Talk:Army general (Russia)

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Comparative ranks[edit]

Why do people insist on saying that Soviet/Russian Major General equals Brigade General's rank? Major General is a commander of a division, both in Russia and in the west. General of the Army is an equivalent of Field Marshall in the west, commander of a Front (district, army group), leaving a Marshall rank as a honorific, theatre or minister type command. Why is this so hard for people to comprehend? —Preceding unsigned comment added by IDiO (talk • contribs) 05:59, 9 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

- Because Soviet/russian Army flag officers ranks are as follow: Major-General (1 star), Lieutenant-General (2 stars), Colonel-General (3 stars), Army General (4 stars) and Marshal (1 big star), while US Army flag officer ranks are as follow: Brigadier/Brigade General/Brigadier-General (1 star), Major-General (2 stars), Lieutenant-General (3 stars), General (4 stars) and General of the Army (5Stars). Wich means that russian Major-General is the most junior flag officer rank, like US Brigadier-General. Alpha568 (talk) 14:59, 6 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

General of the Army[edit]

Why is the article called Army General (Russia) and not General of the Army (Russia)? DimaY2K (talk) 16:40, 12 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

-General of the Army is an American rank equivalent to Field marshal. The Russian rank Army general is the equivalent to a (full) general in any other country. Is it incorrect to use the American rank. The closer translation would be General of an army but that is not required. The current wording general of the army is wrong. Fdutil (talk) 03:59, 17 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I am going to change it back to Army General (Russia). See also: here. סאבעלוטודו (talk) 15:36, 26 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 26 September 2018[edit]

Reason: Changed without discussion. Moved in the past just the title, nothing inside the article. See also HERE and HERE. סאבעלוטודו (talk) 15:50, 26 September 2018 (UTC) --Relisting. Dreamy Jazz 🎷 ^{talk to me | my contributions} 19:11, 3 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

[Not so]Speedy moved. No such user (talk) 15:34, 12 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

"General of the Army shoulder strap from 1992 to 1997"[edit]

That isn't entirely corrrect, the on in the image used is only from 1994 onwards, Russia did not readopt the double headed eagle until 1994, before it would have been the Soviet era button that has the star with a Hammer and Sickle in the centre. 71.181.178.159 (talk) 04:03, 12 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Incorrectly adding lower-ranking generals[edit]

Starting on 7 March 2022, many editors have added incorrectly added names of lower-ranking generals to the "List of Russian army generals" section in this article. Note that this article is about a specific rank, "Army general". This is equivalent "4-star" or "OF-9" in other militaries. There are also lower-ranking generals, but they do not belong in this list. In particular, three people with rank "Major general" were reportedly killed in combat in February-March, 2022, during Russia's invasion of Ukraine. They were Andrei Sukhovetsky, Vitaly Gerasimov, and Andrei Kolesnikov. The Russian rank "Major general" is a 1-star grade, three below Army general. Please do not add these people, or other lower-ranking officers, to this article. --Jdlh | Talk 09:56, 13 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]