Starshina 1st stage

This article is about the OR5 navy rank Starshina 1st stage in Slavonic naval forces. For the equivalent in modern days Anglophone naval forces see Petty officer second class, or Sergeant. The equivalent in the German navy might be Maat / Obermaat.
Glavny starshina
in the Russian navy

   

(shoulder board) (sleeve insignia)
Rank insignia Russian Navy
Introduction 1940
Rank group Petty officer
Army / Air Force Sershant
NATO
equivalent
OR-5[1]

Starshina 1st stage (Russian: Старшина́ пе́рвой статьи́; literal: petty officer first stage) is in the Navy of the Russian Federation the designation to the second lowest rank in the patty officer´s career group. The rank is equivalent to Starshij sershant in Army and Air Force. According to NATO-ranksystem the rank might be comparable to OR-5 in Anglophone armed forces.

The rank was introduced to the Soviet Navy November 2, 1940.

Sequence of ranks in Russian Federation´s navy
junior rank:
Starshina 2nd stage


Starshina 1st stage
senior rank:
Glavny starshina

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

Rank insignia Starshina 1st stage
rank
insignia
                  
sleeve 1940-1963
after 1963 to
Glavny starshina
of the ship
sleeve

from 1963
shoulder
1955-1991
shoulder
1991-2010

Rank designation in other countries

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

See also

References

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the Russian Wikipedia.
  1. The abbreviation "OR" stands for "Other Ranks / fr: sous-officiers et militaires du rang / ru:другие ранги, кроме офицероф"
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