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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.
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.
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.
Armies, air forces (non-Commonwealth) Navies, coast guards: Air forces (Commonwealth system) General officers, Flag officers, Air officers; Marshal or Field marshal or General of the army
U.S. expert William Odom said in 1998 that "the Soviet General Staff without the MoD is conceivable, but the MoD without the General Staff is not." [17] Russian General Staff officers exercise command authority in their own right. In 1996 the General Staff included fifteen main directorates and an undetermined number of operating agencies.
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
Army ranks and insignia of the Russian Federation; Naval ranks and insignia of Russia; Ranks and insignia of the Imperial Russian Armed Forces; Ranks and insignia of the Russian Armed Forces (1994–2010) Ranks and insignia of the White Movement; Aerospace Forces ranks and insignia of the Russian Federation *
Awarded to military and civilian personnel of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation with at least ten years of service (work) in the military construction complex of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, for reasonable initiative, diligence and distinction in service; for impeccable and efficient civil service; for ...