Army General (Soviet rank)

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Army general генерал армии general armii
Small marshal's star
Uniform shoulder strap (1974—1991)
Country	Soviet Union
Service branch	Army
Formation	June 1940
Abolished	December 1991
Next higher rank	Marshal of the Soviet Union
Next lower rank	Colonel general
Equivalent ranks	Marshal of the branch Chief marshal of the branch Admiral of the fleet

Army general (Russian: генерал армии, romanized: general armii) was a rank of the Soviet Union which was first established in June 1940 as a high rank for Red Army generals, inferior only to the marshal of the Soviet Union. In the following 51 years the Soviet Union created 133 generals of the army, 32 of whom were later promoted to the rank of marshal of the Soviet Union. It is a direct counterpart of the Russian Federation's "Army general" rank.