Ryadovoy

Ryadovoy in the Russian army
(shoulder board) (field uniform)
Rank insignia	Russian Army
Introduction	1946
Rank group	Ryadovye (en: enlisted men)
Army / Air Force	Ryadovoy
Navy	Matros
NATO equivalent	OR-1[1]

Ryadovoi and Officer of the Imperial Guard (1727-1730).^[2]

Squad Leader instructing the ryadovoy.

Ryadovjy (Russian: Рядово́й, en: private) is in the Army, Airborne troops, and Air Force of the Russian Federation the designation to the rank group of enlisted personnel. The rank is equivalent to Matros in Navy. According to NATO-ranksystem the rank might be comparable to OR-1 in Anglophone armed forces.

The rank was introduced to the Soviet Army in 1946.

In the armed forces of the Soviet Union (and later the Russian Federation) yefreytor is the lowest rank of enlisted personnel. According to NATO-ranksystem the rank might be comparable to OR-1 in Anglophone armed forces.

• Yefeytor (OR-2)
• Ryadovoy (OR-1)

Sequence of ranks

junior rank: No	Ryadovoy	senior rank: Yefreytor

Rank insignia armed forces of the Russian Federation (RF)

• 
  ... service uniform Kursant with OR1-rank ryadovoy, of the RF AF or airborne troops (1994-2010)
• 
  ... ryadovoy
  land forces and SMT
  PF Army
  (1994−2010)
• 
  ... filed uniform ryadovoy
  land forces, airborne troops, SMT, RSF
  Marines,
  AF, AD, etc.
  (1994—2010)
• 
  ...
  Ryadovoy Militsiya,
  from 2011 —
  ryadovoy of the police
  Ministry of Internal Affairs (Russia).

USSR

In the USSR Armed Forces the rank designation Ryadovoy was introduced in 1946.^[3] From 1919 to 1964 the designation to this particular OR1 rank was Krasnoarmeyets (literal: Red Army man or Red Army Soldier).

— Krasnoarmeyets —						— Ryadovoy —
collar insignia infantry (1924–1935)	... cavalry (1924–1943)	... infantry (1935–1940)	... infantry (1940–1943)	... AF (1935–1940)	shoulder board (1943–1946)	shoulder board field (1946–1955)	shoulder board Motorized Rifle Troops Army (1955–1994)	AB Troops, AF and ADF (1955–1994)

See also

• Ranks and rank insignia of the Soviet Army 1943–1955, ... 1955–1991
• Ranks and rank insignia of the Russian Federation´s armed forces 1994–2010
• Army ranks and insignia of the Russian Federation

Rank designation in other countries

In the countries below, spelling is similar and the classification to a separate rank group is equivalent.

• ⇒ Bashkir: Рядовой; ryadovjy
• ⇒ Belarusian: Радавы; rjadavy
• ⇒ Bulgarian: Редник; rednik

References

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the Russian Wikipedia.