Structure of Soviet Armed Forces:
Strategic Missile Troops
Ground forces
- Motorized Infantry
- Armoured forces
- Airborne Troops
- Artillery and missile troops
- Army Air Defence
- Army Aviation
- Sapper Troops
- Signal Troops
- Radiotechnical Troops
- Chemical troops
Air Defence Forces
- Radiotechnical Troops
- Surface-to-Air Missile Troops
- Fighter Aviation
Air Forces
- Long Range Aviation
- Frontal Aviation
- Military Transport Avition
Navy
- Submarine Forces
- Surface Forces
- Naval Aviation
- Coastal Artillery
- Naval Infantry
Rear Services
Troops of Civil Defence
Border Troops (under authority of Committee for State Security)
Internal Troops (under authority of Ministry of Internal Affairs)


Soviet Army and Soviet Navy insignia (1982). Shoulder Straps.
For full dress
1. Marshal of the Soviet Union
2. Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union
3. Chief Marshal of Aviation
4. Chief Marshal of Armoured Troops (for overcoat)
5. Army General
6. Admiral of the Fleet (for overcoat)
7. Colonel General
8. Admiral
9. Lieutenant General
10. Major General of the Medical Service
11. Colonel
12. 1st Rank Captain
13. 3rd Rank Captain (for overcoat)
14. Captain
15. Captain Lieutenant
16. Senior Warrant Officer (Motorized Infantry)
17. Warrant Officer
18. Midshipman
19. Starshyna (extended military service)
20. Sergeant (extended military service)


For service uniform
21. Marshal of the Soviet Union
22. Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union
23. Chief Marshal of Artillery
24. Army General
25. Colonel
26. 1st Rank Captain
27. Captain
28. Warrant Officer (Soviet Army)

For field uniform
29. Marshal of the Soviet Union
30. Chief Marshal of Artillery
31. Colonel General
32. Colonel
33. Rank Captain
34. Warrant Officer

For service and field uniform (except overcoat)
35. Starshyna (extended military service)
36. Sergeant (extended military service)

For dress, service and field uniform (exceprt for wadded jacket) of national service personnel
37. Starshyna
38. Senior Sergeant
39. Private

For military uniform and wadded jacket of national service personnel
40. Junior Sergeant
41. Private

For students of military schools
42. Student-starshyna
43. Student
44. Suvorov military school pupil

For Navy starshynas and seamen
45. Main ship starshyna
46. Main starshyna
47. 1st class starshyna
48. 2nd class starshyna
49. Seaman

For naval school students (ship crew)
50. Student - main ship starshyna
51. Student
52. Nakhimov naval school pupil

Tabs
For overcoats and summer coats
53. Marshal of the Soviet Union
54. General
55-57. Main marshal and general of army branch
For full dress uniform (except for marshals and generals) and officer service uniform
58. Motorized infantry
59. Artillery
60. Tank forces
61. Aviation
62. Medical Service


Sleeve emblems
For dress double-breasted jackets of admirals and officers of ship crews
1. Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union
2. Admiral of the Fleet
3. Admiral

For service coats, navy blue coats of admirals and naval officers
4. 2nd Rank Captain
5. Captain Lieutenant
6. Junior Lieutenant

Year of service for warrant officers and midshipmen (colour of lap depends on colour of lap)
7. 1st year
8. 2nd year
9. 3rd year
10. 4th year
11. 5-9th year
12. 10th and more

For extended military servicemen
13. 1 year
14. 3 years
15. 5 years
16. 7 years
17. 20 years

Year of education in military schools
18. 1st year
19. 2nd year
20. 3rd year
21. 4th year

For naval and Nakhimov school students
22. 1st year student
23. 5th year student
24. 10th year Nakhimov school student

