Stab-ofizer



Stab-ofizer (Штаб-офице́р; derived from Stabsoffizier; literal: Staff 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: Stabsoffizier&rArr; ru: Stab-ofizer) of the XVII century. According to the so-called Russian Table of Ranks it comprised the grades VI to VIII from Polkovnik to Major (from 1884 also Kapitan). Typical assignments to an Stab-ofizers were to staff of regiment sized units.

The official manner of formal addressing of military people of the Stab-ofizer rank group was “Your high honourable“ (Russian: «Ваше высокоблагородие»).

Today, the position of that career group might be compared to senior of field officer OF5 to OF3, 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 ).