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Red Army man

Red Army man

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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]

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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

Infantry collar insignia

(1924–1935)

 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)

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References

Citations

  1. [1]
    "Воинские звания военнослужащих России и СССР" [Military ranks of servicemen of Russia and the USSR]. Soldat.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  2. [2]
    Smele 2015, p. 914.
  3. [3]
    "ПЕРСОНАЛЬНЫЕ ВОИНСКИЕ ЗВАНИЯ ВОЕННОСЛУЖАЩИХ (1935 - 1945)" [Servicemen's Personal Military Ranks 1935–1945]. rkka.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2 August 2017.

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