Editing Table of Ranks (section)

== Table of Ranks ==
An abridged version of the Table of Ranks<ref name="marks">[http://marksrussianmilitaryhistory.info/Ranks.html Mark Conrad’s Russian Military History - Table of Ranks]</ref> with time expiration set for promotion is shown below:

{| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;"
|+
! rowspan="2" style="text-align: center; width:4%;"| Class<br />(K)
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; width:18%;"| Civil (governmental)<br />ranks
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center; width:%;"| Military ranks
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; width:24%;"| Court<br />ranks
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; width:11%;"| Period of time set for promotion{{NoteTag|In case of "His/Her Majesty's highest of all [[protégé]]", the period of time, set for promotion to the next higher rank, might be shortened by one year.}}
! rowspan="2" |[[Forms of address in the Russian Empire|Style of reference]]
! rowspan="2" |Clergy
ranks
! rowspan="2" |
|-
 !width="28%"| ... in the Army
 !width="15%"|... in the Navy
|-
! K-1
|
* [[Chancellor (Russia)|Chancellor]] <small>(''Kantsler'')</small>
* [[Active Privy Councillor, 1st class]] <small>(''Deystvitelny tayny sovetnik 1-go klassa'')</small>
| [[General field marshal]]
| [[General admiral]]
|colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |none
| rowspan="2" |''Ваше высокопревосходительство (Vashe vysokoprevoskhoditel’stvo)''
|[[Metropolitan bishop|''Metropolit'']]
| rowspan="5" |[[Eastern Christian monasticism|Black clergy]] 
|-
! K-2
|
* [[Active Privy Councillor]]{{NoteTag|The Russian word "действительный" means "actual, valid, real, effective, true" and in this context is sometimes translated as "actual" or "acting" (which has the disadvantage of confusion with the English language concept of [[acting rank]]).}} <small>(''Deystvitelny tayny sovetnik'')</small>
* [[Vice chancellor]] <small>(''Vitse-kantsler''</small>)
|
* [[General of the Infantry (Imperial Russia)|General of the infantry]] (–1763, 1796–)
* [[General of the cavalry]] (–1763, 1796–)
* ''General-Feldzeugmeister'' (-1763)
* [[General-in-chief]] (1763–1796)
* [[General of the Artillery (Imperial Russia)|General of the artillery]] (1796–)
* Engineer-General (1796–)
| [[Admiral]]
|
* Ober-[[Chamberlain (office)|Chamberlain]]
* ''Ober-[[Hofmarschall]]''
* ''[[Ober-Stallmeister]]'' (1766–)
* [[Oberjägermeister]]
* Ober-[[Hofmeister (office)|Hofmeister]] (1760–)
* Ober-[[Cup-bearer]] (1762–)
|not specified
|[[Archbishop]]
|-
! K-3
|[[Privy Councillor (Russia)|Privy Councillor]]<br /><small>(''Tayny sovetnik'')</small>
|Lieutenant general || Vice admiral
|
*[[Ober-Stallmeister]] (–1766)
*[[Hofmarschall]] (1742–)
*[[Hofmeister (office)|''Hofmeister'']]
*[[Stallmeister]]
*{{ill|Master of the Hunt (Russia)|lt=Master of the Hunt|ru|Егермейстер (звание)}}
*Ober-[[Master of ceremonies]] (1796–)
* Ober-[[Meat carving|Carver]] (1856–)
|not specified
| rowspan="2" |Ваше превосходительство (Vashe prevoskhoditel’stvo)
|[[Bishop]]
|-
!K-4
|[[Active State Councillor]]<br /><small>(''Deystvitelny statsky sovetnik'')</small>
|Major general || Rear admiral
|
* ''Ober-[[Hofmeister (office)|Hofmeister]]'' (–1760)
* Chamberlain (1737–1809)
|not specified
|[[Archimandrite]]
|-
!rowspan="2"| K-5
|rowspan="2"| [[State Councillor (Russia)|State Councillor]]<br /><small>(''Statsky sovetnik'')</small>
|rowspan="2"|[[Brigadier]] (1722–1796) ||rowspan="2"| Captain-commodore
|rowspan="2"|
* Ober-[[Cup-bearer]] (–1762)
* Chamber-[[Junker (Russia)|''Junker'']] (1742–1809)
* [[Master of ceremonies]] (1796–)
| rowspan="2" | not specified
