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Polkovnik

Military rank

Polkovnik

Military rank

FieldValue
nameColonel
native_nameПолко́вник
(Polkovnik)
image
captionArmy and air force insignia
countryRussian Empire (17th century)
USSR (1935–1991)
Russia
service branch
rankStab-ofizer
formation17th century
higher rankGenerál-mayór
lower rankPodpolkovnik
equivalentsKapitan 1st rank (Navy)
Countries which use the Eastern European variant

A polkovnik (; Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian and ) is a military rank used mostly in Slavic-speaking countries which corresponds to a colonel in English-speaking states, coronel in Spanish and Portuguese-speaking states and oberst in several German-speaking and Scandinavian countries. It was originally a rank in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Russian Empire. However, in Cossack Hetmanate and Sloboda Ukraine, polkovnyk was an administrative rank similar to a governor. Usually this word is translated as colonel, however the transliteration is also in common usage, for the sake of the historical and social context. Polkovnik began as a commander of a distinct group of troops (polk), arranged for battle.

The exact name of this rank maintains a variety of spellings in different languages, but all descend from the Old Slavonic word polk (from ), and include the following in alphabetical order:

  1. Belarus — палкоўнік
  2. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia — pukovnik ()
  3. Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Russia and Ukraine — полковник (, )
  4. Czech Republic and Slovakia — plukovník
  5. Poland — pułkownik
  6. Slovenia — polkovnik

It is also used in some non-Slavic languages:

  1. Azerbaijan — polkovnik
  2. Georgia — პოლკოვნიკი
  3. Latvia — pulkvedis
  4. Lithuania — pulkininkas

Lithuania (and likely Latvia) inherited the term from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The rank of polkovnik was also used in the Estonian army until 1924. Azerbaijan and Georgia inherited it from the Russian Empire.

Countries

Russia

(Polkovnik) USSR (1935–1991) Russia

| Non-NATO rank =

In the 17th century, polkovnik became the position of a regimental commander of the streltsy; this position also made it into New Regiments of the streltsy and later into the new army of Peter the Great. The rank was legalized by Table of Ranks that placed it in the 6th grade as the second-top field officer, right under the brigadier. A promotion to the rank of polkovnik gave a privilege of hereditary nobility.

The Red Army reintroduced the polkovnik rank in 1935, together with a number of other former Russian ranks, and it continued to be in used in many ex-USSR countries, including Russia.

[[File:06 Representation of the Uniforms of the Russian Imperial Army.jpgthumbuprightPolkovnik of the Russian Empire (1793)]]

Rank insignia

The Rank insignia to Polkovnik (OF-5) is as follows: File:1904ic-p07.png| File:1911-ir001-p15.png| File:1904ossr01-15.png| File:1904-ip100-p15.png| File:1904ir036-p15.png| File:Red Army Polkovnik-1940 & Podpolkovnik-1943v.png| File:RA AF F5-Polkovnik-1940 F4-Podpolkovnik-1943v.png| File:RA A F5-Polkovnik 1943v.png| File:RA AF F5-Polkovnik 1943v.png| File:RA-SA A-inf F5Col 1955.png| File:RAF A F5Col since 2010par.svg| File:RAF AF F5Col since 2010par.svg| File:Russia-Army-OF-5-1994-field.svg| File:Russia-AirBorne-OF-5-1994-field.svg| File:Russia-AirForce-OF-5-1994-field.svg| File:Russia-Army-OF-5-camo.svg| File:RAF A F5-Polkovnik 2010shirt.png| File:Russia-Navy-OF-5-1994-parade.svg| File:VMY Полковник ВВ.gif| File:Russia-Army-OF-5-2010.svg| File:Russia-Army-OF-5.svg| File:RAF NA F5-Polkovniken after2010.png| File:Russia-Police-OF-5-2013.svg|

Colonel (Eastern Europe)'s insignia

File:15.AzAF-COL.png|Polkovnik (Azerbaijani Land Forces) File:Post-Soviet-Army-OF-5.svg|Палкоўнік Palkoŭnik (Belarusian Ground Forces) File:Bosnia&Herzegovina-Army-OF-4.svg|Pukovnik (Bosnian Ground Forces) File:Rank insignia of Полковник of the Bulgarian Army.png|Полковник Polkovnik (Bulgarian Land Forces) File:Army-HRV-OF-04.svg|Pukovnik (Croatian Army) File:CzArmy 2011 OF5-Plukovnik shoulder.svg|Plukovník (Czech Land Forces) File:Georgia-Army-OF-5.svg|პოლკოვნიკი P’olk’ovnik’i (Georgian Land Forces) File:16-RKGF-COL.svg|Полковник Polkovnïk (Kazakh Ground Forces) File:13.Kyrgyzstan Army-COL.svg|Полковник Polkovnik (Kyrgyz Army) File:Latvia-Army-OF-5.svg|Pulkvedis (Latvian Land Forces) File:18-Lithuania Army-COL.svg|Pulkininkas' (Lithuanian Land Forces) File:North-Macedonia-Army-OF-4.svg|Полковник Polkovnik (North Macedonian Ground Forces) File:15-Montenegro Army-COL.svg|Pukovnik (Montenegrin Ground Army) File:Army-POL-OF-05.svg|Pułkownik (Polish Land Forces) File:Russia-Army-OF-5-2010.svg|Полко́вник Polkóvnik (Russian Ground Forces) File:14-Serbian Army-COL.svg|Пуковник Pukovnik (Serbian Army) File:Army-SVK-OF-05.svg|Plukovník (Slovak Ground Forces) File:17-Slovenian Army-COL.svg|Polkovnik (Slovenian Ground Force) File:Post-Soviet-Army-OF-5.svg|Полковник Polkovnik (Tajik National Army) File:Post-Soviet-Army-OF-5.svg|Polkownik (Turkmen Ground Forces) File:UA shoulder mark 17.svg|Полковник Polkovnyk (Ukrainian Ground Forces) File:Uzbekistan-army-OF-5.svg|Polkovnik (Uzbek Ground Forces)

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