General of the Army (Russia)
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General of the Army (Russian: генерал армии, general armii) (sometimes called as Army General) is the second highest military rank in the Russian Federation, inferior only to a Marshal. It is a direct counterpart of the Soviet rank, General of the Army (USSR).
The Russian rank system's Brigadier-grade rank is a General Major, who wears one star, while General Lieutenants wear two stars and equivalate to Western Major Generals, while the Western Lieutenant General rank equates to Colonel General. Thus Russian General of the Army equals UK and US Generals.
At present it is also the highest rank in the Air Force, Artillery, Military Space Troops, Armoured Troops, Engineer Troops and Signal Troops, unlike the Soviet Union where similarly ranked officers were called Marshals and Chief Marshals of a branch.
The corresponding naval rank is Admiral of the Fleet.
From 1992 to 1997 the insignia resembled a late Soviet one with a single large star and a Ground Forces emblem, but in 1997 that was changed to four stars in a row.
Just like its Soviet counterpart, General of the Army can be considered an equivalent to U.S. General.
