Brigade commander командир бригады
Coat-collar insignia
Country	Soviet Union
Service branch	Red Army
Abbreviation	Kombrig
Formation	1935
Abolished	1940
Next higher rank	Komdiv
Next lower rank	Colonel
Equivalent ranks	Captain 1st rank

Kombrig (Russian: комбриг) is an abbreviation of Commanding officer of the brigade (Russian: командир бригады, romanized: komandir brigady, lit. 'brigade commander'), and was a military rank in the Soviet Armed Forces of the USSR from 1935 to 1940. It was also the designation to military personnel appointed to command a brigade sized formation (X).

Until 1940 it was the fourth highest military rank of the Red Army. It was equivalent to Brigade commissar (Russian: бригадный комиссар, romanized: brigadny komissar) of the political staff in all military branches, Kapitan 1st rank (Russian: капита́н 1-го ранга, romanized: kapitan 1-go ranga) in the Soviet navy, or to Major of state security (Russian: майор государственной безопасности, romanized: mayor gosudarstvennoy bezolosnosti). With the reintroduction of regular general ranks, the designation Kombrig was abolished, and replaced by Major general (OF-6).

History

This particular rank was introduced by disposal of the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union and the Council of People's Commissars, from September 22, 1935.^[1] The new rank structure was as follows:

• Command level Brigade X: Kombrig (Brigadier)
• Command level Division XX: Komdiv (Division commander)
• Command level Corps XXX: Komkor (Korps commander)
• Command level Field army XXXX: Komandarm 2nd rank (Army commander 2nd rank – Commander Army)
• Command level Army group, Front XXXXX: Komandarm 1st rank (Army commander 1st rank – Frond commander)
• Marshal of the Soviet Union

Rank insignia

• 
  Overcoat collar patch (big)
• 
  Jacket collar patch and Gymnastyorka
• 
  ... Air Force
• 
  Chevron/ sleeve insignia

See also

• Ranks and rank insignia of the Red Army 1935–1940, and ... 1940–1943

References