The rank of lieutenant in Eastern Europe ( hr, poručnik, cs, poručík, pl, porucznik, russian: script=latn, poruchik, sr, script=latn, poručnik, sk, poručík) is one used in Slavophone armed forces. Depending on the country, it is either the lowest or second lowest officer rank.

Etymology

The rank designation might be derived from russian: поpученец (a person tasked by a special mission); russian: поручение (to receive an order) or russian: пору́чить (tasked to look after). Normally the received military orders in written form and was responsible to meet the particular goals and objectives anticipated.

Russian imperial armed forces

The

Imperial Russian Army The Imperial Russian Army (russian: Ру́сская импера́торская а́рмия, tr. ) was the armed land force of the Russian Empire, active from around 1721 to the Russian Revolution of 1917. In the early 1850s, the Russian Ar ...

introduced this rank first in middle of the 17th century, by the Strelets so-called

New Order Regiments "New order regiments" ''(Russian: "Полки иноземного (нового) строя")'', also known in the literature as "foreign formation regiments", were professional military units formed in Russian Tsardom in the 17th century, armed ...

, reflected in the Table of Ranks. A ''poruchik'' was normally assigned to assistant

commanding officer The commanding officer (CO) or sometimes, if the incumbent is a general officer, commanding general (CG), is the officer in command of a military unit. The commanding officer has ultimate authority over the unit, and is usually given wide latitu ...

of a

company A company, abbreviated as co., is a Legal personality, legal entity representing an association of people, whether Natural person, natural, Legal person, legal or a mixture of both, with a specific objective. Company members share a common p ...

, later platoon. In 1798 this particular rank designation was replaced by lieutenant beginning with the Russian Guards, followed by other military units, and legalised by the Table of Ranks.

Lieutenant (Eastern Europe)'s insignia

Bosnia and Herzegovina 1st Lieutenant Insignia.svg,
(

Bosnian Ground Forces The Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Oružane snage Bosne i Hercegovine, OSBiH, Оружане снаге Босне и Херцеговине, ОСБИХ) is the official military force of Bosnia and Herz ...

) Army-HRV-OF-01b.svg,
( Croatian Army) CzArmy 2011 OF1b-Poruchik shoulder.svg,
( Czech Land Forces) 10-APM-1LT.svg,

( North Macedonian Ground Forces) 11-Montenegro Army-1LT.svg,
(

Montenegrin Ground Army Montenegrin Ground Army ( cnr, Kopnena vojska Crne Gore) is the ground force of the Armed Forces of Montenegro The Armed Forces of Montenegro ( cnr, Војска Црне Горе, Vojska Crne Gore) are the military forces of Montenegro. The ...

) Army-POL-OF-01a.svg,
(

Polish Land Forces The Land Forces () are the land forces of the Polish Armed Forces. They currently contain some 62,000 active personnel and form many components of the European Union and NATO deployments around the world. Poland's recorded military history stret ...

) 10-Serbian Army-LT.svg,

( Serbian Army) Army-SVK-OF-01b.svg,
(

Slovak Ground Forces The Slovak Ground Forces, also known as the Slovak Army, is the land specialized service branch of the Slovak Armed Forces. Structure Ground Forces Command * Ground Forces Command, in Trenčín (Commander: 2 Star General) ** Command Suppo ...

) 12-Slovenian Army-2LT.svg,
( Slovenian Ground Force)

References

{{reflist Military ranks of Poland Military ranks of Russia Military ranks of the Soviet Union hr:Poručnik

Etymology

Russian imperial armed forces

Lieutenant (Eastern Europe)'s insignia

See also

References