title: Ryadovoy
text: # Ryadovoy
  
  Ryadovoy (Russian: Рядово́й) 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 matros (Russian: матрос) in the Russian Navy. 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.
  
  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").
  
  ## History
  
  The Imperial Russian Army used the designation ryadovoy before 1917. The rank re-appeared in the newly named Soviet Army in 1946, replacing the rank of "Red Army man" (Russian: красноармеец, romanized: krasnoarmeyets) used in the Red Army from 1918 to 1946.
  
  ## USSR
  
  In the USSR Armed Forces the rank designation Ryadovoy was introduced in 1946. From 1919 to 1946 the designation to this particular rank was Krasnoarmeyets (literal: Red Army man or Red Army Soldier).
  
  — Ryadovoy — :
  
  | shoulder board field (1946–1955) | shoulder board Motorized Rifle Troops Army (1955–1994) | AB Troops, AF and ADF (1955–1994) |
  | - | - | - |
  
  ## Rank insignia armed forces of the Russian Federation (RF)
  
  * ... 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)
  * ... field service uniform ryadovoy land forces, airborne troops, SMT, RSF Marines, AF, AD, etc. (1994—2010)
  * ... Ryadovoy Militsiya, from 2011 — ryadovoy of the police Ministry of Internal Affairs (Russia).
  * field uniform
  
  ## Rank designation in other countries
  
  In the countries below, spelling is similar and the classification to a separate rank group is equivalent.
  
  * ⇒ Belarusian: Радавы; rjadavy
  * ⇒ Bulgarian: Редник; rednik
  