Starshy praporshchik
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Starshy praporshchik (Russian: Ста́рший пра́порщик, lit. 'Senior ensign') is a rank used by the Russian Ground Forces and a number of former communist states. The rank is a non-commissioned officer's and is equivalent to Starshy michman in navies. It is usually equivalent to warrant officer class 1 or sergeant major in English-speaking armies.
Russia
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  Rank insignia for the army and air force | |
| Country |  Soviet Union (1981-1991) Russia |
| Service branch |  Russian Ground Forces Russian Air Force Russian Police |
| Formation | 12 January 1981 |
| Next higher rank | Junior lieutenant |
| Next lower rank | Praporshchik |
| Equivalent ranks | Starshy michman |
Soviet Army and Militia
[edit]In the Soviet Military, the ranks of starshy praporshchik and starshy michman were introduced in 1981, in an attempt to recreate a corps of contract non-commissioned officers similar to master sergeants and chief petty officers, the role that was previously reserved for senior drafted personnel. Contrary to Western practice of assigning the senior sergeant ranks to veteran soldiers, the Soviet ranks of starshina and sergeant were routinely assigned to 20-year-old soldiers at the end of their 2-year draft. The praporshchiks were aged volunteers and were expected to have more authority over draftsmen than similarly aged sergeants; they are placed in a separate category of "master non-commissioned officers" (praporshchik and michman).
| Mechanized infantry, shoulder board army (general) land forces (general) |
Technical troops, engineers, armour, artillery, missile troops (including: MT ground forces SMT, Air defence MT), Vehicle transport troops, construction troops |
Air Force Naval aviation Airborne forces |
FSIN MES Russia Militia (until 2011) Police (from 2011) |
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Insignia
[edit]Army
[edit]![ԱՎԱԳ ԵՆԹԱՍՊԱ Avag yent’aspa (Armenian Ground Forces)[1]](/wiki/File:Armenia-Army-OR-9b.svg){kind=small}
![Baş gizir (Azerbaijani Land Forces)[2]](/wiki/File:OR-9_AZE_ARMY.svg)
![Старшы прапаршчык Staršy praparščyk (Belarusian Ground Forces)[3]](/wiki/File:Russia-Army-OR-9b-1994-field.svg){kind=small}
![Nadpraporčík (Czech Land Forces)[4]](/wiki/File:CzArmy2011_OR8-Nadpraporcik_shoulder.svg){kind=small}
![Улук прапорщик Uluk praporsçik (Kyrgyz Army)[5]](/wiki/File:Blank.svg){kind=small}
![Прапоршики калон Praporshiki kalon (Tajik Ground Forces)[7]](/wiki/File:Tajikistan-Army-OR-9b.png){kind=small}
Air Force
[edit]![ԱՎԱԳ ԵՆԹԱՍՊԱ Avag yent’aspa (Armenian Air Force)[1]](/wiki/File:08.Armenian_Air_Force-SWO.svg){kind=small}
![Baş gizir (Azerbaijani Air Forces)[2]](/wiki/File:OR-9_AZE_AIR_FORCE.svg)
![Nadpraporčík (Czech Air Force)[4]](/wiki/File:CzAF_2011_OR8-Nadpraporcik_shoulder.jpg){kind=small}
See also
[edit]- Ranks and insignia of the Soviet Armed Forces 1955–1991
- Ranks and insignia of the Russian Federation's armed forces 1994–2010
- Army ranks and insignia of the Russian Federation
- Aerospace Forces ranks and insignia of the Russian Federation
References
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- ^ a b "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 11 марта 2010 года № 293 "О военной форме одежды, знаках различия военнослужащих и ведомственных знаках отличия"". rg.ru (in Russian). Российской газеты. 12 March 2010. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
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