Ober-ofizer



Ober-ofizer (О́бер-офице́р; derived from Oberoffizier; literal: Senior officer) — was the designation of a particular officers rank category of the Russian Army and Navy until 1917. The name goes directly back to the literal translation (de: Oberoffizier&rArr; ru: Ober-ofizer) of the XVII century. According to the so-called Russian Table of Ranks it comprised the grades IX to XIV from Podporuchik / Kornet to Kapitan (rank) / Rotmister (inclusive). A typical assignment to an Ober-ofizer was officer/ commander in/ of company sized units.

The official manner of formal addressing of military people of the Ober-ofizer rank group was “Your honourable“ (ru: «Ваше благородие».

Today, the position of that career group might be compared to junior officer OF1 to OF2, in line to rank system in NATO armed forces.

Table of ranks
The table below illustrated the particular rank group pertaining without reference to class (class reference changed after 1884, for details see Table of Ranks ).