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the user JMRAMOS0109 distorts the names of military ranks. For example, He change names of Russian ranks of German origin to English.-- UeArtemis ( talk) 04:23, 10 June 2010 (UTC)
Why is senior sergeant redirected to this page? --- —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.173.17.153 ( talk) 08:30, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
Where is the Senior/Chief Marshal rank? --- The page needs some thinking through (I appreciate it is temporary) The system of Ranks in modern Russia should be used. If one is referring to the Soviet Union then the ranks may depend on what time period is being referred to; hence pages like: Comparative military ranks of World War II Ranks of the Soviet Union would be entered as historical ranks and suitable notes made as to the period of use. Dainamo 19:40, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Hello! I have updated the page to the modern russian ranks according to the official site of Russian ministry of defense. DimaY2K
I didn't even know that such a formation exists. I'd like to hear anything about this. -- 212.45.8.211 22:06, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)
The article says
Does this mean that the acronyms were used immediately after the revolution in place of personal military ranks, or that the Army and Navy have returned to the acronyms in the present day? The following paragraph says that
so I am rather confused. Molinari 19:56, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Lieutenant, Capitan, Major and... Polkovnik? Why not Colonel? -- GS 17:12, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Info I've seen has that Russia maintains two five star ranks reserved for time of war or national emergency, those being Marshal of the Russian Federation (held by one person so far) and Fleet Admiral of the Russian Federation (on paper but never held). Ive added them to the article as such. Source is U.S. Army comparative ranks study published through Institute of Heraldry. Any objections to keeping them here? - Husnock 16:18, 31 July 2005 (UTC)
Not to rehash the above unpleasant subject, but as the VFD failed on Fleet Admiral of the Russian Federation, and U.S. sources have been provided, I added in a line that such a rank is conjectured to exist (but did not put it into the rank tables). Hope that doesn't cause a problem.
This is a great article but I find it somewhat bulky and confusing. I think the tables need to be broken up into separate article for the ranks of the Russian Empire, Soviet Union, and Russian Federation. Also, pictures are badly needed! That should not be too hard, as I have a Defense Department JPG CD which ahs pics of Russian ranks.
I propose to split the article up and add pictures. Thats obviously a major undertaking and will not be attempted without some agreement. - Husnock 21:29, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
Would it bee too much to ask that someone who is able please provide a Roman transliteration of the Cyrillic in the tables? Pgranzeau 17:01, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
Someone added ranks of podpraporshchik and bootsman to modern military ranks table. Those ranks do not exist in modern russian military neither did they exist in soviet military. It can be seen clearly here (a page from russian military of deffense site). As such I am removing them from this page and others related. -- DimaY2K 13:18, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
It not historical, but in the present time is not an active and a theoretical ranks and them it is necessary to write them in this clause, though with the marks (look notes in a bottom of the table), that I and I do. In the USA now too still not appointed ranks General of the Air Force, General of the Army (USA) and Fleet Admiral and in the U.K and other countries Field Marshal and the General-Admiral, but everywhere in all tables of ranks they are written as existing, but now not active. And " the Marshal of the Russian Federation " to whom not was appointed since November 1996 (nine years) - after Igor Sergeev, and can then also it to remove off the list?.About ranks in aircraft that in the majority they such as well as in a ground forces, but under the charter to them is necessarily added a prefix of "aircraft" - on an example the general of aircraft, the colonel general of aircraft. Therefore my table is more exact as considers all aspects and I consider and I ask that this page should be kept. Thanks for understanding. Roitr 10:57, 8 November
To your data: 1) The decision and laws accepted by the Russian parliament signed by president and then there is a decree, rather the reverse signs as you write. Presidential Decrees and Orders - they have more higher value. 2) The system of ranks of Russia developed and varied at all times and till now continues to develop and it is not completely final.
a) The two ranks would be completely undistinguishable-it is nonsense. Then undistinguishable would be and Senior Lieutenant and Polkovnik,even though there are additional axial strips on a shoulder board of a Polkovnik. In the Middle-Asian floor the size of a star is not always visible. It concerns for Lieutenant and Podpolkovnik. LOL b) I did not write Under-Liuetenant and Lieutenant in the table-ranks of navy infantry, and wrote in the table-Ranks of the Naval Forces in which they were according to the table of military ranks of Russian Fleet-grades of Russian Military Fleet under the sea charter of 1720 http://armor.kiev.ua/army/titul/rusflot-1720.shtml . Do not take offence, but I trust Yeremeyev more. Yours faithfully -- Roitr 03:20, 12 November 2005
Nice page. NPOV and clear, concise information. David.
