General of the Infantry (Imperial Russia)

General of the Infantry

General of the Infantry (Russian: Генера́л от инфанте́рии) was an Imperial Russian Army military rank. It served as the rank below General-feldmarschal (ru:Генерал-фельдмаршал), and the highest rank one could achieve in the infantry from 1796 to 1917.

See also

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/26/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.