Military Rank Equivalence

Rank Ladder Highest first

🇺🇸 United States · Army	NATO equivalent	Russia · Army 🇷🇺
Officers
General of the Army	OF-10 Marshal / General of the Army	Ма́ршал Росси́йской Федера́ции / Márshal Rossíyskoy Federátsii
General	OF-9 General	Генера́л а́рмии / Generál ármii
Lieutenant general	OF-8 Lieutenant General	Генера́л-полко́вник / Generál-polkóvnik
Major general	OF-7 Major General	Генера́л-лейтена́нт / Generál-leytenánt
Brigadier general	OF-6 Brigadier General	Генера́л-майо́р / Generál-mayór
Colonel	OF-5 Colonel	Полко́вник / Polkóvnik
Lieutenant colonel	OF-4 Lieutenant Colonel	Подполко́вник / Podpolkóvnik
Major	OF-3 Major / Commandant	Майо́р / Mayór
Captain	OF-2 Captain / 1st Lieutenant	Kапита́н / Kapitán
First lieutenant Second lieutenant	OF-1 Lieutenant	Ста́рший лейтена́нт / Stárshiy leytenánt Лейтена́нт / Leytenánt Mла́дший лейтена́нт / Mládshiy leytenánt
Cadet / Officer candidate	OF-D Student Officer	Курса́нт / Kursánt
Enlisted ranks
Command sergeant major Sergeant major	OR-9 Sergeant Major	Ста́рший пра́порщик / Stárshiy práporshchik
First sergeant Master sergeant	OR-8 1st Sergeant	Пра́порщик / Práporshchik Старшина́ / Starshiná
Sergeant first class	OR-7 Sergeant 1st Class	Ста́рший сержа́нт / Stárshiy serzhánt
Staff sergeant	OR-6 Staff Sergeant	Сержа́нт / Serzhánt
Sergeant	OR-5 Sergeant	Мла́дший сержа́нт / Mládshiy serzhánt
Specialist Corporal	OR-4 Corporal	Ефре́йтор / Yefréytor
Private first class	OR-3 Private 1st Class	No equivalent
Private	OR-2 Private	No equivalent
Private	OR-1 Private	Рядово́й / Ryadovóy

Tiers neither force uses are hidden. An OF/OR code held by only one of the two is kept and marked — a missing tier is itself a difference in how the two hierarchies are built.