| rowspan="2" | Ваше высокородие 
(Vashe vysokorodie)
|''[[Hegumen]]''
|-
|Protopresbyter
|rowspan="5"|[[Secular clergy#Orthodox Church|White clergy]]
|-
! K-6
|[[Collegiate Councillor]]<br /><small>(''Kollezhsky sovetnik'')</small>
|
* [[Polkovnik]] (infantry)
* Ober-krigskomissar (–1868)
| Kapitan 1st rank
| 
* [[Hofmarschall]] (–1742)
* Chamber-[[Furir]] (1742–1884)
* Chamber-[[Junker (Russia)|Junker]] (1737–1742)
* [[Chamberlain (office)|Chamberlain]] (–1737)
|4 years to K-5
| rowspan="4" |Ваше высокоблагородие (Vashe vysokoblagorodie)
|[[Presbyter]]
[[Protoiereus]]
|-
! K-7
|[[Court councillor]] (1745–)<br /><small>(Nadvorny sovetnik)</small>
|
* Podpolkovnik (infantry)
* Voyskovoy starshina (Cossacks 1884–)
* Krigskomissar (–1868)
|Kapitan 2nd rank
|style="text-align:center;"| none||4 years to K-6
|[[Priesthood (Eastern Orthodox Church)|Iereus]]
|-
! K-8
|Collegiate assessor<br /><small>(Kollezhsky assessor)</small>
|
*[[Prime major|Premjor-mayor]] / [[Second major (rank)|Secund-mayor]] (1731–1798)
*Mayor (infantry 1798–1884)
*Kapitan (infantry 1884–1917)
*Rotmistr (cavalry 1884–1917)
*Voyskovoy starshina (Cossacks 1796–1884)
*Esaul (Cossacks 1884–)
|
* Kapitan 3rd rank (1722–1764)
* Kapitan-leytenant (1907–1911)
* Starshy leytenant (1912–)
| Titular [[Chamberlain (office)|Chamberlain]] (–1771)
| 4 years to K-7
| [[Protodeacon]]
|-
! K-9
| Titular councillor<br /><small>(Tituljarny sovetnik)</small>
|
*Kapitan (infantry 1722–1884)
*Shtabs-kapitan (infantry 1884–)
*Rotmistr (cavalry 1798–1884)
*Shtabs-rotmistr (1884–)
*Esaul (Cossacks 1798–1884)
*Podesaul (Cossacks 1884–)
|
*Galley master (–1826)
*Kapitan-poruchik (1764–1796)
*Kapitan-leytenant (1798–1884)
*Leytenant (1884–1906, 1912–)
*Starshy leytenant (1907–1911)
|
* Chamber-[[Junker (Russia)|Junker]] (–1737)
* Hof-[[Furir]]
|3 years to K-8
|[[Deacon]]
|-
! K-10
| Collegiate secretary <br /><small>(Kollezhsky sekretar)</small>
|
*Kapitan-poruchik (infantry 1730–1797)
*Shtabs-kapitan (infantry 1779–1884)
*Sekund-rotmistr (cavalry –1797)
*Shtabs-rotmistr (cavalry 1779–1884)
*Tseychvart (artillery –1884)
*Poruchik (1884–)
*Podesaul (Cossacks –1884)
*Sotnik (Cossacks 1884–)
|
* Leytenant (1722–1884)
* [[Michman]] (1884-)
|style="text-align:center;"| none|| 3 years to K-9
| rowspan="5" | Ваше благородие
(Vashe blagorodie)
|
|
|-
! K-11
| Naval secretary<br /><small>(Korabelny sekretar)</small>{{NoteTag|Naval secretary was a naval rank until 1764, and reappeared as a civil rank no earlier than 1790.}} || none ||Naval secretary<br /><small>(Korabelny sekretar –1764)</small>
| colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | none
|
|
|-
! K-12
|[[W:EN:Governorate (Russia)|Governorate]] Secretary<br /><small>(Gubernsky sekretar)</small>
|
* Podporuchik (infantry 1730–1884)
* Praposhchik (1884–, wartime only)
* Sekund-poruchik (artillery 1722–1796)
|
* Unter-leytenant (1722–1732)
* [[Michman]] (1796–1884)
|style="text-align:center;"| none||3 years to K-10
|
|
|-
! K-13
| Provincial registrar<br /><small>(Kabinetsky redistrator)</small>
|
* Podporuchik (infantry 1730–1884)
* Praposhchik (1884–, wartime only)
* Sekund-poruchik (artillery 1722–1796)
| colspan="3" style="text-align: center;" |none
|
|
|-
! K-14
|
* Collegiate registrar <small>(Kollezhsky registrator)</small>
* Collegiate [[Junker (Russia)|Junker]] <small>(Kollezhsky yunker, Kollei-yunker 1720–1822)</small>
|
* [[Fähnrich|Fendrik]] (infantry 1722–1730)
* [[Praporshchik]] (infantry 1730–1884)
* [[Cornet (rank)|Cornet]] (cavalry 1731–1884)
* Shtyk-yunker (artillery 1722–1796)
* [[Chorąży|Khorunzhy]] (Cossacks -1884)
| [[Michman]] (1732–1796)
|style="text-align:center;"| none||3 years to K-12
|
|
|}

