Ryadovoy Рядово́й
Insignia used from 2006
Country	Russia
Service branch	Russian Ground Forces  Russian Air Force
Formation	1946
Next higher rank	Yefreytor
Equivalent ranks	Matros (Navy)
Related articles
History	Red Army man

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,^[1] 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.^[2] 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