Podpolkovnik

Podpolkovnik (Russian: подполковник, Ukrainian language: підполковник , Polish language: podpułkownik

literarily sub-colonel) is a military rank in Slavic countries which corresponds to a lieutenant colonel in English-speaking states. Usually this word is translated as lieutenant colonel, however the transliteration is also in common usage, for the sake of the historical context.

The exact name of this rank maintains a variety of spellings in different languages:

• Bulgaria — πодполковник
• Czech Republic — podplukovník
• Georgia — vitse-polkovniki
• Macedonia - Потполковник (potpolkovnik)
• Poland — podpułkownik
• Russia — подполковник
• Serbia — Потпуковник
• Slovenia — podpolkovnik
• Slovakia — podplukovník
• Ukraine — підполковник

Shoulder boards of a podpolkovnik of Imperial Russian Army

Shoulder boards of a Soviet podpolkovnik

Shoulder boards of a Russian podpolkovnik

Shoulder boards of Ukrainian pidpolkovnyk

Shoulder boards of a Polish podpułkownik

Macedonian insignia.

See also

• Polkovnik
• Military ranks of the Soviet Union
• Military ranks of Ukraine
• History of Russian military ranks
• Army ranks and insignia of the Russian Federation
• Polish Armed Forces rank insignia