Introduction 1942 to the Red Army NATOequivalent OR-8 | Army / Air Force Starshina | |
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Rank group Non-commissioned officers Navy Glavnyj starshina of the ship | ||
Starshina
Starshina (Russian: Старшина) might be in Slavonic armed forces, the designation of a military rank, comparable to OR-8 in NATO, or a military appointment, comparable to company sergeant major in the Army. The equivalent in the modern days Russian Navy is Glavnyj starshina of the ship, OR-8 as well.
Contents
- Starshina
- Russian Federation
- Red Army RA Soviet Army SA and Russian Federation Armed Forces RFAF starshina rank insignia
- Ukraine
- Rank designation in other countries
- References
Russian Federation
Starshina (Russian: старшина́, Ukrainian: старши́на, from старший, starshyi, "senior"), initially it was a Cossacks officership, but in Soviet time it was, and in the Russian Federation it is used as the Company sergeant major at the one hand and the top non-commissioned officer at the other hand.
In Tsardom of Russia and later Imperial Russia of 17-20th centuries a volostnoy starshina was a chief of a volost (a rural administrative unit). He was in charge of the distribution of taxes, resolving conflicts within obshchina, distribution of the usage of community lands, assigning people for military service, etc.
The rank of voiskovoi starshina (Войсковой старшина - "Starshina of the Army (Host)") was introduced into Russian military ranks in 1826, as equivalent of a Lieutenant Colonel in the Cossack cavalry.
In the Soviet Army, a starshina was the highest non-commissioned officer among conscripts; this was changed by reintroduction of the higher-ranking praporshchik in 1972. In the Soviet Navy, it was introduced in 1942 as a petty officer rank; every enlisted seaman ranking above Matrose, 1st class is a starshina of various ranks.
In the army of the Russian Federation there are four ranks in the NCO´s career group, which means:
Red Army (RA), Soviet Army (SA), and Russian Federation Armed Forces (RFAF) starshina rank insignia
Ukraine
Among Cossacks in Ukraine, starshyna was a collective noun for categories of officership or a military elite: junior starshyna (Молодша старшина), general starshyna (Генеральна старшина), military starshyna (Військова старшина), substarshyna (Підстаршина). Polkovnyk or 'colonel' was the next higher rank. Later sometime after the Khmelnytsky's Uprising it also was associated with the Ukrainian nobility which derived out of the officership and the Hetman.
Rank designation in other countries
In the countries below, spelling is similar and the classification to a separate rank group is equivalent.
