Rjadovoy

Ryadovoy in the Russian army
(shoulder board) (field uniform)
Rank insignia	Russian Army
Introduction	1946
Rank group	Ryadovye (en: enlisted men)
Army / Air Force	Ryadovoy
Navy	Matros
NATO equivalent	OR-1

Ryadovjy (Russian: Рядово́й, en: private) is in the Army, Airborne troops, and Air Force of the Russian Federation the designation to the rank group of enlisted personnel. The rank is equivalent to Matros in Navy. According to NATO-ranksystem the rank might be comparable to OR-1 in Anglophone armed forces.

The rank was introduced to the Soviet Army in 1946.

In the armed forces of the Soviet Union (and later the Russian Federation) yefreytor is the lowest rank of enlisted personnel. According to NATO-ranksystem the rank might be comparable to OR-1 in Anglophone armed forces.

... 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)

... filed 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).

In the USSR Armed Forces the rank designation Ryadovoy was introduced in 1946. From 1919 to 1964 the designation to this particular OR1 rank was Krasnoarmeets (literal: Red Army Man or Red Army Soldier).