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The ranks and insignia used by Russian Ground Forces are inherited from the military ranks of the Soviet Union, although the insignia and uniform have been altered slightly. Civil service insignia may be confused with military insignia. Civil servants within the Russian Ministry of Defense may carry green or black service uniforms.
Insignia of class rates for the State Civil Service in the Ministry of Defense. Class rates are used by different federal ministries and agencies of Russia. Some of them use common State Civil Service class rates while others (like the Ministry of Justice and the State Prosecution Service) use specialized class rates.
Between 1997 and 2013, the rank insignia was four stars in a row, as in the Soviet Union from 1943 to 1974. Until 1997 generals wore a "small" marshal's star . But when, in 1993, the ranks of chief marshal and marshal of the branch in Russian Federation were abolished, there was no more reason for a special rank insignia for generals.
The Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation (Russian: Министерство обороны Российской Федерации; MOD) is the governing body of the Russian Armed Forces. The President of Russia is the Commander-in-Chief of the forces and directs the activity of the ministry.
The Defence Ministry of the Russian Federation serves as the administrative body of the Armed Forces. Since Soviet times, the General Staff has acted as the main commanding and supervising body of the Russian armed forces. "[T]he Soviet General Staff without the MoD is conceivable, but the MoD without the General Staff is not." [72]
Modern Russian military ranks trace their roots to the Table of Ranks established by Peter the Great.Most of the rank names were borrowed from existing German/Prussian, French, English, Dutch, and Polish ranks upon the formation of the Russian regular army in the late 17th century.
Rank group General officers (Russian: Генералы, romanized: Generaly) Ranks Генерал-фельдмаршал (Генералиссимус) General-fel'dmarshal (Generallissimus) Генерал-аншеф General-unshef: Генерал-поручик General-poruchik: Генерал-майор General-mayor: Бригадир Brigadier
As a rule, now the chiefs of the GOU simultaneously became deputy chiefs of the General Staff. [3] On January 24, 2013, President of Russia Vladimir Putin approved the Defense Plan of the Russian Federation. Such a document has been developed for the first time in the history of Russia.