{{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 and a number of former communist states. The rank is a non-commissioned officer's and is equivalent to {{lang|ru-Latn|praporshchik}} in armies and air forces. Within NATO forces, the rank is rated as OR-8 and is equivalent to Warrant officer class 2 or Senior chief petty officer in English speaking navies.<ref>{{cite book |author1=NATO |title=STANAG 2116 NATO |date=2021 |publisher=NATO Standardization Agency |edition=7th |location=Brussels, Belgium |page=E-1}}</ref>
==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)}}<br />1940 | abolished = 1917 | higher rank = {{lang|ru-Latn|Starshy michman}} | lower rank = ''Glavny starshina'' of the ship | equivalents = {{lang|ru-Latn|Praporshchik}} | history = }}
While the rank {{lang|ru-Latn|michman}} is etymologically borrowed from the English rank 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 rank, in line to the Table of Ranks class XII/XIII in the Imperial Russian Navy equivalent to {{lang|ru-Latn|Praporshik}} of the 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}} (and in the army and air force, {{lang|ru|Starshy praporshchik}}) were added in 1981. The Russian Federation retained the rank structure of the Soviet Union in 1991.
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==Insignia== <gallery class="center"> <!-- In alphabetic order of Country please --> OR-8 AZE NAVY.svg|{{lang|az|Miçman}}<br />(Azerbaijani Navy)<ref name="Azerbaijan">{{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}}</ref> Bulgaria-Navy-OR-8.svg|{{lang|bg|Мичман}}<br />{{lang|bg-Latn|Mičman}}<br />(Bulgarian Navy)<ref name="Bulgaria">{{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}}</ref> RAF N W1-Michm 2010–.svg|{{lang|ru|Мичман}}<br />{{lang|ru-Latn|Michman}}<br />(Russian Navy)<ref name="Russia_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}}</ref> </gallery>
==See also== *Comparative officer ranks of World War I *Ranks and rank insignia of the Soviet Army 1943–1955, and Ranks and rank insignia of the Soviet Armed Forces 1955–1991, *Ranks and rank insignia of the Russian Federation's armed forces 1994–2010 *Naval ranks and insignia of the Russian Federation
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Category:Military ranks of Russia Category:Military ranks of the Soviet Union