The table below contains the military ranks of the <span style="color: #f00;">'''Guards'''</span> ([[infantry]] and [[cavalry]]) 1722 until 1917.<ref>[http://akunin.ru/istoria/tabel ''Table of ranks, section infantry and cavalry 1722 to 1917''], called, 7 May 2017.</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!rowspan="2"| <small>Class</small>
!colspan="4"| <span style="color: #060;">Infantry</span>
!colspan="4"| <span style="color: #4169E1;">Cavalry</span>
|-
 ! 1722 !! 1730 !! 1748 !! 1884–1917
 ! 1730 !! 1748 !! 1798 !! 1884–1917
|- style="text-align: center;"
!1
|colspan="8" rowspan="2"| – not scheduled –
 |- align="center"
 ! 2

|- style="text-align: center;"
! 3
| ||
|align="left"| [[Colonel]] <br /><small>([[Polkovnik]])</small>
|
|
|align="left"| ''Colonel'' || ||

|- style="text-align:center;"
!4
|colspan="2"| ''Colonel''
|align="left"| [[Lieutenant colonel]] <br /><small>([[Podpolkovnik]])</small> ||
|
|align="left"| ''Lieutenant colonel'' ||  ||

|- style="text-align:center;"
! 5
|colspan="2"| ''Lieutenant colonel''
|align="left"| [[Prime major]] <br /><small>(Premer-mayor)</small> ||
|
|align="left"| ''Prime major'' ||   ||

|- style="text-align: center;"
! 6
|colspan="2"| [[Major (rank)|Major]]
|align="left"| [[Second major (rank)|Second major]]<br /><small>(Skund-mayor)</small>
|align="left"| ''Colonel''
|
|align="left"| ''Second major''
|colspan="2"| ''Colonel''

|- style="text-align: left;"
! 7
| [[Captain (United States O-3)|Captain]] <small> (Kapitan)</small>
| ''Captain'' || ''Captain'' || ''Captain''
| [[Rittmeister]] <small>(Rotmistr)</small>
| ''Rittmeister'' || ''Rittmeister'' || ''Rittmeister''

|- style="text-align:center;"
! 8
|align="left"| [[Captain lieutenant]] <br /><small>(Kapitan-leytenant)</small>
|colspan="2"| Captain poruchik <br /><small>(Kapitan-poruchik)</small>
|align="left"| [[Stabskapitän]] <br /><small>(Stabs-kapitan)</small>
|colspan="2"| Sekundrittmeister <br /><small>(Sekund-rotmistr)</small>
|colspan="2"| Stabsrittmeister <br /><small>(Stabs-rotmistr)</small>

|- style="text-align:center;"
! 9
|align="left"| [[Lieutenant]] <br /><small>(Leytenant)</small>
|colspan="3"| [[Poruchik]]
|colspan="4"| ''Poruchik''

|- style="text-align:center;"
!10
|align="left"| [[Unterleutnant]] <br /><small>(Unter-leytenant)</small>
|colspan="3"| [[Podporuchik]]
|colspan="3"| ''Podporuchik''
|align="left"| [[Cornet (rank)|Cornet]] <br /><small>(Kornet)</small>

|- style="text-align: center;"
! 11
|colspan="8"| – not scheduled –

|- style="text-align:center;"
! 12
|align="left"| [[Fähnrich]] <small> (Fendrik)</small>
|align="left"| [[Praporshchik]] ||  ||  ||  ||
| ''Cornet'' ||

|- style="text-align:center;"
! 13
|colspan="8" rowspan="2"| – not scheduled –
 |- align="center"
 ! 14
|}

[[File:Tabel o rangah 1898.jpg|thumb|right|An 1898 copy of the Table of Ranks]]

[[Peter the Great|Peter I]] stipulated that "princes related to us or married to our princesses always take precedence" and that when military officers of the army and navy were of the same rank, "the naval officer is superior at sea to the land officer; and on land the land officer is superior to the naval officer". He laid down that fines of two months' salary should be assessed against those falsely claiming a higher rank or gaining a rank without qualification. He stated that service with a foreign monarch would not automatically confer the rank until approved by the tsar, as "we do not grant any rank to anyone until he performs a useful service to us or to the state", while women were to "advance in rank with their husbands".