Red Army man

Red Army man
красноармеец
Country Soviet Union
Service branchRed Army
Formation1918
AbolishedJuly 1946
Next higher rank
  • Section commander (1935–1940)
  • Yefreytor (1940–1946)
Equivalent ranksRed Fleet man

Red Army man (Russian: Красноармеец, romanizedKrasnoarmeyets) 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]

  1. ^ a b c "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.