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Rank | Private |
NATO rank | OR-1 |
Non-NATO rank | E-1 |
Formation | 1946 |
Next higher rank | Yefreytor |
Next lower rank | None |
Equivalent ranks | Matros (Navy) |
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Ryadovoi and Officer of the Imperial Guard (1727-1730).[1]

Squad Leader instructing a ryadovoy.
Ryadovoy (Russian: рядово́й, en: private) in the Army, Airborne troops, and Air Force of the Russian Federation is the designation of a member of the rank group of enlisted personnel. The rank is equivalent to matros (Russian: матрос) in the Russian Navy. In terms of the NATO rank-system the rank might be comparable to OR-1 in Anglophone armed forces.
The Imperial Russian Army used the designation ryadovoy before 1917. The word ryadovoy relates to the Russian ryad (Russian: ряд) , which in a military context means "file" or "rank" (in the sense of "rank and file"). The rank re-appeared in the newly-named Soviet Army in 1946,[2] replacing the rank of "Red Army man" (Russian: красноармеец, romanized: krasnoarmeyets) used in the Red Army from 1918 to 1946.
In the armed forces of the Soviet Union (and later in those of the Russian Federation) yefreytor is the second-lowest rank of enlisted personnel. Using the NATO rank-system, the rank might be comparable to OR-4 in Anglophone armed forces.
Rank insignia armed forces of the Russian Federation (RF)[]
USSR[]
In the USSR Armed Forces the rank designation Ryadovoy was introduced in 1946.[3] From 1919 to 1946 the designation to this particular OR1 rank was Krasnoarmeyets (literal: Red Army man or Red Army Soldier).
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collar insignia infantry (1924–1935) |
... cavalry (1924–1943) |
... infantry (1935–1940) |
... infantry (1940–1943) |
... AF (1935–1940) |
shoulder board (1943–1946) |
shoulder board field (1946–1955) | shoulder board Motorized Rifle Troops Army (1955–1994) |
AB Troops, AF and ADF (1955–1994) |
Rank designation in other countries[]
In the countries below, spelling is similar and the classification to a separate rank group is equivalent.
⇒ Bashkir language: Рядовой; ryadovjy
⇒ Belarusian language: Радавы; rjadavy
⇒ Bulgarian language: Редник; rednik
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junior rank: [none] |
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senior rank: Yefreytor |
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
References[]
The original article can be found at Ryadovoy and the edit history here.