Rjadovoy

Mladshiy sershant in the Russian army
(shoulder board) (field uniform)
Rank insignia	Russian Army
Introduction	1946
Rank group	Non-commissioned officer
Army / Air Force	Rjadovoy
Navy	Matros
NATO equivalent	OR-1[1]

Rjadovoi and Officer of the Imperial Guard (1727-1730).^[2]

Squad Leader instructing the rjadovoy.

Rjadovjy (Russian: Рядово́й, en: private) is in the Army, Airborne troops, and Air Force of the Russian Federation the designation to the rank group of enlisted personnel. The rank is equivalent to Matros in Navy. According to NATO-ranksystem the rank might be comparable to OR-1 in Anglophone armed forces.

The rank was introduced to the Soviet Army in 1946.

In the armed forces of the Soviet Union (and later the Russian Federation) yefreytor is the lowest rank of enlisted personnel. According to NATO-ranksystem the rank might be comparable to OR-1 in Anglophone armed forces.

• Yefeytor (OR-2)
• Rjadovoy (OR-1)

Sequence of ranks

junior rank: No	Rjadovoy	senior rank: Yefreytor

Rank insignia Red Army (RA), Soviet Army (SA), armed forces of the Russian Federation (RF)

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  shoulder insignia rjadovoy to IRA until 1917

• 

  gorget insignia to gymnastjorka red army man RA (1935−1940)

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  gorget insignia rjadovoy RA (1940−1943)

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  shoulder board rjadovoy
  infantry
  RA (1943−1955) and SA (1946-1955)

• 

  ... rjadovoy infantry SA

• 

  ... rjadovoy Air Force, aviation Air defence and Navy, Airborne troops SA
  (1955−1963)

• 

  ... service uniform Kursant with OR1-rank rjadovoy, of the RF AF or airborne troops (1994-2010)

• 

  ... rjadovoy
  land forces and SMT
  PF Army
  (1994−2010)

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  ... filed uniform rjadovoy
  land forces, airborne troops, SMT, RSF
  Marines,
  AF, AD, etc.
  (1994—2010)

• 

  ...
  mladshiy sershant Militsiya,
  from 2011 —
  starshij sershant of the police
  Ministry of Internal Affairs (Russia).

See also

• Ranks and rank insignia of the Soviet Army 1943–1955, ... 1955–1991
• Ranks and rank insignia of the Russian Federation´s armed forces 1994–2010
• Army ranks and insignia of the Russian Federation

Rank designation in other countries

In the countries below, spelling is similar and the classification to a separate rank group is equivalent.

• ⇒ Bashkir: Рядовой; rjadovjy
• ⇒ Belarusian: Радавы; rjadavy
• ⇒ Bulgarian: Редник; rednik

References

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the Russian Wikipedia.