is the abbreviation of the russian: Командующий армией, Komanduyushtchi armiy, lit=Commander of the Army / Army commander, and was a military rank used in the
Soviet Union
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 ...
. Between 1918 and 1935, it was a rank in the
Red Army
The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (Russian language, Russian: Рабо́че-крестья́нская Кра́сная армия),) often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist R ...
, roughly equivalent to Flotilla commander in the
Red Fleet. In 1935, the rank was split in two, before being abolished and replaced by
Army general
Army general is the highest ranked general officer in many countries that use the French Revolutionary System.
In countries that adopt the general officer four rank system, it is rank of general commanding an army in the field, but in coun ...
in 1940.
Split
In 1935,
new ranks were introduced, splitting the rank into two ranks.
See also
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Ranks and insignia of the Red Army and Navy 1918–1935
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Level or position in a hierarchical organization
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Ranks and insignia of the Red Army and Navy 1935–1940
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
* ...
References
Military ranks of the Soviet Union
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