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The Ranks and insignia of the Imperial Russian Armed Forces were the military ranks used by the Imperial Russian Army and the Imperial Russian Navy. Many of the ranks were derived from the German model. [1] The ranks were abolished following the Russian Revolution, with the Red Army adopting an entirely different system.
Russian armed forces have two styles of ranks: deck ranks (navy style ranks) and troop ranks (army and other forces style ranks). The following table of Ranks is based on those of the Russian Federation.
The Imperial Russian Army or Russian Imperial Army (Russian: Ру́сская импера́торская а́рмия, romanized: Rússkaya imperátorskaya ármiya) was the armed land force of the Russian Empire, active from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was organized into a standing army and a state militia.
Generals' and officers' ranks according to the Table of Ranks, under Peter I. Guards ranks were two levels higher than corresponding ranks of the Army. In the Artillery, the ranks from colonel to lieutenant were in classes 5-10 (i.e., one level higher than the Army), while in the Engineers, these ranks corresponded to classes 6-12.
The Table comprised of 14 chins classes of ranks and included some 262-service titles. It was organized by the military branches (Infantry, Cavalry, Guard, Artillery, Navy), civilian and court positions. The classes were numbered in ascending order from the highest rank to the lowest.
The Imperial Russian Army, short IRA (Russian: Ру́сская импера́торская а́рмия, РИА), used particular ranks and rank insignia, oriented to German speaking and Anglophone armed forces. However, the entire ranking system was closely connected to the Russian military historical traditions as well.
In the following 3 tables you will find ranks used in russian infantry („Army infantry“), cavalry („Army cavalry/Cossacks“) and artillery/pioneer („Army artillery/pioneer units“) units, whose ranks were slightly different for historical reasons.