Branches for warrant officers, extended military servicemen, sergeants, privates, military school students and sappers
25. Motorized Infantry
26. Artillery
27. Tank Forces
28. Aviation
29. Airborne Troops
30. Sapper Troops
31. Chemical Troops
32. Signal and Radiotechnical Troops
33. Railway Troops and Military Railways Service
34. Automobile and Road Troops
35. Pipeline units
36. Contsruction units
37. Military Topographical Service
38. Medical and Veterinary Service
39. Military bandmasters and musicians
40. Naval Infantry

Professions for midshipmen, warrant officers, starshynas, sergeants and seamen of Navy (except for aviation) wearing naval uniform.
41. Navigation specialists
42. Siganls and Radiotechnical specialists
43. Mine and Torpedo specialists
44. Artillert specialists
45. Electromechanical Devices specialists
46. Specialists in all types of Defence, Security and Maintenance.


Badges of Soviet Army and Soviet Navy

For distinguished services in execution military duty, excellent performance in combat and political training
1. Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR
2. Guards
3. 25 years anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War
4. Hign achiever of the Soviet Army
5. Honoured military pilot of the USSR
6. Honoured Test Navigator of the USSR
7. High Achiever of the Air Forces
8. High Achiever of the Navy
9. High Achiever of combat engineering
10. For combat minesweeping
11. Paratrooper intrsuctor
12. Sharpshooter pilot
17. National Air-Defence Forces

For service qualification and classiness
13. Information analysis systems engineer and officer techincal staff
14. 1st class military pilot
15. Master specialist
16. 2nd class specialist
18, 19, 20. For extended service
21. 1st class military navigator and 1st class navigator instructor
22. Submarine commander
23. Sportsman-soldier (golden badge)
24. 1st class sportsman-soldier
25. Soviet Armed Forces Championship

For graduating from military educational institutes
26. Military Academy of General Staff
27. Military Academy
28. Military schools and military institutes
29. Suvorov Military Schools
30. Military secondary schools
31. Nakhimov Naval Schools


Soviet medals
1. Golden Star
2. Sickle and Hammer
3. Medal for Valor
4. Ushakov Medal
5. For Combat Service
6. Nakhimov Medal
7. 100th Anniversary of Lenin's Birth
8. Guerrrila of the Patriotic War. 1st class
9. Distinguished Serve in Guarding the State Border. 1st class
10. Distinguished Serve. 1st class
11. For the Defence of Leningrad
12. For the Defence of Moscow
13. For the Defence of Odessa
14. For the Defence of Sevastopol
15. For the Defence of Stalingrad
16. For the Defence of Kiev
17. For the Defence of Caucasus


18. For the Defence of Soviet Transarctic
19. For The Victory Over Germany In The Great Patriotic War 1941-1945
20. 20 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945
21. 30 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945
22. For the Victory Over Japan
23. For carrying Budapest
24. For carrying Königsberg
25. For carrying Vienna
26. For carrying Berlin
27. For liberation of Belgrade
28. For liberation of Warsaw
29. For liberation of Prague
30. For an efficient work in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945
31. Veteran Of The Soviet Armed Forces
32. 20 Years Of The Worker's And Peasants Red Army
33. 30 Years Since the Creation of the Soviet Armed Forces
34. 40 Years Since the Creation of the Soviet Armed Forces
35. 50 Years Since the Creation of the Soviet Armed Forces
36. 60 Years Since the Creation of the Soviet Armed Forces
37. For 20 Years Irreproachable Service


Soviet orders
1. Order of Lenin
2. Order of the October Revolution
3. Order of Victory
4. Order of the Red Banner
5. Order of Suvorov. 1st class
6. Order of Suvorov. 2nd class
7. Order of Suvorov. 3rd class
8. Order of Ushakov. 1st class


9. Order of Ushakov. 2nd class
10. Order of Kutuzov. 1st class
11. Order of Kutuzov. 2nd class
12. Order of Kutuzov. 3rd class
13. Order of Nakhimov. 1st class
14. Order of Nakhimov. 2nd class
15. Order of Bohdan Khmelnitsky. 1st class
16. Order of Bohdan Khmelnitsky. 2nd class
17. Order of Bohdan Khmelnitsky. 3rd class
18. Order of Alexander Nevsky
19. Order of the Patriotic War. 1st class
20. Order of the Patriotic War. 2nd class


