'midshipman') is a rank used by the Russian Navy and a number of former communist states.

The rank is a non-commissioned officer's and is equivalent to praporshchik in armies and air forces.

Within NATO forces, the rank is rated as OR-8 and is equivalent to Warrant officer class 2 or Senior chief petty officer in English speaking navies.

Michman was originally an Ober-ofizer rank, in line to the Table of Ranks class XII/XIII in the Imperial Russian Navy equivalent to Praporshik of the Imperial Russian Army and classified as junior officer rank.

The Russian Federation retained the rank structure of the Soviet Union in 1991.