Podpolkovnik
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Podpolkovnik (Russian: подполковник, Ukrainian: підполковник, Polish: podpułkownik; literarily sub-Regimentary) is a military rank in Slavic countries which corresponds to a lieutenant colonel in English-speaking states. Usually this word is translated as lieutenant colonel, however the transliteration is also in common usage, for the sake of the historical context.
The exact name of this rank maintains a variety of spellings in different languages:
- Bulgaria — πодполковник
- Czech Republic — podplukovník
- Georgia — vitse-polkovniki
- Poland — podpułkownik
- Russia — podpolkovnik
- Serbia — Потпуковник
- Slovenia — podpolkovnik
- Slovakia — podplukovník
- Ukraine — pidpolkovnyk
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Shoulder boards of a Soviet podpolkovnik
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Shoulder boards of a Russian podpolkovnik
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Shoulder boards of Ukrainian pidpolkovnyk
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Shoulder boards of a Polish podpułkownik
[edit] See also
- Polkovnik
- Military ranks of the Soviet Union
- Military ranks of Ukraine
- History of Russian military ranks
- Army ranks and insignia of the Russian Federation
- Polish Armed Forces rank insignia
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