Podpolkovnik

Podpolkovnik (Russian: подполко́вник, lit. 'sub –, junior –, or lower regimentary') is a military rank in Slavic and nearby countries which corresponds to the lieutenant colonel in the English-speaking states and military.

In different languages the exact name of this rank maintains a variety of spellings. The transliteration is also in common usage for the sake of tradition dating back to the Old Slavonic word "polk" (literally: regiment sized unit), and include the following names in alphabetical order:

  1. Azerbaijan — Polkovnik-leytenant
  2. Belarus — падпалкоўнік (padpalkownik)
  3. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia — потпуковник / potpukovnik (Serbo-Croatian: [pôtpukoːʋniːk])
  4. Bulgaria — подполковник
  5. Czech Republic — podplukovník (Czech: [ˈpotplukovɲiːk])
  6. Georgia — ვიცე-პოლკოვნიკი (Georgian: [vitse pʼolkʼovnikʼi])
  7. North Macedonia — потполковник (podpolkovnik)
  8. Poland — podpułkownik (Polish: [pɔtpuwˈkɔvɲik])
  9. Russia — подполко́вник (podpolkovnik) (Russian: [pətpɐlˈkovnʲɪk])
  10. Slovenia — podpolkovnik
  11. Slovakia — podplukovník
  12. Ukraine — підполковник (pidpolkovnyk)
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