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{{Short description|USSR abbreviation to commanding officer of the division}}
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{{Infobox military rank
| name           = Divisional commander
| native_name    = {{lang|ru|командир дивизии}}
| image          = Red Army 1935 collar big komdiv.svg
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| caption        = Coat-collar insignia
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| country        = {{flag|Soviet Union}}
| service branch = [[Red Army]]
| abbreviation   = Komdiv
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| formation      = 1935
| abolished      = 1940
| higher rank    = {{lang|ru-Latn|[[Komkor]]}}
| lower rank     = {{lang|ru-Latn|[[Kombrig]]}}
| equivalents    = Flag Officer 2nd rank
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'''{{lang|ru-Latn|Komdiv}}''' ({{langx|ru|комдив}}) is the [[syllabic abbreviation]] to '''commanding officer of the division''' ({{langx|ru|командир дивизии|komandir divizii}}; {{literally|commander of the division / division commander}}), and was a [[Military ranks of the Soviet Union|military rank]] in the [[Soviet Armed Forces]] of the [[USSR]] in the period from 1935 to 1940. It was also the designation to military personnel appointed to command a [[division (military)|division]] sized formation (XX).
Until 1940, it was the fourth highest military rank of the Red Army, and was equivalent to Division commissar ({{lang|ru|дивизионный комиссар}}) of the political staff in all military branches, Flag Officer 2nd rank ({{langx|ru| флагман 2-го ранга|flagman 2-go ranga}}) in the Soviet navy, or to 'senior major of state security' ({{lang|ru|старший майор государственной безопасности}}). With the reintroduction of regular general ranks in 1940, the designation {{lang|ru-Latn|komdiv}} was abolished, and replaced by [[Lieutenant general]].
==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.<ref>Decree of the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union and the Council of People's Commissars, from September 22, 1935, on introduction of individual military rank designation to commanding personnel of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army.</ref>
The new rank structure was as follows:
* Command level [[Brigade]] X: {{lang|ru|[[Kombrig]]}} (Brigadier)
* Command level [[Division (military)|Division]] XX: {{lang|ru|'''Komdiv'''}} (Division commander)
* Command level [[Corps]] XXX: {{lang|ru|[[Komkor]]}} (Korps commander)
* Command level [[Field army]] XXXX: [[Komandarm 2nd rank|''Komandarm'' 2nd rank]] (Army commander 2nd rank – Commander Army)
* Command level [[Army group]], [[Front (military formation)|Front]] XXXXX: [[Komandarm 1st rank|''Komandarm'' 1st rank]] (Army commander 1st rank – Frond commander)
* [[Marshal of the Soviet Union]]
==Rank insignia==
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Red Army 1935 collar big komdiv.svg|{{center|Overcoat collar patch (big)}}
Red Army 1935 collar small komdiv.svg|{{center|Jacket collar patch and [[Gymnastyorka]]}}
Red Air Force ComDiv 1940h.png|{{center|... Air Force}}
RKKA 1935 chevron OF7 komdiv.svg|{{center|[[Chevron (insignia)|Chevron]]/ sleeve insignia}}
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==See also==
*[[Ranks and rank insignia of the Red Army 1935–1940]], and [[Ranks and rank insignia of the Red Army 1940–1943|... 1940–1943]]
== References ==
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[[Category:Military ranks of the Soviet Union]]
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