komissar vtorogo ranga

[Robert Chandler]

Dear all,

It has taken me a while to get to the bottom of this.  There is no mistake
in the text of the Grossman story.  It is simply that, in accord with normal
usage he leaves out the word ŒArmeiskii¹ from the phrase ŒArmeiskii
kommissar vtorogo ranga¹.  This is a very senior commissar indeed.  Here,
below, is a list of the equivalent ranks of political and regular officers.

Thanks to everyone who made me aware of this issue.

R.

Mladshiy Politruk 
Leytenant 
 
Politruk 
Starshiy Leytenant 
 
Starshiy Politruk 
Kapitan 
 
Batal¹yonniy Kommissar 
Mayor 
 
Starshiy Batal¹yonny Komissar 
Podpolkovnik 
 
Polkovoy Komissar 
Polkovnik 
 
Divizionny Komissar 
General-Mayor 
 
Korpusnoy Komissar 
General-Leytenant 
 
Armeyskiy Komissar Vtorogo Ranga 
General-Polkovnik 
 
Armeyskiy Komissar Pervogo Ranga 
General-Armii 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Taken from the book "Black Cross/Red Star - The Airwar Over The Eastern
Front, Vol.2" by Christer Bergström and Andrey Mikhailov

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