Michman

Michman (Russian: мичман, IPA: [ˈmʲit͡ɕmən]) is a Russian and Soviet Navy rank. It is also used in a number of other countries. The rank is equivalent to praporshchik in the Russian and Soviet army and air force. According to NATO rank system the rank might be comparable to OR-9b in NATO armed forces. In the Russian Navy there are two grades of michman: michman and starshy michman.

Michman
мичман
Michman since 2010
Country Russia
Service branch Russian Navy
NATO rank codeOR-9
Formation1716 (Historic)
1972
Abolished1917
Next higher rankStarshy michman
Next lower rankGlavny starshina of the ship
Equivalent ranksPraporshchik

While the rank michman is etymologically borrowed from the English rank midshipman, michman is a very senior and experienced enlisted rank, equivalent to a master chief petty officer or warrant officer, while midshipman is a cadet in training or a very junior officer rank (OF-1 in NATO naval forces), which, being an officer, is technically higher in rank than any enlisted rank, despite a midshipman's very junior status.

Soviet Union

The ranks of senior michman (and in the army and air force, senior praporshchik) were added in 1981. The Russian Federation retained the rank structure of the Soviet Union in 1991.

Michman rank insignia
Michman
N/A
Sleeve insignia
(1940−1943)		 Shoulder board
(1943−1953)		 Shoulder board
(1954−1957)		 Shoulder board
(1957−1971)		 Shoulder board
(1971-1994)
Sequence of ranks in the Russian Federation Navy
junior rank:
Glavny starshina of the ship
(Senior rating of the ship)

Michman		 senior rank:
Starshy michman
(Senior michman)

Imperial Russia
Rank insignia Michman
until 1909
1909-1917
Shoulder board

Michman was originally an Ober-ofizer rank, in line to the Table of Ranks class XII/XIII in the Imperial Russian Navy equivalent to Praporshik of the Imperial Russian Army and classified as junior officer rank (OF-1c).

The rank was abolished in 1917 by the Bolsheviks and restored in the 1970s in the former USSR for non-commissioned officers and became equivalent to the non-commissioned officer rank OR-9.

See also

Michman ranks in other nations

The following countries use a similar rank:

References
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