Poruchik
- This article is about the OF-1b (OF-1 junior) rank Poruchik (Army and Air Force). For the equivalent rank in
NATO see Second lieutenant / Pilot officer, Ensign, Leutnant / Leutnant zur See.
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| Rank insignia | Russian Imperial Army | ||
| Introduction | 17th century | ||
| Rank group | Ober-ofizer | ||
| Army 1855-1917 | Poruchik | ||
| Navy 1909-1917 | Starchi lejtenant | ||
| NATO equivalent | OR-1a | ||
Poruchik (Croatian: poručnik, Czech: poručík, Polish: porucznik, Russian: пору́чик, Serbian: поручник, Slovak: poručík) is an Officersrank out of the Lieutenant´s rank group in Slavophone armed forces.
Russian imperial armed forces
The Imperial Russian Army introduced this rank first in middle of the 17th century, by the Strelets so-called Regiments of the new type, reflected in the Table of Ranks. A Poruchik was normally assigned to assistant commanding officer of a company, later platoon. In 1798 this particular rank designation was replaced by Lieutenant beginning with the Russian Guards, followed by other military units, and legalised by the Table of Ranks.
According to the modern day´s NATO rank system Poruchik might be comparable to OF-1b[1]) ranks Second lieutenant / Pilot officer, Ensign, Leutnant / Leutnant zur See.
| lower rank: Podporuchik |
  Poruchik (First lieutenant) |
higher rank: Stabskapitän |
Semantics
The rank designation Poruchik might be derived from the Russian: a) поpгченец; b) поручение; c) пору́чить with the meaning: a) person tasked by a special mission/ person who looks after; b) to receive an order, by order of s.b.; c) to task s.b., tasked to look after. Normally the Poruchik received military taskers/ orders in written form and was responsible to meet the particular goals and objectives anticipated.
Rank designation in some countries
In the countries mentioned below spelling of Podporuchik, Poruchik, and Nadporuchik, up to rank classification, is almost similar. A possible sequence of ranks (ascending) might be as follows:
- Podporuchik (Poruchik junior/ secon lieutenant)
- Porutchik (second lieutenant)
- Nadporuchik (Porutschik senior/ first lieutenant)
- Captain (rank army) OF2
| Table of Poruchik OF1-ranks and rank insignia | |||||
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| Country | Language | rank OF-1b (junior) |
rank OF-1a (senior) | ||
| Rank | Designation | Rank | Designation | ||
 | Croatian: ' |  | Poručnik |  | Natporučnik |
 | Macedonian: |  | Подпоручник (Podporucznik) |  |
Поручник (Porucznik) |
 | Polish: ' |    |
Cap insignia
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Cap insignia
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| (until 1917) | Russian: |  | Подпоручик (Podporutschik) |  | Поручик (Porutschik) |
 | Serbian: |    |
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 | Slovak: ' |  | Poručík | | Nadporučík |
 | Slovene: ' |  | Poročník |  | Nadporočnik |
 | Czech: ' |  | Poručík (additional until 2011 Podporuchik OF1c) |  | Nadporučík |
Equivalent  |   |
Leutnant
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Oberleutnant
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Equivalent  |  | Second lieutenant |  | First lieutenant | |
- Remark
In the armed forces of Macedonia, Poland und Serbia ist der Podporucznik equivalent to the OF1b-renks Leutnant/ Second lieutenant/ Flight officer, and/or Ensign.
See also
- Lieutenant
- History of Russian military ranks
- Ranks and rank insignia of the Imperial Russian Army until 1917
- Polish Armed Forces rank insignia
Sources / refernces
- ↑ The abbreviation "OF" stands for de: "Offizier / en: officer / fr: officier / ru: офицер"