Red Army man (Russian: Красноармеец, romanized: Krasnoarmeyets) was the lowest military rank in the Red Army of the Soviet Union from 1918 to 1946.[1]
On 30 November 1917, after the October Revolution, the Military Revolutionary Committee cancelled all "officer and class ranks". Henceforth, the term Red Army man was used to refer to all ordinary soldiers.[2]
It was replaced by the rank of Ryadovoy in July 1946.[1]
Its naval equivalent was Red Fleet man.[1][3]
Additional insignia
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Cavalry collar insignia (1924–1943) |
Infantry collar insignia (1935–1940) |
Infantry collar insignia (1940–1943) |
Air Force collar insignia (1935–1940) |
Infantry shoulder board (1943–1946) |
See also
- Ranks and insignia of the Red Army and Navy 1918–1935
- Ranks and insignia of the Red Army and Navy 1935–1940
- Ranks and insignia of the Red Army and Navy 1940–1943
References
Citations
- ^ a b c "Воинские звания военнослужащих России и СССР" [Military ranks of servicemen of Russia and the USSR]. Soldat.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2 August 2017.
- ^ Smele 2015, p. 914.
- ^ "ПЕРСОНАЛЬНЫЕ ВОИНСКИЕ ЗВАНИЯ ВОЕННОСЛУЖАЩИХ (1935 - 1945)" [Servicemen's Personal Military Ranks 1935–1945]. rkka.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2 August 2017.
Bibliography
- Smele, Jonathan D. (2015). Historical Dictionary of the Russian Civil Wars, 1916-1926. London: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781442252813.