Podpolkovnik (Russian: подполковник, Ukrainian: 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
The original article can be found at Podpolkovnik and the edit history here.