Who added Lyotchik as a rank?! Word lyotchik means pilot in russian and never was a rank in russian military. Russian air force has exectly the same ranks as russian ground forces. Could someone stop this madness! -- DimaY2K 14:21, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
The following do not match the pronunciations I've heard nor the cyrillic presented: 1731-1798
Rottmeister? Portupey is not indicated in the Cyrillic; Feldwebel does not match the Cyrillic.
Some of the entries in the table are translated into english; others are transliterated, and several are equivalent German ranks... which are clearly sources of the borrowed rank titles, but do not provide useful assistance to understanding.
Russian Federation
The G at the front is not how I've heard it pronounced, and is not in the cyrillic (which matches the kremlin.ru archived prikaz on ranks). Wfh 05:39, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
Stabbs-captain vs. stabs-captain. The article uses both. The latter is transcribed from the Russian; does stabbs-captain have any support? (My guess is that stabs-captain is borrowed from the German, and can be rendered in English as staff captain.) PKKloeppel ( talk) 13:17, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
I propose to use the word "Efreitor"! We do not use the word "Hauptmann" when talk about "Hetman". Such words can be adopted into English usage. 95.69.152.59 ( talk) 16:25, 29 September 2009 (UTC) UeArtemis
Why is "Front Commander" (Фронтовой командир) and not "Commander of the Front" (Командир фронта) and etc. if Comandarm is "Commander of the Army" and General of the Army (Генерал армии) isn't Army General (Армейский генерал)??? UeArtemis ( talk) 12:24, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
Why did you change Flagman to Flag officer??? What is a corporal in the Red Army? I ask to do not replace names of ranks by western counterparts! UeArtemis ( talk) 17:38, 29 May 2010 (UTC)
Флагман (Flagman) is from Dutch: Vlagman!!! I must be kept as Flagman or Vlagman, not abstract "Flag officer"!-- UeArtemis ( talk) 17:52, 29 May 2010 (UTC)
The Cornet link, links to the actual instrument rather than the page on the military rank, I made it link to the actual rank Carillonatreides 17:28, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
this article extremly needs images to show the military ranks Ammar ( Talk - Don't Talk) 21:22, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
Admiral of the Fleet of the Russian Federation is fictional rank; no such rank in Russian fleet now. I delete all about this from the article, please don't add wrong information. (sorry for poor english) Ingwar JR 08:25, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
The only officer who presently holds the rank is the former Minister of Defense Igor Sergeyev. Sergeyev died last year. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.57.51.71 ( talk) 21:01, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
If it's still auithoried by regulation and/or law, it should be listed, evebn if unfilled... jst like US 5-star/6-star flag & general grades. justnoted s unfilled. Wfh ( talk) 16:10, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
Hi people. I'm going to need these ranks for another project, so if no-one minds I'm going to add a basic content for now that can be expanded later. Ok?-- Mrg3105 ( talk) 11:29, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
Chief of Navy of the Republic is K-13 or K-14 rank level? Someone moved this rank from the category 13 into 14. The sources pointed out that it is К-13. UeArtemis ( talk) 12:13, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
Why does this non-existent rank keep appearing in this article, albeit with caveats about being hypothetical and possible in the event of war? Firstly, necessity for more ranks is based on for size and organisational structure, so a big peacetime build-up would be just as much of an impetus for creating this rank. Secondly, a naval officer could be promoted to Marshal of the Russian Federation. Finally, and most importantly, IT DOESN'T EXIST. Pointing out that it's hypothetical is accurate but its inclusion in the chart is not appropriate, as that clause can be used as a justification for including any number of non-existent ranks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.101.217.37 ( talk) 16:00, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
And why do people keep undoing revisions to that effect, even when the non-existence of the rank is explained in the article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.101.174.59 ( talk) 19:44, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
Unused but authorized ranks (which, last I checked at Kremlin.ru, Admiral of the Fleet was, but that was several years ago) should be listed. The rank system includes them, even if they are unused. There are a bunch of unused US ranks, for example... WO1 in the US Navy, USCG, USMC; all WO and CWO grades in the USAF, 5 and 6 star US Generals and Admirals... all authorized by law and assigned insignias by regulation, but unused. Just because it isn't in use doesn't mean the rank does not exist; just that it isn't used. Wfh ( talk) 16:15, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
Gentlemen, why does it say überofficers in the Russian Empire section, it's seems to me as blatant vandalism. It has stuck there for the past months.
