After the Armed forces' ranks and rank insignia of the Soviet Armed Forces between 1955 and 1991 were reorganized after the death of Stalin, The KGB, along with its branches, the MVD, and the Border Troops, underwent the same reorganization of ranks, completely removing the regimental numbering of 1943-1955. [1] [2]
In December 1956 the colored border piping on officers' shoulder straps was changed. [3]
| Rank group [2] [4] | Warrant officers | Non-commissioned officers | Enlisted men | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parade Shoulder boards (Committee of State Security Forces, KGB) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |
| Parade Shoulder boards (Border Troops) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |
| Parade Shoulder boards (Internal Troops) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |
| (introduced 1981) | (introduced 1971) | (from 1964) | (until 1963) | |||||||
| Ста́рший пра́порщик | Пра́порщик | Старшина́ | Ста́рший сержа́нт | Сержа́нт | Мла́дший сержа́нт | Ефре́йтор | Рядово́й | |||
| US equivalent [5] | Chief warrant officer | Warrant officer | Command sergeant major | Sergeant major | Master sergeant | Sergeant | Private first class | Private | ||
Colors by type of troops:
| Rank group [2] [4] | General officers | Senior officers | Junior officers | Officer cadet | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parade Shoulder boards (Committee of State Security forces, KGB) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |
| Parade Shoulder boards (Border Troops) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||
| Parade Shoulder boards (Internal Troops) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |
| (from 1974) | (until 1974) | ||||||||||||
| Генера́л а́рмии | Генера́л-полко́вник | Генера́л-лейтена́нт | Генера́л-майо́р | Полко́вник | Подполко́вник | Майо́р | Kапита́н | Старший лейтена́нт | Лейтенант | Mла́дший лейтена́нт | Курсант | ||
| US equivalent [5] | General | Lieutenant general | Major general | Brigadier general | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | First lieutenant | Second lieutenant | Cadet / Officer candidate | ||
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