uniform riddle

[bosshawk]

I don't profess to know much about Soviet ranks, but the guy on the right looks like an Admiral to me: note the anchor on his lapel.  He looks like either a three or four star: actually a three and a half, if you count the stripes.

Since those cats are talking to Putin, they are pretty high up, whatever their rank.  Seem to remember that those guys wear their uniforms until they die.

[MSG Mac]

That guy on the right...is he a Colonel-General? And I thought the Naval ranks were confusing!

Major Lord

He's a Fleet Admiral. The Large star is the insignia of a Marshal or Fleet Admiral of the Soviet Union

[ColonelJack]

And the fellow in the middle wears what looks like a Marshal's star (the big one) below the insignia of the air force.

Hmmm ...

Talk about chest candy ... this guy has a real sweet tooth!   

Jack

[brenaud]

The guy in the middle also has two awards of the "Hero of the Soviet Union" medal, so he is either a big dog politically or a kick-butt, killer,  kind of guy. Again, not the kind of thing Ivan hands out like candy....

Major Lord

I think the one on the wearer's left may be the Hero of Socialist Labour.  The stars are ever so slightly different.  But I can't tell if it has the hammer & sickle on it.  In the picture of Brezhnev, he's wearing 3 Hero of the Soviet Union and 1 Hero of Socialist Labour.

Why do I know any of this?  I have absolutely no clue.  I guess I just like researching uniform bling.

[ZigZag911]

Soviet bloc practice was to wear an additional ribbon or medal for each subsequent award, rather than our practice of using attached devices to indicate multiple awards.

Evidently Russian military has maintained the custom.

[brenaud]

Soviet bloc practice was to wear an additional ribbon or medal for each subsequent award, rather than our practice of using attached devices to indicate multiple awards.

Evidently Russian military has maintained the custom.

Not to mention some awards actually consisted of multiple elements/ribbons...For example, those awarded one of the "Hero" designations were also awarded the Order of Lenin.

[The CyBorg is destroyed]

Maybe my eyes are just not what they used to be, but I don't see an Order of Lenin amongst all the chest candy and gongs...

[MIKE]

I think we can end this thread drift comrades.