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Banner of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (obverse).svg}} Russian Armed Forces| abbreviation = | rank group = General officer| rank = Five-star rank| NATO rank = | Non-NATO rank = | pay grade = Army general (Russia)>Army general| equivalents = Marshal of the Soviet Union}}File:ID-Sergeyev-01.jpg|thumb|200px|Marshal of the Russian Federation Igor SergeyevIgor SergeyevMarshal of the Russian Federation () is the highest military rank of Russia, created in 1993 following the dissolution of the Soviet Union.WEB, Новости, Р. И. А., Воинское звание “Маршал Советского Союза”. Справка,ria.ru/20100922/278036470.html, РИА Новости, 18 March 2022, ru, 22 September 2010, BOOK, Galeotti, Mark, The Modern Russian Army 1992–2016, 23 February 2017, Bloomsbury Publishing, 978-1-4728-1909-3, 43,books.google.com/books?id=2ajbDQAAQBAJ&dq=Marshal+of+the+Russian+Federation&pg=PA43, 17 March 2022, en, It ranks immediately above Army general and Admiral of the fleet (also called Fleet Admiral in some English-language texts), and is considered the successor to the Soviet-era rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union.A Marshal of the Russian Federation outranks Generals of the Army (four stars), Colonel-Generals (three stars), Lieutenant-Generals (two stars) and Major-Generals (one star). It is roughly equivalent to American General of the Army and the British Field Marshal.JOURNAL, Supreme High Command of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Air Force Magazine, June 1995, 73,books.google.com/books?id=9ir83x1DXo8C&dq=Marshal+of+the+Russian+Federation&pg=RA4-PA73, 17 March 2022, en, The only officer so far to have held the rank was Igor Sergeyev, the former Minister of Defence, who had been elevated from the General of the Army of the Strategic Rocket Forces. Sergeyev was a Marshal of the Russian Federation from 1997 until his death in 2006.The insignia for Marshal of the Russian Federation is similar to the one for the Marshal of the Soviet Union, with the Soviet emblem replaced by the Russian coat of arms. An officer who is given this rank would also wear the Marshal’s star.

Rank insignia

Marshal-Star_big1.jpg|{{center|Marshal’s star}}Russia-Army-OF-10-1994-parade.svg|{{center|Parade uniform(1997–2010)}}Russia-Army-OF-10-1994-field.svg|{{center|Service uniform (1997–2010)}}Russia-Army-OF-10-1994-camo.svg|{{center|Field uniform (1997–2010)}}Marshal polevoy pogon 2.png|{{center|Field uniform (2010–present)}}

See also

• Army ranks and insignia of the Russia
• Marshal of the Soviet Union
• Field marshal (Russian Empire)

References

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External links

• wbase.duma.gov.ru/ntc/vdoc.asp?kl=4488" title="web.archive.org/web/20051123192515wbase.duma.gov.ru/ntc/vdoc.asp?kl=4488">Federal Law No. 58-FZ from March 12, 1998 “On military duty and military service” (in Russian)

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