Starshina 1st stage

Starshina 1st stage (Russian: Старшина́ пе́рвой статьи́; literal: petty officer first stage) is in the Navy of the Russian Federation the designation to the second lowest rank in the Petty Officer's career group. The rank is equivalent to Starshij sershant in Army and Air Force. According to NATO-ranksystem the rank might be comparable to OR-5 in Anglophone armed forces.

Glavny starshina in the Russian navy
(shoulder board) (sleeve insignia)
Rank insignia	Russian Navy
Introduction	1940
Rank group	Petty officer
Army / Air Force	Sershant
NATO equivalent	OR-5[1]

The rank was introduced to the Soviet Navy November 2, 1940.

Sequence of ranks in Russian Federation's navy

junior rank: Starshina 2nd stage	Starshina 1st stage	senior rank: Glavny starshina

In the navy of the Russian Federation there are four ranks in the patty officer's career group, which means:

• Glavny starshina of the ship (OR-8)
• Glavny starshina (OR-7)
• Starshina 1st stage (OR-5)
• Starshina 2nd staghe (OR-4)

Rank insignia Starshina 1st stage

rank insignia
	sleeve 1940-1963 after 1963 to Glavny starshina of the ship	sleeve from 1963	shoulder 1955-1991	shoulder 1991-2010

Rank designation in other countries

In the countries below, spelling is similar and classivication to a separate rank group is equivalent.

• ⇒ Azerbaijani: Birinci dərəcəli starşina
• ⇒ Belarusian: Старшына першай стацці
• ⇒ Lithuanian: Pirmo laipsnio viršila
• ⇒ Ukrainian: Старшина I статті

See also

• Ranks and rank insignia of the Red Army 1940–1943
• Ranks and rank insignia of the Soviet Army 1943–1955, ... 1955–1991
• Ranks and rank insignia of the Russian Federation's armed forces 1994–2010
• Army ranks and insignia of the Russian Federation

References

1. The abbreviation "OR" stands for "Other Ranks / fr: sous-officiers et militaires du rang / ru:другие ранги, кроме офицероф"