Second major (rank)

The second major was the junior staff officer rank in the Imperial Russian Army of the Russian Armed Forces of the imperial period of time, in the 18th century, and also the person wearing this rank.[1]

The rank existed from 1716 (in another source from 1711) and belonged to the 8th class, in the period 1731–1798, "Table of Ranks" (in the Life Guards to the 6th class, in the period 1748–1798), and followed the rank of captain (company commander).[2] Since the end of the 18th century, this rank has not granted.[3]

  1. ^ Second major // Small Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron: in 4 volumes – Saint Petersburg, 1907–1909
  2. ^ Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (Ministry of Defense of Russia), Encyclopedia, Second Major
  3. ^ Leonid Belovinsky. Illustrated Encyclopedic Historical and Everyday Dictionary of the Russian People. 18th – the beginning of the 20th century. Moscow, 2007, page 609