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Praporshchik (Russian: пра́порщик, pronounced [ˈprapərɕɪk]) was originally a name of a junior officer position in the military of the Russian Empire, equivalent to ensign. Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages The Russian Empire ( Pre-reform Russian: Pоссійская Имперія Modern Russian: Российская Империя translit: Rossiyskaya Ensign (ˈɛnsən is a junior rank of commissioned officer in the militaries of some countries normally in the infantry or navy

It was first introduced in Strelets New Regiments. Streltsy (Стрельцы were the units of Russian guardsmen ( sl Regiments of the new order, or Regiments of the Foreign order ( "Полки нового строя" or "Полки иноземного The name originates from Slavonic prapor (прапор), meaning flag; the praporshchik was a flag-bearer in Kievan Rus troops. The Slavic languages (also called Slavonic languages) a group of closely related Languages of the Slavic peoples and a subgroup of Indo-European languages Kievan Rus′ (Ки́евская Русь romanised: Kievskaya Rus', rusʲ also written as Kyivan Rus′ (Ки́ївська Русь or Kievan In the New Regiments of the Streltsy and the new army of Peter the Great, praporshchik was ranked as commissioned officer of the lowest grade; this was legalised by the Table of Ranks of 1722. Regiments of the new order, or Regiments of the Foreign order ( "Полки нового строя" or "Полки иноземного Streltsy (Стрельцы were the units of Russian guardsmen ( sl The Table of Ranks (Табель о рангах Tabel o rangakh was a formal list of positions and ranks in the military government and court of Imperial Russia. Year 1722 ( MDCCXXII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a By 1800s the rank was given to senior non-commissioned officers of the Russian army upon their retirement and also reserve/volunteer officers with no previous service; commissioned officers started service with Sub-Poruchik. A volunteer is someone who works for a community or for the benefit of environment primarily because they choose to do so Poruchik (пору́чик pʌˡrutɕɪk was a Military rank in the Russian Empire time equivalent to Lieutenant.

Confusingly, podpraporshchik (Sub-Praporshchik) was one of the non-commissioned ranks, originally below the Sergeant and Feldwebel but since 1826 it became the highest non-commissioned rank of the infantry, cavalry and the Leib Guard. Sergeant is a rank used in some form by most militaries police forces and other uniformed organizations around the world Feldwebel is a German military rank which has existed since at least the 18th century with usage as a title dating to the Middle Ages. For the game see 1826 (board game. Year 1826 ( MDCCCXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display Leib Guard (Ле́йб-гва́рдия from German Leib, meaning body; cf Life Guards) were military units serving as personal guards In 1884, the podpraporshchik rank was renamed зауряд-прапорщик (Ordinary Praporshchik). Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year

In the Soviet Army, the reintroduction of Praporshchik rank in 1972, along with Midshipman rank in the Soviet Navy, marked the attempt to recreate a corps of contract non-commissioned officers similar to Master Sergeants and Chief Petty Officers, the role that was previously reserved to senior drafted personnel. The Red Army ( Russian: Рабоче-Крестьянская Красная Армия R aboche- K rest'yanskaya K rasnaya A rmiya Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A contract is an exchange of promises between two or more parties to do or refrain from doing an act which is enforceable in a court of law A master sergeant is the Military rank for a senior Non-commissioned officer in some armed forces Chief Petty Officer is a non-commissioned officer or equivalent in many naval services and coast guards. Contrary to Western practice of assigning the senior Sergeant ranks to veteran soldiers, the Soviet ranks of Starshina and Sergeant were routinely assigned to 20 year old soldiers at the end of their 2-year draft. A veteran (from Latin vetus, meaning "old" is a person who has or is working in the armed forces Starshina, or Starshyna (старшина́ старши́на from старший starshyi, "senior" had a number of meanings all related to the position Sergeant is a rank used in some form by most militaries police forces and other uniformed organizations around the world The Praporshchiks were aged volunteers and were expected to have more authority over draftsmen than similarly aged Sergeants; they are placed in a separate category of Master non-commissioned officers (Praporshchiks and Midshipmen). A volunteer is someone who works for a community or for the benefit of environment primarily because they choose to do so

The Praporshchik rank continues to be used in the Russian Army and armies of ex-USSR states. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991

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