Field marshal (Russia)

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The Field Marshals' Hall of the Winter Palace. Russian cuirassiers can be seen observing the paintings.

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Uniform of a Russian General-feldmarshal (1793).

General-feldmarshal (Template:Langx, from Template:Langx) was, with the exception of Generalissimo, the highest military rank of the Russian Empire. It was a military rank of the 1st class in the Imperial Russian Army and equal to those of Chancellor and Active Privy Councillor, 1st class in civil service, and General Admiral in the Imperial Russian Navy.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> After the Russian Revolution of 1917 the rank was abolished, alongside the Table of Ranks. In 1935 however, the Red Army introduced the equivalent rank of "Marshal of the Soviet Union" (Template:Langx) as the highest military rank of the Soviet Union, when ranks were restored under Stalin's rule.

List

The rank of field marshal was bestowed on the following 64 Imperial Russian Army officers:<ref>Template:In lang Генерал-фельдмаршалы Российской империи</ref>

Appointed	Portrait	Name	Lifespan
1700	File:Fedor Golovin.PNG	Count Fyodor Golovin	1650–1706
1701	File:Boris Sheremetyev by I.Argunov (1768, Kuskovo).jpg	Count Boris Sheremetev	1652–1719
1709	File:A. Menshikov (Kuskovo).jpg	Prince Alexander Danilovich Menshikov	1673–1729
1725	File:Repnin anikita.jpg	Prince Anikita Repnin	1668–1726
1725	File:Golitsyn M M 1675-1730.jpg	Prince Mikhail Mikhailovich Golitsyn	1675–1730
1726	File:Bryus YaV.jpg	Count Jacob Bruce	1670–1735
1726	File:Jan Kazimier Sapieha. Ян Казімер Сапега (XVIII).jpg	Jan Kazimierz Sapieha	Before 1679–1730
1728	File:Troubetskoy Ivan Yuryevich.jpg	Prince Ivan Trubetskoy	1667–1750
1728	File:Dolgorukov Vasily Vladimirovich.jpg	Prince Vasily Vladimirovich Dolgorukov	1667–1746
1732	File:Minikh BK.jpg	Count Burkhard Christoph von Münnich	1683–1767
1736	File:Peter von Lacy.PNG	Count Peter von Lacy	1678–1751
1742	File:Ludwig Gruno von Hessen-Homburg F.Lippold (1739, Kuskovo).JPG	Prince Ludwig Gruno von Hesse-Homburg	1705–1745
1756	File:Stepaapraxin.jpg	Stepan Apraksin	1702–1758
1756	File:Troubetskoy Nikita Yuryevich.jpg	Prince Nikita Trubetskoy	1699–1767
1756	File:Alexandr Borisovich Buturlin.gif	Count Alexander Buturlin	1694–1767
1756	File:Alexei Grigorievich Razumovskiy.PNG	Count Alexei Razumovsky	1709–1771
1759	File:Pietro Antonio Rotari 12.jpg	Count Pyotr Saltykov	1698–1772
1761	File:RusPortraits v3-063 Graf Aleksandr Ivanovich Shuvalov, 1710-1771.jpg	Count Alexander Ivanovich Shuvalov	1710–1771
1761	File:RusPortraits v3-003 Le Comte Pierre Ivanowitch Chouvaloff.jpg	Count Pyotr Ivanovich Shuvalov	1711–1762
1761	File:Peter August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck.jpg	Peter August Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck	1697–1775
1762	File:Georges Louis de Holstein Gottorp.jpg	Prince Georg Ludwig of Holstein-Gottorp	1719–1763
1762	File:Chancellor bestuzhev.jpg	Count Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin	1693–1766
1762	File:Troubetskoy Nikita Yuryevich.jpg	Prince Nikita Trubetskoy	1699–1769
1764	File:Kirill Razumovsky Tokke.jpg	Count Kirill Razumovsky	1728–1803
1769	File:RusPortraits v3-173 Kniaz' Aleksandr Mikhailovich Golitsyn, 1718-1783.jpg	Prince Alexander Mikhailovich Golitsyn	1718–1783
1770	File:Rumjanzew-sadunaiski.jpg	Count Pyotr Rumyantsev	1725–1796
1773	File:Tschernyschew Zachar2 (cropped).jpg	Count Zakhar Chernyshev	1722–1784
1784	File:Princepotemkin.jpg	Prince Grigory Potemkin	1739–1791
1794	File:Suvorov with a Field-Marshal's batoon.jpg	Prince Aleksandr Suvorov	1729–1800
1796	File:Soltikoff.jpg	Count Ivan Saltykov	1730–1805
1796	File:Nikolai Vasilyevich Repnin.jpg	Prince Nikolai Vasilyevich Repnin	1734–1801
1796	File:Saltykov Nikolay Ivanovich.jpg	Prince Nikolai Saltykov	1736–1816
1796	File:Chernyshov Ivan Grigoryevich.jpg	Count Ivan Chernyshyov	1726–1797
1797	File:Elmpt-ik.jpg	Count Johann Martin von Elmpt	1725–1802
1797	File:Dmitry Levitzky 29.jpg	Count Valentin Musin-Pushkin	1735–1804
1797	File:Mikhail Kamensky.jpg	Count Mikhail Kamensky	1738–1809
1797	File:Victor-François de Broglie.jpg	Victor François de Broglie, 2nd Duke of Broglie	1718–1804
1807	File:Alexandr Prozorovsky by D. Levitsky.jpg	Prince Alexander Prozorovsky	1732–1809
1807	File:Gudovich.jpg	Count Ivan Gudovich	1741–1820
1812	File:Kutuzov2 by Daw.jpg	Prince Mikhail Golenischev-Kutuzov	1745–1813
1814	File:Barclay de Tolly (Dawe).jpg	Prince Mikhail Barclay de Tolly	1761–1818
1825	File:Fabian Vilgelmovitch von der Osten-Saken by George Dawe (version 1822) - Hermitage.jpg	Prince Fabian Gottlieb von der Osten-Sacken	1752–1837
1826	File:Pjotr-christianowitsch-wittgenstein.jpg	Ludwig Adolph Peter, Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg-Ludwigsburg	1769–1843
1829	File:Ivan Fedorovitch Paskevitch by George Dawe (version 1823) - Hermitage.jpg	Prince Ivan Paskevich	1782–1856
1829	File:Ivan Ivanovitch Dibich by George Dawe - Hermitage.jpg	Count Hans Karl von Diebitsch-Zabalkansky	1785–1831
1850	File:Prince Pyotr Mikhailovich Volkonsky by George Dawe - Hermitage.jpg	Prince Pyotr Volkonsky	1776–1852
1856	File:Dawe, Mikhail Vorontsov.jpg	Prince Mikhail Vorontsov	1782–1856
1859	File:Baryatinskiy Alexandr Ivanovich.jpg	Prince Aleksandr Baryatinsky	1815–1879
1866	File:Fedor Fedorovich Berg 2.jpg	Count Friedrich Wilhelm Rembert von Berg	1793–1874
1878	File:Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1831-1891).JPG	Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich	1831–1891
1878	File:Grand Duke Michael Nicolaevich of Russia photo.jpg	Grand Duke Mikhail Nikolaevich	1832–1909
1894	File:Gurko IV.jpg	Count Iosif Vladimirovich Gurko	1828–1901
1898	File:Milutin DA.jpg	Count Dmitry Milyutin	1816–1912

