Ryadovoy

Ryadovoy in the Russian army
(shoulder board) (field uniform)
Rank insignia	Russian Army
Introduction	1946
Rank group	Ryadovye (en: enlisted men)
Army / Air Force	Ryadovoy
Navy	Matros
NATO equivalent	OR-1

Ryadovoy (Russian: Рядово́й, en: private) in the Army, Airborne troops, and Air Force of the Russian Federation is the designation of a member of the rank group of enlisted personnel. The rank is equivalent to (Russian: матрос) in the Russian Navy. In terms of the NATO rank-system the rank might be comparable to OR-1 in Anglophone armed forces.

The Imperial Russian Army used the designation ryadovoy before 1917. The word ryadovoy relates to the Russian ryad (Russian: ряд) , which in a military context means "file" or "rank" (in the sense of "rank and file"). The rank re-appeared in the newly-named Soviet Army in 1946, replacing the rank of "Red Army man" (Russian: красноармеец, translit. krasnoarmeyets) used in the Red Army from 1918 to 1946.

In the armed forces of the Soviet Union (and later in those of the Russian Federation) yefreytor is the second-lowest rank of enlisted personnel. Using the NATO rank-system, the rank might be comparable to OR-2 in Anglophone armed forces.

... service uniform Kursant with OR1-rank ryadovoy, of the RF AF or airborne troops (1994-2010)

... ryadovoy
land forces and SMT
PF Army
(1994−2010)