Ranks and rank insignia of the Russian Federation's armed forces from 1994 to 2010 were affected by the disintegration of the former Soviet armed forces, and there were other changes in insignia design when the newly established Russian Federation came into existence. The ranks depicted below, were replaced with those adopted by decree № 293 of the President of the Russian Federation on 11 March 2010. The transition began with the issue of new military uniforms to the armed services in 2008 in the Moscow area and in 2010 nationwide. The ranks of marshal of the branch and chief marshal were officially abolished as a result of the 1994 regulations.
Enlisted men wear no rank on their working uniform shoulder boards. On parade uniforms, the shoulder board shows a Cyrillic letter symbol.
ВС — armed forces personnel (Russian: Bооружённые силы; vo'orushyonnye sily)
Ф — fleet personnel (Russian: Флот; flot)
К — army and air force military student (Russian: Курсант; kursant)
Anchor — naval military student
Н — students of the Nakhimov Naval School (Russian: Нахимовское военно-морское училище; Nakhimovskoye voyenno-morskoye uchilishchye)
СВУ — students of the Suvorov Military School (Russian: Суворовское военное училище; Suvorovskoye voyenno uchilishche)
ВМУ — students of the school of military music (Russian: Военно-музыкальное училище; voyenno-muzykalnoye uchilishche)
КК — cadets of the cadet corps (Russian: Кадетский корпус; kadetsky korpus)
МКК — Kronstadt sea cadet corps (Russian: Кронштадтский морской кадетский корпус; Kronshtadtsky morskoy kadetsky korpus)
ВВ — internal troops (Russian: Внутренние войска; vnutrenniye voyska)
Non-commissioned officers up to staff sergeant (Russian: cтаршина; starshina) wear shoulder boards with the Cyrillic letter symbol for their branch and their rank stripes.
Field uniform — camouflage colour
Service uniform — yellow coloured
Parade uniform — gold coloured
Warrant officers and michman
Warrant officers and michman wore shoulder boards similar to enlisted personnel and non-commissioned officers, but their ranks were shown by small stars arranged in vertical order.
Enlisted personnel, NCOs and warrant officers
Remarks
The abbreviation "OR" stands for "other ranks"
Army, air force and naval officers
Shoulder boards up to company level
One vertical stripe, padding with basic ornament (in longitudinal direction appliqued cords in piston-embroidery), metal stars (small 13 mm diameter); shoulder boards to field uniforms simple without basic ornament.
Shoulder boards to field officers/ staff officers
Basic ornament identical to company level, two vertical stripes, metal stars (big 20 mm diameter).
Top level appointments
Basic ornament longitudinal- and vertical embroidery, embroidered stars (diameter 22 mm).
Marshal of the Russian Federation
Basic ornaments longitudinal-and vertical embroidery, one embroidered big star (diameter 40 mm), Coat of arms of Russia.
Officer insignia – army, air force, SMT, airborne and space forces
Remarks
The abbreviation "OF" stands for "officer"