Honorific rank to foreigners

The honorific rank of field marshal was also bestowed on several foreign citizens:

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Epaulette of Field marshal of Russian Vyborg 85th Infantry Regiment of German Emperor Wilhelm II

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Epaulette of Field marshal of Russian Vologda 18th Infantry Regiment of Romanian King Carol I

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Uniform of Field marshal of Russian 15th Firing Regiment of Montenegrin King Nicholas I

Appointed	Portrait	Name	Lifespan
1700	File:CEdeCroy.jpg	Template:Flagicon Charles Eugène, Duc de Croy	1651–1702
1762	File:Portrait of Carl Ludwig Holstein-Beck.jpg	Template:Flagicon Charles Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck	1690–1774
1774	File:Louis IX of Hesse Darmstadt-f4598401.jpg	Template:Flagicon Louis IX of Hesse-Darmstadt	1719–1790
1818<ref name="Doyle">Template:Cite book</ref>	File:Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington by Thomas Lawrence.jpg	Template:Flagicon Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington	1769–1852
1836	File:Radetzky-von-radetz.jpg	Template:Flagicon Josef Graf zu Radetzky von Radetz	1766–1858
1837	File:Leopold Kupelwieser - Erzherzog Johann.jpg	Template:Flagicon Archduke Johann of Austria	1782–1859
1872	File:Field Marshal Count Helmuth von Moltke.jpg	Template:Flagicon Helmuth Graf von Moltke	1800–1891
1872	File:Alberto Federico Rodolfo Domenico d'Asburgo-Teschen, arciduca d'Austria.jpg	Template:Flagicon Archduke Albrecht of Austria	1817–1895
1872	File:Albert of Saxony by Nicola Perscheid c1900.jpg	Template:Flagicon Albert, Crown Prince of Saxony	1828–1902
1872	File:Carl von Preußen.jpg	Template:Flagicon Prince Friedrich Karl Alexander of Prussia	1801–1883
1872	File:Prinz Friedrich Carl.jpg	Template:Flagicon Prince Friedrich Karl Nikolaus of Prussia	1828–1885
1872	File:Prince Albrecht of Prussia (1809 - 1872).jpg	Template:Flagicon Prince Friedrich Heinrich Albrecht of Prussia	1809–1872
1872	File:Friedrich III as Kronprinz - in GdK uniform by Heinrich von Angeli 1874.jpg	Template:Flagicon Crown Prince Friedrich of Prussia	1831–1888
1888<ref>Полное собрание законов Российской Империи. Собрание третье. Том VIII: 1888 год (Приказы № 4933–5685). Приказ №5356 от 14 июня 1888 года.</ref>	File:Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany - 1902.jpg	Template:Flagicon Wilhelm II, German Emperor	1859–1941
1910	File:King Nicholas of Montenegro (1911).jpg	Template:Flagicon King Nicholas I of Montenegro	1841–1921
1912	File:Carol I of Romania edited.jpg	Template:Flagicon King Carol I of Romania	1839–1914

See also

• History of Russian military ranks
• Generalissimo of the Soviet Union
• Marshal of the Soviet Union
• Marshal of the Russian Federation
• List of field marshals