Starshina 1st stage

Glavny starshina in the Russian navy
(shoulder board) (sleeve insignia)
Rank insignia	Russian Navy
Introduction	1940
Rank group	Petty officer
Army / Air Force	Sershant
NATO equivalent	OR-5

Starshina 1st stage (Russian: Старшина́ пе́рвой статьи́; literal: petty officer first stage) is in the Navy of the Russian Federation the designation to the second lowest rank in the patty officer´s career group. The rank is equivalent to Starshij sershant in Army and Air Force. According to NATO-ranksystem the rank might be comparable to OR-5 in Anglophone armed forces.

The rank was introduced to the Soviet Navy November 2, 1940.

In the navy of the Russian Federation there are four ranks in the patty officer´s career group, which means:

In the countries below, spelling is similar and classivication to a separate rank group is equivalent.