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Polkovnik (), universally treated as Colonel , began as a commander of a distinct group of troops, Old Slavonic '''polk''' (полк), arranged for a particular battle. In late 1600s , it became a position of a Regiment al commander of the Strelets Troops ; this position also made it into New Regiments of the Streltsy and later into the ''new army'' of Peter The Great . The rank was legalized by Table Of Ranks that placed it in the 6th grade as the second-top field officer, right under the Brigadier . A promotion to the rank of Polkovnik gave a privilege for hereditary Dvoryanstvo . '' Podpolkovnik '' ('Sub-Polkovnik') is equivalent to Lieutenant Colonel . The Red Army reintroduced the Polkovnik rank in 1935 , together with a number of other former Russian ranks, and it has been used in many ex- USSR countries, including Russian Federation , to the present day. SEE ALSO |
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