podpolkovnik

This article is about the OF-4 rank Podpolkovnik in Slavophone countries. For the equivalent rank in Anglophone armed forces see Lieutenant colonel, or Oberstleutnant in Austria, Germany and Switzerland.

Podpolkovnik (Russian: Подполко́вник; literally "'sub –, junior – , or lower regimentary"') is a military rank in Slavic 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.

• Bulgaria — подполковник
• Czech Republic — podplukovník
• Georgia — vitse-polkovniki
• Macedonia - потполковник (potpolkovnik)
• Poland — podpułkownik
• Russia — подполковник (podpolkovnik)
• Serbia — потпуковник (potpukovnik)
• Slovenia — podpolkovnik (podpolkovnik)
• Slovakia — podplukovník
• Ukraine — підполковник (pidpolkovnyk)