Glavny starshina of the ship

Glavny starshina of the ship in the Russian navy
(shoulder board)    (sleeve insignia)
Rank insignia	Russian Navy
Introduction	1971
Rank group	Petty officer
Army / Air Force	Starshina
NATO equivalent	OR-8[1]

Glavny starshina of the ship (Russian: Гла́вный корабе́льный старшина́; literal: "senior petty officer of the ship") is in the Navy of the Russian Federation the designation to the most senior rank in the petty officer´s career group. The rank is equivalent to Strashina in Army and Air Force. Under the NATO rank system the rank might be comparable to OR-8 in Anglophone armed forces.

The rank was introduced to the Soviet Navy November 18, 1971. Before the equivalent OR8-rank designation, including rank insignia was Michman.

In the navy of the Russian Federation there are four ranks in the petty officer´s career group, which means:

• Glavny starshina of the ship (OR-8)
• Glavny starshina (OR-7)
• Starshina 1st stage (OR-6)
• Starshina 2nd staghe (OR-4)

Sequence of ranks in Russian Federation´s navy

junior rank: Glavny starshina	Glavny starshina of the ship	senior rank: Michman

Rank insignia Glavny starshina of the ship

rank insignia
	sleeve 1940-1963 after 1963 to Michman	sleeve from 1963	shoulder 1955-1991	shoulder 1991-2010

See also

• Ranks and rank insignia of the Soviet Army 1955–1991,
• Ranks and rank insignia of the Russian Federation´s armed forces 1994–2010
• Army ranks and insignia of the Russian Federation

References