Red sailor

Red Sailor (Red Fleet until 1935)
Badge of rank red sailor
Rank group	of the teams
NATO rank code	OR – 1 comparable
Rank Army / Air Force	Red Army soldier / Red Airman
Marine rank	Red sailor
Abbreviation (in lists)
Grade

Soviet postage stamp “Red Sailor” for the 20th anniversary of the “Red Army” (1918–1938).

Red sailor (original name in Russian краснофлотец, krasnoflotez ) was from 1918 in Soviet Russia and then the Soviet Union the service designation for members of the “Red Workers 'and Peasants' Fleet”, but also the lowest rank of the crew.

The equivalent of this rank in the Air Force was "Red Airman " ( krasnowosduchoplawatel ) and in the Red Army Army Red Army soldier ( krasnoarmejez ).

Lower rank: none

Red Sailor (from 1935: seaman )

Higher rank: group leader (from 1940: Red Chief Seaman )

history

The synonym "sailor" was deliberately avoided to distinguish it from the counterrevolution.

The personal rank designation "seaman" (original designation: morjak ), which is less common internationally in naval forces, was decreed in 1935 as a replacement for the rank of "red sailor". The next higher rank introduced in 1940 was "Red Chief Sailor " ( starschi krasnoflotez ) corresponded to the rank of private in the army. In 1946 the ranks “Seemann” and “Roter Obermatrose” were replaced by “Sailor” and “Obermatrose”.

See also

→ Main article : Ranks of the Soviet armed forces 1918–1935

→ Main article : Ranks of the Soviet armed forces 1935–1940

Individual evidence

1. ^ Revolution and Civil War in Russia: 1917–1923. Encyclopedia in 4 volumes. - Moscow 2008, Volume 4, pp. 129-560, ISBN 978-5-273-00564-8 .