Ryadovoy

This article is about the OR1 Army rank Ryadovoy in Slavonic armed forces. For the equivalent in modern-day Anglophone armies, see the rank Private. The equivalent in the German Bundeswehr is Soldat.

Ryadovoy
The insignia used from 2006
Country	Russia
Service branch	Russia Army Russian Air Force
Rank	Private
NATO rank	OR-1
Non-NATO rank	E-1
Formation	1946
Next higher rank	Yefreytor
Next lower rank	None
Equivalent ranks	Matros (Navy)

Ryadovoi and Officer of the Imperial Guard (1727-1730).

Squad Leader instructing a ryadovoy.

Ryadovoy (Russian: рядово́й, en: private) in the Army, Airborne troops, and Air Force of the Russian Federation is the designation of a member of the rank group of enlisted personnel. The rank is equivalent to matros (Russian: матрос) in the Russian Navy. In terms of the NATO rank-system the rank might be comparable to OR-1 in Anglophone armed forces.

The Imperial Russian Army used the designation ryadovoy before 1917. The word ryadovoy relates to the Russian ryad (Russian: ряд) , which in a military context means "file" or "rank" (in the sense of "rank and file"). The rank re-appeared in the newly-named Soviet Army in 1946, replacing the rank of "Red Army man" (Russian: красноармеец, romanized: krasnoarmeyets) used in the Red Army from 1918 to 1946.

In the armed forces of the Soviet Union (and later in those of the Russian Federation) yefreytor is the second-lowest rank of enlisted personnel. Using the NATO rank-system, the rank might be comparable to OR-4 in Anglophone armed forces.

Rank insignia armed forces of the Russian Federation (RF)

... service uniform Kursant with OR1-rank ryadovoy, of the RF AF or airborne troops (1994-2010)

... ryadovoy
land forces and SMT
PF Army
(1994−2010)

... filed uniform ryadovoy
land forces, airborne troops, SMT, RSF
Marines,
AF, AD, etc.
(1994—2010)

...
Ryadovoy Militsiya,
from 2011 —
ryadovoy of the police
Ministry of Internal Affairs (Russia).

field uniform

USSR

In the USSR Armed Forces the rank designation Ryadovoy was introduced in 1946. From 1919 to 1946 the designation to this particular OR1 rank was Krasnoarmeyets (literal: Red Army man or Red Army Soldier).

— Krasnoarmeyets —						— Ryadovoy —
collar insignia infantry (1924–1935)	... cavalry (1924–1943)	... infantry (1935–1940)	... infantry (1940–1943)	... AF (1935–1940)	shoulder board (1943–1946)	shoulder board field (1946–1955)	shoulder board Motorized Rifle Troops Army (1955–1994)	AB Troops, AF and ADF (1955–1994)

Rank designation in other countries

In the countries below, spelling is similar and the classification to a separate rank group is equivalent.

• ⇒ Bashkir language: Рядовой; ryadovjy
• ⇒ Belarusian language: Радавы; rjadavy
• ⇒ Bulgarian language: Редник; rednik

Sequence of ranks
junior rank: [none]	Ryadovoy	senior rank: Yefreytor

See also

• Ranks and rank insignia of the Soviet Army 1943–1955, ... 1955–1991
• Ranks and rank insignia of the Russian Federation´s armed forces 1994–2010
• Army ranks and insignia of the Russian Federation