# Michman > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Michman > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Michman.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michman > Source revision: 1216141231 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Rank of the Russian and Soviet navies}} {{refimprove|date=November 2021}} '''{{lang|ru-Latn|Michman}}''' ({{lang-rus|мичман|p=ˈmʲit͡ɕmən}}, {{literally|midshipman}}) is a rank used by the [Russian Navy](/source/Russian_Navy) and a number of [former communist states](/source/Communist_state). The rank is a [non-commissioned officer](/source/non-commissioned_officer)'s and is equivalent to {{lang|ru-Latn|[praporshchik](/source/praporshchik)}} in armies and air forces. Within NATO forces, the rank is rated as OR-8 and is equivalent to [Warrant officer class 2](/source/Warrant_officer_(United_Kingdom)) or [Senior chief petty officer](/source/Senior_chief_petty_officer) in English speaking navies.{{cite book |author1=NATO |title=STANAG 2116 NATO |date=2021 |publisher=NATO Standardization Agency |edition=7th |location=Brussels, Belgium |page=E-1}} ==Russia== {{noref|section|date=November 2021}} {{Infobox military rank | name = {{lang|ru-Latn|Michman}} | native_name = {{lang|ru|мичман|italic=no}} | image = 80px | image_size = | caption = ''Michman'' since 2010 | image2 = | image_size2 = | caption2 = | image3 = | image_size3 = | caption3 = | country = {{flag|Russia}} | service branch = {{navy|Russia}} | abbreviation = | rank = | NATO rank = | Non-NATO rank = | formation = 1716 {{small|(Historic)}}
1940 | abolished = 1917 | higher rank = {{lang|ru-Latn|[Starshy michman](/source/Starshy_michman)}} | lower rank = [''Glavny starshina'' of the ship](/source/Glavny_starshina_of_the_ship) | equivalents = {{lang|ru-Latn|[Praporshchik](/source/Praporshchik)}} | history = }} While the rank {{lang|ru-Latn|michman}} is etymologically borrowed from the English rank [midshipman](/source/midshipman), {{lang|ru-Latn|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, which, being an officer, is technically higher in rank than any enlisted rank, despite a midshipman's very junior status. ===Imperial Russia=== {{lang|ru-Latn|Michman}} was originally an [Ober-ofizer](/source/Ober-ofizer) rank, in line to the [Table of Ranks](/source/Table_of_Ranks) class XII/XIII in the [Imperial Russian Navy](/source/Imperial_Russian_Navy) equivalent to {{lang|ru-Latn|[Praporshik](/source/Praporshik)}} of the [Imperial Russian Army](/source/Imperial_Russian_Army) and classified as junior officer rank. The rank was abolished in 1917 by the Bolsheviks. ===Soviet Union and the Russian Federation=== The rank was reintroduced in 1940. The ranks of {{lang|ru-Latn|[Starshy michman](/source/Starshy_michman)}} (and in the army and air force, {{lang|ru|[Starshy praporshchik](/source/Starshy_praporshchik)}}) were added in 1981. The Russian Federation retained the rank structure of the Soviet Union in 1991. ===Insignia change=== {| style="border:1px solid #8888aa; background-color:#f7f8ff; padding:5px; font-size:95%; margin: 12px 12px 12px 0px; text-align:center;" |- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"; ! Year ! 1827 ! 1884 ! 1909 ! 1917 ! 1940 ! 1943 ! 1955 ! 1963 ! 1971 ! 1991 ! 2010 |- | Insignia | 70px | 50px | 50px | 50px | 50px | 50px | 50px | 50px | 50px | 50px | 50px |} ==Insignia== OR-8 AZE NAVY.svg|{{lang|az|Miçman}}
([Azerbaijani Navy](/source/Azerbaijani_Navy)){{cite web |title=Azərbaycan Respublikası Silahlı Qüvvələri hərbi qulluqçularının hərbi geyim forması və fərqləndirmə nişanları haqqında Əsasnamə |url=https://mod.gov.az//images/pdf/854d34d118da32783a511172925270d7.pdf |website=mod.gov.az |publisher=Ministry of Defense |access-date=16 February 2021 |language=az |pages=64–70 |date=25 June 2001}} Bulgaria-Navy-OR-8.svg|{{lang|bg|Мичман}}
{{lang|bg-Latn|Mičman}}
([Bulgarian Navy](/source/Bulgarian_Navy)){{cite web |title=ЗАКОН ЗА ОТБРАНАТА И ВЪОРЪЖЕНИТЕ СИЛИ НА РЕПУБЛИКА БЪЛГАРИЯ |url=https://www.lex.bg/bg/laws/ldoc/2135631954 |website=lex.bg |access-date=25 May 2021 |location=Глава седма. ВОЕННА СЛУЖБА |language=bg |date=12 May 2009}} RAF N W1-Michm 2010–.svg|{{lang|ru|Мичман}}
{{lang|ru-Latn|Michman}}
([Russian Navy](/source/Russian_Navy)){{cite book |title=Приказ Министра обороны Российской Федерации от 09.10.2020 № 525 (Зарегистрирован 16.11.2020 № 60927) |date=17 November 2020 |publisher=publication.pravo.gov.ru/ |pages=320-323 |url=http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001202011170028?index=318&rangeSize=1 |access-date=15 September 2021 |language=ru}} ==See also== *[Comparative officer ranks of World War I](/source/Comparative_officer_ranks_of_World_War_I) *[Ranks and rank insignia of the Soviet Army 1943–1955](/source/Ranks_and_rank_insignia_of_the_Soviet_Army_1943%E2%80%931955), and [Ranks and rank insignia of the Soviet Armed Forces 1955–1991](/source/Ranks_and_rank_insignia_of_the_Soviet_Armed_Forces_1955%E2%80%931991), *[Ranks and rank insignia of the Russian Federation's armed forces 1994–2010](/source/Ranks_and_rank_insignia_of_the_Russian_Federation's_armed_forces_1994%E2%80%932010) *[Naval ranks and insignia of the Russian Federation](/source/Naval_ranks_and_insignia_of_the_Russian_Federation) ==References== {{reflist}} {{italic title}} Category:Military ranks of Russia Category:Military ranks of the Soviet Union --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Michman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michman) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michman?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.