RA rank insignia 1919-1924

1 – Sub-unit leader (komandir otdeleniya – short: komot), also: otdelyonnyi komandir), comparable to OR-5 (NATO)
2 – Assistant platoon leader (pomostschnik komandira vsvoda – short: pomkomvsvoda), also: deputy platoon leader, comparable to OR-6
3 – Starshina platoon, … battery, … command, squadron or … sotni (kosacks -squadron) – short: starshina, comparable to OR-8
4 – Platoon leader (komandir vsvoda – short: komvsvoda), comparable to OF-1
5 – Commander company (komandir roty – short: komroty), commander squadron (komandir eskadrony – short: komesk), comparable to OF-2
6 – Commander battalion (komandir batalona – short: kombat), comparable to OF-4
7 – Commander regiment (komandir polka – short: kompolka), comparable to OR-5
8 – Commander brigade (komandir brigady – short: kombrig), as service position for the time being, comparable to OF-6
9 – Division chief (nachalnik divisi – short: nachdiv), as service position for the time being, comparable to OF-7
10 – Commander army (komanduyushchiy armi – short: komandarm), comparable to OF-8