Gsmgm ( talk) 20:30, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
I added the table of Ranks of 1917-1925.-- UeArtemis ( talk) 20:06, 5 October 2009 (UTC)
of the Imperial Russian ranks: what other countries did Russia look to when evolving these ranks (I am not talking about the "native" Russian ranks)? The German influence is obvious, but the actual insignia are very Austria-Hungary like. 118.90.103.184 ( talk) 11:51, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
I think that term "All-forcess Ranks" sould be changed to "Troop Ranks" since "troop", is closest translation of russian "войско". I'm waiting for responces before making the change (don't want to start another edit war on this article). DimaY2K ( talk) 04:51, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
Gentlemen, it's good to see that this article has been cleaned of nonsense by User:Roitr and has recently undergone much needed expansion in regard to Soviet ranks, however the rank tables have become way too detailed compared to initial versions and just impossible to perceive by anyone.
I suggest you don't invent new English terms such as " Efreitor" or "Staff Captain", which have either never seen any substantial English use [3], or are not used in the sense implied in this article [4]. Please avoid too much transliteration and Russification. Just try to follow the wikilinks to find out that they don't even mention any Russian use such as General of the Infantry, and there are many orphaned articles like Stabskapitän which should be linked from this and other articles.
Please clean-up this article and simplify the rank tables which are largely unreadable by now because there are too many details that are primarily of interest to historians only and should be left to detailed monographs, not an encyclopaedia entry. This is why it is currently listed in a "B" category; something needs to be done about it,
What about a break-up to smaller articles, with short summaries in place of long detailed tables in the main article? The detailed sections could be linked from Military ranks of the Soviet Union, and this article would become a descriptive text with a historical overview of the rank system, instead of normative list of every possible rank in each and every historical period. -- Dmitry ( talk • contibs ) 17:50, 28 June 2010 (UTC)
is this a real translation (i.e. generally adopted in published works) or is it someone's invention (which apparently has been copied to some other similar articles on other websites)?
ru:Отделение means loosely something like squad or section, and in fact that rank should be an equivalent of "squad/section leader". A squad (or section) could be a tank (thus becoming a tank commander), but in infantry they would be leading a smallest tactical unit (until today) that is distinguished in the Russian Army. "Separated commander" sounds like typical engrish (in this case runglish) fail to me. Egh0st ( talk) 20:08, 25 September 2010 (UTC)
Although it is FSB and not the military per say, should it be noted that the Border Guard often has rank insignia on the lowere part of sleeves? 71.58.198.190 ( talk) 23:21, 13 November 2011 (UTC)
Why does this article include ranks from the Soviet Union when a seperate article exists for them? Russia does not equal the Soviet Union. 86.141.3.84 ( talk) 17:55, 26 July 2012 (UTC)
what is "Equivalent Western rank", is there a rank system that is uniform and the same for all states to the west of Russia?
