Glavny starshina of the ship

Glavny starshina of the ship (Гла́вный корабе́льный старшина́; literal: senior petty officer of the ship) is in the Navy of the Russian Federation the designation to the most senior rank in the petty officer´s career group. The rank is equivalent to Strashina in Army and Air Force. According to NATO-ranksystem the rank might be comparable to OR-8 in Anglophone armed forces.

The rank was introduced to the Soviet Navy November 18, 1971. Before the equivalent OR8-rank designation, including rank insignia was Michman.

In the navy of the Russian Federation there are four ranks in the patty officer´s career group, which means:
 * Glavny starshina of the ship (OR-8)
 * Glavny starshina (OR-7)
 * Starshina 1st stage (OR-6)
 * Starshina 2nd staghe (OR-4)


 * Rank insignia Glavny starshina of the ship