Field marshal (Russia)

Field marshal (General-feldmarshal, General-fel'dmarshal, General field marshal, or simply Fieldmarshal; Russian: Генерал-фельдмаршал) was, with the exception of Generalissimo, the highest military rank of the Russian Empire.

It was a military rank of the 1st class in the Imperial Russian Army and equal to those of Chancellor and Active Privy Councillor, 1st class in civil service, and General Admiral in the Imperial Russian Navy.

[1][2][3] After the Russian Revolution of 1917 the rank was abolished, alongside the Table of Ranks.

In 1935 however, the Red Army introduced the equivalent rank of "Marshal of the Soviet Union" (Russian: Маршал Советского Союза) as the highest military rank of the Soviet Union, when ranks were restored under Stalin's rule.

The rank of field marshal was bestowed on the following 64 Imperial Russian Army officers:[4] The rank of field marshal was also bestowed on several foreign citizens:

The Field Marshals' Hall of the Winter Palace . Russian cuirassiers can be seen observing the paintings.
Uniform of a Russian General-feldmarshal (1793).
Epaulette of Field marshal of Russian Vyborg 85th Infantry Regiment of German Emperor Wilhelm II
Epaulette of Field marshal of Russian Vologda 18th Infantry Regiment of Romanian King Carol I
Uniform of Field marshal of Russian 15th Firing Regiment of Montenegrin King Nicholas I