As I am aware Cossacks' ranking system was quite different from the general military one. Moreover they were a semi regular detachments and as such were not completely integrated into the military structure (e.g. they had their own artillery up until ww1). I am not really an expert in this subject so anyone interested in welcomed to do their own research, but the details that I gave above are 100% correct. So I guess some further work is needed on "1722-1917" section. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.195.68.111 ( talk) 03:57, 9 July 2014 (UTC)
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the user JMRAMOS0109 distorts the names of military ranks. For example, He change names of Russian ranks of German origin to English.-- UeArtemis ( talk) 04:23, 10 June 2010 (UTC)
Why is senior sergeant redirected to this page? --- —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.173.17.153 ( talk) 08:30, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
Where is the Senior/Chief Marshal rank? --- The page needs some thinking through (I appreciate it is temporary) The system of Ranks in modern Russia should be used. If one is referring to the Soviet Union then the ranks may depend on what time period is being referred to; hence pages like: Comparative military ranks of World War II Ranks of the Soviet Union would be entered as historical ranks and suitable notes made as to the period of use. Dainamo 19:40, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Hello! I have updated the page to the modern russian ranks according to the official site of Russian ministry of defense. DimaY2K
I didn't even know that such a formation exists. I'd like to hear anything about this. -- 212.45.8.211 22:06, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)
The article says
Does this mean that the acronyms were used immediately after the revolution in place of personal military ranks, or that the Army and Navy have returned to the acronyms in the present day? The following paragraph says that
so I am rather confused. Molinari 19:56, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Lieutenant, Capitan, Major and... Polkovnik? Why not Colonel? -- GS 17:12, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Info I've seen has that Russia maintains two five star ranks reserved for time of war or national emergency, those being Marshal of the Russian Federation (held by one person so far) and Fleet Admiral of the Russian Federation (on paper but never held). Ive added them to the article as such. Source is U.S. Army comparative ranks study published through Institute of Heraldry. Any objections to keeping them here? - Husnock 16:18, 31 July 2005 (UTC)
Not to rehash the above unpleasant subject, but as the VFD failed on Fleet Admiral of the Russian Federation, and U.S. sources have been provided, I added in a line that such a rank is conjectured to exist (but did not put it into the rank tables). Hope that doesn't cause a problem.
This is a great article but I find it somewhat bulky and confusing. I think the tables need to be broken up into separate article for the ranks of the Russian Empire, Soviet Union, and Russian Federation. Also, pictures are badly needed! That should not be too hard, as I have a Defense Department JPG CD which ahs pics of Russian ranks.
I propose to split the article up and add pictures. Thats obviously a major undertaking and will not be attempted without some agreement. - Husnock 21:29, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
Would it bee too much to ask that someone who is able please provide a Roman transliteration of the Cyrillic in the tables? Pgranzeau 17:01, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
Someone added ranks of podpraporshchik and bootsman to modern military ranks table. Those ranks do not exist in modern russian military neither did they exist in soviet military. It can be seen clearly here (a page from russian military of deffense site). As such I am removing them from this page and others related. -- DimaY2K 13:18, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
It not historical, but in the present time is not an active and a theoretical ranks and them it is necessary to write them in this clause, though with the marks (look notes in a bottom of the table), that I and I do. In the USA now too still not appointed ranks General of the Air Force, General of the Army (USA) and Fleet Admiral and in the U.K and other countries Field Marshal and the General-Admiral, but everywhere in all tables of ranks they are written as existing, but now not active. And " the Marshal of the Russian Federation " to whom not was appointed since November 1996 (nine years) - after Igor Sergeev, and can then also it to remove off the list?.About ranks in aircraft that in the majority they such as well as in a ground forces, but under the charter to them is necessarily added a prefix of "aircraft" - on an example the general of aircraft, the colonel general of aircraft. Therefore my table is more exact as considers all aspects and I consider and I ask that this page should be kept. Thanks for understanding. Roitr 10:57, 8 November
To your data: 1) The decision and laws accepted by the Russian parliament signed by president and then there is a decree, rather the reverse signs as you write. Presidential Decrees and Orders - they have more higher value. 2) The system of ranks of Russia developed and varied at all times and till now continues to develop and it is not completely final.
a) The two ranks would be completely undistinguishable-it is nonsense. Then undistinguishable would be and Senior Lieutenant and Polkovnik,even though there are additional axial strips on a shoulder board of a Polkovnik. In the Middle-Asian floor the size of a star is not always visible. It concerns for Lieutenant and Podpolkovnik. LOL b) I did not write Under-Liuetenant and Lieutenant in the table-ranks of navy infantry, and wrote in the table-Ranks of the Naval Forces in which they were according to the table of military ranks of Russian Fleet-grades of Russian Military Fleet under the sea charter of 1720 http://armor.kiev.ua/army/titul/rusflot-1720.shtml . Do not take offence, but I trust Yeremeyev more. Yours faithfully -- Roitr 03:20, 12 November 2005
Nice page. NPOV and clear, concise information. David.
