Glavny starshina

Glavny starshina (Гла́вный старшина́; literal: chief/ senior petty officer) is in the Navy of the Russian Federation the designation to the second highest rank in the patty officer´s career group. The rank is equivalent to Starshij sershant in Army and Air Force. According to NATO-ranksystem the rank might be comparable to OR-7 in Anglophone armed forces.

The rank was introduced to the Soviet Navy 1940 to 1943.

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 stage (OR-4)


 * Rank insignia Glavny starshina

Rank designation in other countries
In the countries below, spelling is similar and classivication to a separate rank group is equivalent.
 * 🇦🇿 ⇒ Baş starşinas
 * 🇧🇾 ⇒ Галоўны старшыня
 * 🇱🇹 ⇒ Vyriausiasis viršila
 * 🇺🇦 ⇒ Головни́й старшина́