21. Order of the Red Banner of Labour
22. Order of Friendship of Peoples
23. Order of the Red Star
24. Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces. 1st class
25. Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces. 2nd class
26. Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces. 3rd class
27. Order of the Badge of Honour
28. Order of Glory. 1st class
29. Order of Glory. 2nd class
30. Order of Glory. 3rd class


Soviet military uniforms
1. Summer dress uniform. Marshals and generals (except for aviation) - in formation
2. Winter dress uniform. Marshals and generals (except for aviation) - in formation and out of formation
3. Summer dress uniform. Marshals and generals of aviation - in and out of formation
4. Summer dress uniform. Marshals and generals (in aviation cap and trousers are of blue colour)
5. Summer service uniform. Marshals and generals - out of formation (Trousers are worn over high boots)
6. Summer khaki iniform. Marshals and generals (in special period)
7. Summer dress uniform. Officers, warrant officers and extended military servicemen (except for Aviation and Airborne Troops) - in formation
8. Summer dress uniform. Officers, warrant officers and extended military servicemen of Aviation and Airborne Troops
9. Summer service uniform. Officers, warrant officers and extended military servicemen - in formation
10. Summer service uniform. Officers, warrant officers and extended military servicemen - out of formation (Trousers are worn over high boots)
11. Winter service uniform. Officers, warrant officers and extended military servicemen - out of formation (Trousers are worn over high boots)
12. Summer service uniform. Officers - out of formation (summer overcoat. Trousers are tucked into boots)
13. Summer service uniform. Officers, warrant officers and extended military servicemen - out of formation (Shirt. Trousers are worn over high boots)
14. Summer field uniform. Officers, warrant officers and extended military servicemen
15. Winter field uniform. Officers, warrant officers and extended military servicemen (in wadded jacket)
16. Summer dress uniform. Sergeants, soldiers, students and military constructors.
17 . Summer service uniform. Sergeants, soldiers (except for Airborne Troops), students and military constructors.
18. Summer service uniform. Airborne Troops soldiers and students.


1. Summer light uniform. Sergeants, soldiers and students (for hot areas)
2. Winter service uniform. Sergeants, soldiers, students and military constructors
3. Summer field uniform. Sergeants and soldiers (for special periods)
4. Winter field uniform. Sergeants and soldiers (wadded jacket)
5. Winter field uniform. Sergeants and soldiers (for special periods)
6. Summer service uniform. Suvorov school pupils (uniform №2)
7. Summer dress uniform. Admirals and Navy generals (uniform №1)
8. Summer service uniform. Admirals and Navy generals - in formation (uniform №2)
9. Summer service uniform. Naval officers, mishipmen, warrant officers and extended military servicemen - out of formation (uniform №3)
10. Summer service uniform. Naval officers, mishipmen, warrant officers and extended military servicemen - out of formation (in shirt)
11. Winter service uniform. Naval officers, mishipmen, warrant officers and extended military servicemen - out of formation (uniform №4)
12. Summer service uniform. Naval officers, mishipmen, warrant officers and extended military servicemen - out of formation (in blue jacket)
13. Summer uniform. Starshynas (sergeants) and seamen of national service (uniform №2)
14. Winter uniform. Starshynas (sergeants) and seamen of national service (uniform №4)
15. Summer uniform. Starshynas (sergeants) and seamen of national service (uniform №5)
16. Summer service uniform. Starshynas (sergeants) and seamen of national service, students of military schools and pupils of Nakhimov schools.
17. Summer field uniform. Naval Infantry officers, warrant officers and extended military servicemen.
18. Winter field uniform. Naval Infantry officers, warrant officers and extended military servicemen.