Russian Empire Field Marshal

Field marshal (General-feldmarshal, General-fel'dmarshal, General field marshal, or simply Fieldmarshal; Russian: Генерал-фельдмаршал) 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. 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" (Russian: Маршал Советского Союза) as the highest military rank of the Soviet Union, when ranks were restored under Stalin's rule.

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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).

Russian field marshals

The rank of field marshal was bestowed on the following 64 Imperial Russian Army officers:

Appointed Portrait Name Lifespan
1700 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Count Fyodor Golovin 1650–1706
1701 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Count Boris Sheremetev 1652–1719
1709 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Prince Alexander Danilovich Menshikov 1673–1729
1725 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Prince Anikita Repnin 1668–1726
1725 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Prince Mikhail Mikhailovich Golitsyn 1675–1730
1726 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Count Jacob Bruce 1670–1735
1726 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Jan Kazimierz Sapieha Before 1679–1730
1728 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Prince Ivan Trubetskoy 1667–1750
1728 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Prince Vasily Vladimirovich Dolgorukov 1667–1746
1732 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Count Burkhard Christoph von Münnich 1683–1767
1736 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Count Peter von Lacy 1678–1751
1742 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Prince Ludwig Gruno von Hesse-Homburg 1705–1745
1756 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Stepan Apraksin 1702–1758
1756 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Prince Nikita Trubetskoy 1699–1767
1756 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Count Alexander Buturlin 1694–1767
1756 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Count Alexei Razumovsky 1709–1771
1759 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Count Pyotr Saltykov 1698–1772
1761 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Count Alexander Ivanovich Shuvalov 1710–1771
1761 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Count Pyotr Ivanovich Shuvalov 1711–1762
1761 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Peter August Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck 1697–1775
1762 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Prince Georg Ludwig of Holstein-Gottorp 1719–1763
1762 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Count Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin 1693–1766
1762 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Prince Nikita Trubetskoy 1699–1769
1764 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Count Kirill Razumovsky 1728–1803
1769 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Prince Alexander Mikhailovich Golitsyn 1718–1783
1770 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Count Pyotr Rumyantsev 1725–1796
1773 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Count Zakhar Chernyshev 1722–1784
1784 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Prince Grigory Potemkin 1739–1791
1794 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Prince Aleksandr Suvorov 1729–1800
1796 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Count Ivan Saltykov 1730–1805
1796 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Prince Nikolai Vasilyevich Repnin 1734–1801
1796 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Prince Nikolai Saltykov 1736–1816
1796 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Count Ivan Chernyshyov 1726–1797
1797 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Count Johann Martin von Elmpt 1725–1802
1797 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Count Valentin Musin-Pushkin 1735–1804
1797 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Count Mikhail Kamensky 1738–1809
1797 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Victor François de Broglie, 2nd Duke of Broglie 1718–1804
1807 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Prince Alexander Prozorovsky 1732–1809
1807 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Count Ivan Gudovich 1741–1820
1812 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Prince Mikhail Golenischev-Kutuzov 1745–1813
1814 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Prince Mikhail Barclay de Tolly 1761–1818
1825 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Prince Fabian Gottlieb von der Osten-Sacken 1752–1837
1826 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Ludwig Adolph Peter, Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg-Ludwigsburg 1769–1843
1829 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Prince Ivan Paskevich 1782–1856
1829 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Count Hans Karl von Diebitsch-Zabalkansky 1785–1831
1850 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Prince Pyotr Volkonsky 1776–1852
1856 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Prince Mikhail Vorontsov 1782–1856
1859 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Prince Aleksandr Baryatinsky 1815–1879
1866 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Count Friedrich Wilhelm Rembert von Berg 1793–1874
1878 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich 1831–1891
1878 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Grand Duke Mikhail Nikolaevich 1832–1909
1894 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Count Iosif Vladimirovich Gurko 1828–1901
1898 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Count Dmitry Milyutin 1816–1912

Foreign field marshals

The 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 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Russian Empire Field Marshal  Charles Eugène, Duc de Croy 1651–1702
1762 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Russian Empire Field Marshal  Charles Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck 1690–1774
1774 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Russian Empire Field Marshal  Louis IX of Hesse-Darmstadt 1719–1790
1818 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Russian Empire Field Marshal  Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington 1769–1852
1836 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Russian Empire Field Marshal  Josef Graf zu Radetzky von Radetz 1766–1858
1837 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Russian Empire Field Marshal  Archduke Johann of Austria 1782–1859
1872 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Russian Empire Field Marshal  Helmuth Graf von Moltke 1800–1891
1872 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Russian Empire Field Marshal  Archduke Albrecht of Austria 1817–1895
1872 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Russian Empire Field Marshal  Albert, Crown Prince of Saxony 1828–1902
1872 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Russian Empire Field Marshal  Prince Friedrich Karl Alexander of Prussia 1801–1883
1872 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Russian Empire Field Marshal  Prince Friedrich Karl Nikolaus of Prussia 1828–1885
1872 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Russian Empire Field Marshal  Prince Friedrich Heinrich Albrecht of Prussia 1809–1872
1872 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Russian Empire Field Marshal  Crown Prince Friedrich of Prussia 1831–1888
1888 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Russian Empire Field Marshal  Wilhelm II, German Emperor 1859–1941
1910 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Russian Empire Field Marshal  King Nicholas I of Montenegro 1841–1921
1912 Russian Empire Field Marshal  Russian Empire Field Marshal  King Carol I of Romania 1839–1914

See also

References

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