Komandarm 1st rank

Army commander 1st class
командующий армией 1-го ранга
Coat-collar insignia
Country Soviet Union
Service branchRed Army
AbbreviationKomandarm 1st rank
Formation1935
Abolished1940
Next higher rankMarshal of the Soviet Union
Next lower rankKomandarm 2nd rank
Equivalent ranksFleet flag officer 1st rank
Komandarm 1st rank, collar insignia

Komandarm 1st rank (Russian: командарм 1-го ранга) is the abbreviation to commanding officer of the army 1st class (Russian: командующий армией 1-го ранга, romanizedkomanduyushchiy armiyey 1-go ranga; lit.'commander of the army / army commander 1st rank'), and was a military rank in the Soviet Armed Forces of the USSR in the period from 1935 to 1940. It was also the designation to military personnel appointed to command an army group or front sized formation (XXXXX).

Until 1940 it was the second highest military rank of the Red Army. It was equivalent to Komissar army 1st rank (ru: армейский комиссар 1-ого ранга) of the political staff in all military branches, Fleet Flag Officer 1st rank (ru: флагман флота 1-ого ранга) in the Soviet navy, or to Komissar of state security 1st rank (ru: комиссар государственной безопасности 1-ого ранга). With the reintroduction of regular general ranks, the designation Komandarm 1st rank was abolished, and replaced by General of the Army (OF-9).