The second major was the junior staff officer rank in the Imperial Russian Army of the Russian Armed Forces of the imperial period of time, in the 18th century, and also the person wearing this rank.
[3] In the Russian army, the military rank "major" was introduced by Tsar Peter the Great, in 1698.
In connection with the ongoing military reform of the Armed Forces of Russia, military construction and the improvement of formations, it was evidently necessary to increase the number of initial people in the main unit of the Russian Armed Forces of that time – the regiment, and therefore it was decided to introduce new ranks.
The division into prime and second majors was abolished in 1797, under Emperor Paul I.
In 1827, the majors received two stars on staff officer epaulettes as insignia.