Zauryad-praporshchik

Zauryad-praporshchik
Rank insignia	Russian Imperial Army
Introduction	1907
Rank group	Unter-ofitsery
Army	Zauryad-praporshchik
Navy	Starshy bootsmann
lower:	Podpraporshchik, OR7
higher:	Praporshchik, OF1[1] (lower level)
NATO equivalent	OR-8[2]

Zauryad-praporshchik (Russian: зауряд-прапорщик, litera: praporshchik deputy) was the highest Russian non-commissioned officer (NCO) rank (ru: unter-ofitser rank) in the Imperial Armу from 1909 until 1917. The utilization of this particular rank was limited to wartimes only.

Sequence of ranks

junior rank: Podpraporshchik	Zauryad-praposhchik	senior rank: Praporshchik

Rank insignia Zauryad-praporshchik

designation	shoulder boards 1904—1917
rank insignia
designation of the rank	… generated from Feldwebel OR6 ranks (1904—1912)	… generated from Wachtmeister OR6 ranks (1908—1912)	… generated from Senior Unteroffizier OR5 ranks (1904—1912)	… retired from service (reactivated to service) to assignment Wachtmeister OR6 (design 1907/1911; excepted, the rank was provided in Japanese-Russian war)	… retired from service (reactivated to service) to assignment Feldwebel OR6 (design 1907/1911; excepted, the rank was provided in Russo-Japanese War)	… generated from Feldwebel OR6 ranks (design 1907/1909)

See also

• History of Russian military ranks
• Ranks and rank insignia of the Imperial Russian Army until 1917

Equivalent

Army (infantry, artilery, and cavalry) 

• Zaurjad-praporshchik (зауряд-прапорщик)

Navy

• Starshy bootsmann (cтарший боцман)

See also

• History of Russian military ranks
• Ranks and rank insignia of the Imperial Russian Army until 1917

References

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

1. ↑ The abbreviation "OF" stands for de: "Offizier / en: officer / fr: officier / ru: офицер".
2. ↑ The abbreviation "OR" stands for "Other Ranks / fr: sous-officiers et militaires du rang / ru:другие ранги, кроме офицероф"