Who added Lyotchik as a rank?! Word lyotchik means pilot in russian and never was a rank in russian military. Russian air force has exectly the same ranks as russian ground forces. Could someone stop this madness! -- DimaY2K 14:21, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
The following do not match the pronunciations I've heard nor the cyrillic presented: 1731-1798
Rottmeister? Portupey is not indicated in the Cyrillic; Feldwebel does not match the Cyrillic.
Some of the entries in the table are translated into english; others are transliterated, and several are equivalent German ranks... which are clearly sources of the borrowed rank titles, but do not provide useful assistance to understanding.
Russian Federation
The G at the front is not how I've heard it pronounced, and is not in the cyrillic (which matches the kremlin.ru archived prikaz on ranks). Wfh 05:39, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
Stabbs-captain vs. stabs-captain. The article uses both. The latter is transcribed from the Russian; does stabbs-captain have any support? (My guess is that stabs-captain is borrowed from the German, and can be rendered in English as staff captain.) PKKloeppel ( talk) 13:17, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
I propose to use the word "Efreitor"! We do not use the word "Hauptmann" when talk about "Hetman". Such words can be adopted into English usage. 95.69.152.59 ( talk) 16:25, 29 September 2009 (UTC) UeArtemis
Why is "Front Commander" (Фронтовой командир) and not "Commander of the Front" (Командир фронта) and etc. if Comandarm is "Commander of the Army" and General of the Army (Генерал армии) isn't Army General (Армейский генерал)??? UeArtemis ( talk) 12:24, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
Why did you change Flagman to Flag officer??? What is a corporal in the Red Army? I ask to do not replace names of ranks by western counterparts! UeArtemis ( talk) 17:38, 29 May 2010 (UTC)
Флагман (Flagman) is from Dutch: Vlagman!!! I must be kept as Flagman or Vlagman, not abstract "Flag officer"!-- UeArtemis ( talk) 17:52, 29 May 2010 (UTC)
The Cornet link, links to the actual instrument rather than the page on the military rank, I made it link to the actual rank Carillonatreides 17:28, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
this article extremly needs images to show the military ranks Ammar ( Talk - Don't Talk) 21:22, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
Admiral of the Fleet of the Russian Federation is fictional rank; no such rank in Russian fleet now. I delete all about this from the article, please don't add wrong information. (sorry for poor english) Ingwar JR 08:25, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
The only officer who presently holds the rank is the former Minister of Defense Igor Sergeyev. Sergeyev died last year. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.57.51.71 ( talk) 21:01, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
If it's still auithoried by regulation and/or law, it should be listed, evebn if unfilled... jst like US 5-star/6-star flag & general grades. justnoted s unfilled. Wfh ( talk) 16:10, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
Hi people. I'm going to need these ranks for another project, so if no-one minds I'm going to add a basic content for now that can be expanded later. Ok?-- Mrg3105 ( talk) 11:29, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
Chief of Navy of the Republic is K-13 or K-14 rank level? Someone moved this rank from the category 13 into 14. The sources pointed out that it is К-13. UeArtemis ( talk) 12:13, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
Why does this non-existent rank keep appearing in this article, albeit with caveats about being hypothetical and possible in the event of war? Firstly, necessity for more ranks is based on for size and organisational structure, so a big peacetime build-up would be just as much of an impetus for creating this rank. Secondly, a naval officer could be promoted to Marshal of the Russian Federation. Finally, and most importantly, IT DOESN'T EXIST. Pointing out that it's hypothetical is accurate but its inclusion in the chart is not appropriate, as that clause can be used as a justification for including any number of non-existent ranks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.101.217.37 ( talk) 16:00, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
And why do people keep undoing revisions to that effect, even when the non-existence of the rank is explained in the article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.101.174.59 ( talk) 19:44, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
Unused but authorized ranks (which, last I checked at Kremlin.ru, Admiral of the Fleet was, but that was several years ago) should be listed. The rank system includes them, even if they are unused. There are a bunch of unused US ranks, for example... WO1 in the US Navy, USCG, USMC; all WO and CWO grades in the USAF, 5 and 6 star US Generals and Admirals... all authorized by law and assigned insignias by regulation, but unused. Just because it isn't in use doesn't mean the rank does not exist; just that it isn't used. Wfh ( talk) 16:15, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
Gentlemen, why does it say überofficers in the Russian Empire section, it's seems to me as blatant vandalism. It has stuck there for the past months.
