ranks of servicemen in the legal, medical, and veterinary branches are followed by "of justice", "of the medical service", and "of the veterinary service ...
These units and formations existed in the highest possible secrecy, disguised as Soviet paratroopers (Army spetsnaz) or naval infantrymen (Naval spetsnaz) by their uniforms and insignia. Twenty-four years after the birth of spetsnaz, the Chairman of the KGB General Yuri Andropov (in that office from 1967 to 1982) established the first counter ...
Ranks in the shore services mirrored the changes in the Red Army save that Colonel-General became the highest rank for troops in those services. The Russian Navy still uses this, except that Marshal of the Russian Federation is the highest rank of precedence, and the rank below that, Admiral of the Fleet, is the highest deck rank for officers.
The highest Navy 'deck' rank is Admiral of the Fleet. In the Soviet era the rank Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union was equivalent to the rank of Marshal and only three persons were given that rank. Since 1991 this rank is no longer used. Ranks can have additional descriptors according to assignment or status.
The highest rank of Generalissimo of the Soviet Union (Russian: Генерали́ссимус Сове́тского Сою́за) was created in October 1943, as an individual award to Stalin, the Head of Government and party chief, and functioned as supreme commander on all Soviet armed forces. Promotion to this rank was limited explicitly ...
California will have the highest minimum wage rate for any state at $15.50, up from $15 in 2022. It raised its minimum wage to $14 in 2021 from $13, the result of a law mandating incremental ...
The ranks and rank insignia of the Soviet Armed Forces between 1955 and 1991 were distinguished by the reorganisation of the Soviet armed forces after the death of Stalin, resulting in changes to ranks, insignia, and uniforms.