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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.
After the Armed forces' ranks and rank insignia of the Soviet Armed Forces between 1955 and 1991 were reorganized after the death of Stalin, The KGB, along with its branches, the MVD, and the Border Troops, underwent the same reorganization of ranks, completely removing the regimental numbering of 1943-1955. [1] [2]
The final rank structure from these reforms stayed well until the Union's dissolution and is the basis for the current ranks of the Russian Ground Forces. These ranks also became the basic ranks for the Soviet Air Forces in 1918 and the Soviet Air Defense Forces (from 1932 to 1949 part of the Soviet Air Force and the Red Army, 1949 independent ...
The rank of admiral of the fleet or fleet admiral [a] (Russian: адмирал флота, romanized: admiral flota) was the highest naval rank of the Soviet Union from 1940 to 1955 and second-highest from 1962 to 1991.
In the armed forces of the Soviet Union (and later in those of the Russian Federation) yefreytor is the second-lowest rank of enlisted personnel. The word ryadovoy relates to the Russian ryad ( Russian : ряд ), which in a military context means "file" or "rank" (in the sense of "rank and file").
Military ranks of the Soviet Union (1955–1991) Red Army man; Ryadovoy; S. Starshina; Starshina 1st class; Starshina 2nd class; Starshy michman; Starshy praporshchik
English: Rank insignia of the Soviet Union/Russian Federation (1955-1991), here Army "Starshy serzhant" (OR7) – shoulder strap service uniform. Русский: Войнские звания СССР/РФ с 1955 по 1991 года, здесь CB «Cтарший сержант» (ОP7) Cухопутные войска» – погон к ...
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