Captain 2nd rank (russian: Капитан 2-го ранга, Kapitan 2-go ranga, lit=Captain of the 2nd rank) is a rank used by the
Russian Navy and a number of
former communist states. The rank is the middle rank in the staff officer's career group. The rank is equivalent to
Lieutenant colonel
Lieutenant colonel ( , ) is a rank of commissioned officers in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel. Several police forces in the United States use the rank of lieutenant colone ...
in armies and air forces. Within NATO forces, the rank is rated as OF-4 and is equivalent to
Commander
Commander (commonly abbreviated as Cmdr.) is a common naval officer rank. Commander is also used as a rank or title in other formal organizations, including several police forces. In several countries this naval rank is termed frigate captain.
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in English speaking navies.
Russia
Russian Empire
The rank was introduced in Russia by
Peter the Great
Peter I ( – ), most commonly known as Peter the Great,) or Pyotr Alekséyevich ( rus, Пётр Алексе́евич, p=ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ, , group=pron was a Russian monarch who ruled the Tsardom of Russia from t ...
in 1722. From the introduction of the
Russian table of ranks to the abolishment in 1917 ''Captain 2nd rank'' was quoted to rank positioned VII, and until 1856 it was privileged by hereditary nobility. In the
Russian Empire Navy it was the second highest rank of the
stab-ofizer
The Table of Ranks (russian: Табель о рангах, Tabel' o rangakh) was a formal list of positions and ranks in the military, government, and court of Imperial Russia. Peter the Great introduced the system in 1722 while engaged in a s ...
(derived from German ''Stabsoffizier'') career group.
Soviet Navy and Russian Federation
The first equivalent rank in the Soviet Navy (from 1918 to 1935) was ''Starpom of the ship 1st rank'', (russian: Старпом корабля 1 ранга, lit=Senior assistant of the ship (commander) 1st rank).
This particular rank was introduced by disposal of the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union and the Council of People's Commissars, from September 22, 1935.
[Decree of the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union and the Council of People's Commissars, from September 22, 1935, on introduction of individual military rank designation to commanding personnel of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army.] The
Red Army
The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (Russian: Рабо́че-крестья́нская Кра́сная армия),) often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and, after ...
reintroduced the ''Captain 2nd rank'' rank in 1935, together with a number of other former Russian ranks, and it has been used in many ex-
USSR
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...
countries, including
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...
, to the present day.
Pertaining to Engineer aboard of war ships the equivalent rank designation in the
Soviet Navy was '' Captain 2nd rank-engineer''. Any other naval personnel on-shore assignments (e.g. medical service, chemical defence, marines, and naval aviation) have been entitled ''Podpolkovnik''.
In the navy of the Russian Federation there are three ranks in the ''staff officer´s'' (until 1917:
stab-ofizer
The Table of Ranks (russian: Табель о рангах, Tabel' o rangakh) was a formal list of positions and ranks in the military, government, and court of Imperial Russia. Peter the Great introduced the system in 1722 while engaged in a s ...
, derived from German ''Stabsoffizier'') career group, which means:
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Captain 1st rank
Captain 1st rank (russian: Капитан 1-го ранга, Kapitan 1-go ranga, lit=Captain of the 1st rank) is a rank used by the Russian Navy and a number of former communist states. The rank is the most senior rank in the staff officers' ca ...
* Captain 2nd rank
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Captain 3rd rank Captain 3rd rank (russian: Капитан 3-го ранга, Kapitan 3-go ranga, lit=Captain of the 3rd rank) is a rank used by the Russian Navy and a number of former communist state. The rank is the lowest rank in the staff officer's career grou ...
; Types of rank insignia Captain 2nd rank
Captain 2nd rank insignia
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( Albanian Naval Force)
(Azerbaijani Navy
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( Bulgarian Navy)
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( Ukrainian Navy)
(Uzbek River Force
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See also
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History of Russian military ranks
Modern Russian military ranks trace their roots to the Table of Ranks established by Peter the Great. Most of the rank names were borrowed from existing German/Prussian, French, English, Dutch, and Polish ranks upon the formation of the Russian ...
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Ranks and rank insignia of the Russian armed forces until 1917
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Ranks and rank insignia of the Red Army 1918–1935
Rank is the relative position, value, worth, complexity, power, importance, authority, level, etc. of a person or object within a ranking, such as:
Level or position in a hierarchical organization
* Academic rank
* Diplomatic rank
* Hierarchy
* ...
,
... 1935–1940 and
... 1940–1943
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Ranks and rank insignia of the Soviet Army 1943–1955
Rank is the relative position, value, worth, complexity, power, importance, authority, level, etc. of a person or object within a ranking, such as:
Level or position in a hierarchical organization
* Academic rank
* Diplomatic rank
* Hierarchy
* H ...
and
Ranks and rank insignia of the Soviet Army 1955–1991
Rank is the relative position, value, worth, complexity, power, importance, authority, level, etc. of a person or object within a ranking, such as:
Level or position in a hierarchical organization
* Academic rank
* Diplomatic rank
* Hierarchy
* ...
,
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Naval ranks and insignia of the Russian Federation
The Navy of the Russian Federation inherited the ranks of the Soviet Navy, although the insignia and uniform were slightly altered. The navy predominantly uses naval-style ranks but also uses army-style ranks for some specialisations, including n ...
References
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Military ranks of the Soviet Union
Military ranks of Ukraine