Field marshal (''General-feldmarshal'', ''General-fel'dmarshal'', General field marshal, or simply Fieldmarshal; ) was, with the exception of ''

Generalissimo ''Generalissimo'' ( ), also generalissimus, is a military rank of the highest degree, superior to field marshal and other five-star ranks in the states where they are used. Usage The word (), an Italian term, is the absolute superlative ...

'', the highest

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of the

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. It was a

of the 1st class in the

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and equal to those of

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and

Active Privy Councillor, 1st class Active Privy Councillor, 1st class (, deystvitelnyi taynyi sovetnik pervogo klassa) was the civil position (class) in the Russian Empire, according to the Table of Ranks introduced by Peter the Great in 1722. That was a civil rank of the 1st class ...

in civil service, and General Admiral in the

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. After the

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of 1917 the rank was abolished, alongside the

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. In 1935 however, the

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introduced the equivalent rank of "

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" () as the highest

of the

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, when ranks were restored under Stalin's rule. Rufieldmarshals

Russian field marshals

The rank of

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was bestowed on the following 64 Imperial Russian Army

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Foreign field marshals

The rank of field marshal was also bestowed on several foreign citizens: 1904-ir85-e19

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Military ranks of Russia

Russian field marshals

Foreign field marshals

See also

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