General of the Infantry (Imperial Russia)

General of the infantry
(Imperial Russian Army)
Epaulet
(1857-1907)
Shoulder strap
in the General staff (1904-1909
...as to the 54th inf. Regiment (1902-1915)
shoulder board

General of the Infantry (Russian: генера́л от инфанте́рии) was a general of the branch rank in the Imperial Russian Army (today comparable to OF-8 rank level). It served as the rank below General-feldmarschal (Russian: генерал-фельдмаршал), and was the highest rank one could achieve in the infantry from 1796 to 1917.

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