Red Army man

Red Army man (Russian: Красноармеец, romanized: Krasnoarmeyets) was the lowest military rank in the Red Army of the Soviet Union from 1918 to 1946.^[1]

On 30 November 1917, after the October Revolution, the Military Revolutionary Committee cancelled all "officer and class ranks". Henceforth, the term Red Army man was used to refer to all ordinary soldiers.^[2]

It was replaced by the rank of Ryadovoy in July 1946.^[1]

Its naval equivalent was Red Fleet man.^[1][3]

Additional insignia

See also

• Ranks and insignia of the Red Army and Navy 1918–1935
• Ranks and insignia of the Red Army and Navy 1935–1940
• Ranks and insignia of the Red Army and Navy 1940–1943

References

Citations

1. "Воинские звания военнослужащих России и СССР" [Military ranks of servicemen of Russia and the USSR]. Soldat.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2 August 2017.
2. Smele 2015, p. 914.
3. "ПЕРСОНАЛЬНЫЕ ВОИНСКИЕ ЗВАНИЯ ВОЕННОСЛУЖАЩИХ (1935 - 1945)" [Servicemen's Personal Military Ranks 1935–1945]. rkka.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2 August 2017.

Bibliography

• Smele, Jonathan D. (2015). Historical Dictionary of the Russian Civil Wars, 1916-1926. London: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781442252813.