Gsmgm ( talk) 20:30, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
I added the table of Ranks of 1917-1925.-- UeArtemis ( talk) 20:06, 5 October 2009 (UTC)
of the Imperial Russian ranks: what other countries did Russia look to when evolving these ranks (I am not talking about the "native" Russian ranks)? The German influence is obvious, but the actual insignia are very Austria-Hungary like. 118.90.103.184 ( talk) 11:51, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
I think that term "All-forcess Ranks" sould be changed to "Troop Ranks" since "troop", is closest translation of russian "войско". I'm waiting for responces before making the change (don't want to start another edit war on this article). DimaY2K ( talk) 04:51, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
Gentlemen, it's good to see that this article has been cleaned of nonsense by User:Roitr and has recently undergone much needed expansion in regard to Soviet ranks, however the rank tables have become way too detailed compared to initial versions and just impossible to perceive by anyone.
I suggest you don't invent new English terms such as " Efreitor" or "Staff Captain", which have either never seen any substantial English use [3], or are not used in the sense implied in this article [4]. Please avoid too much transliteration and Russification. Just try to follow the wikilinks to find out that they don't even mention any Russian use such as General of the Infantry, and there are many orphaned articles like Stabskapitän which should be linked from this and other articles.
Please clean-up this article and simplify the rank tables which are largely unreadable by now because there are too many details that are primarily of interest to historians only and should be left to detailed monographs, not an encyclopaedia entry. This is why it is currently listed in a "B" category; something needs to be done about it,
What about a break-up to smaller articles, with short summaries in place of long detailed tables in the main article? The detailed sections could be linked from Military ranks of the Soviet Union, and this article would become a descriptive text with a historical overview of the rank system, instead of normative list of every possible rank in each and every historical period. -- Dmitry ( talk • contibs ) 17:50, 28 June 2010 (UTC)
is this a real translation (i.e. generally adopted in published works) or is it someone's invention (which apparently has been copied to some other similar articles on other websites)?
ru:Отделение means loosely something like squad or section, and in fact that rank should be an equivalent of "squad/section leader". A squad (or section) could be a tank (thus becoming a tank commander), but in infantry they would be leading a smallest tactical unit (until today) that is distinguished in the Russian Army. "Separated commander" sounds like typical engrish (in this case runglish) fail to me. Egh0st ( talk) 20:08, 25 September 2010 (UTC)
Although it is FSB and not the military per say, should it be noted that the Border Guard often has rank insignia on the lowere part of sleeves? 71.58.198.190 ( talk) 23:21, 13 November 2011 (UTC)
Why does this article include ranks from the Soviet Union when a seperate article exists for them? Russia does not equal the Soviet Union. 86.141.3.84 ( talk) 17:55, 26 July 2012 (UTC)
what is "Equivalent Western rank", is there a rank system that is uniform and the same for all states to the west of Russia?
As I am aware Cossacks' ranking system was quite different from the general military one. Moreover they were a semi regular detachments and as such were not completely integrated into the military structure (e.g. they had their own artillery up until ww1). I am not really an expert in this subject so anyone interested in welcomed to do their own research, but the details that I gave above are 100% correct. So I guess some further work is needed on "1722-1917" section. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.195.68.111 ( talk) 03:57, 9 July 2014 (UTC)
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