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| Brigade commander командир бригады | |
|---|---|
 Coat-collar insignia | |
| Country |  Soviet Union |
| Service branch | Red Army |
| Abbreviation | Kombrig |
| Formation | 1935 |
| Abolished | 1940 (armed forces) 1943 (all branches) |
| Next higher rank | Komdiv |
| Next lower rank | Colonel |
| Equivalent ranks | Captain 1st rank |
Kombrig (Russian:комбриг) is an abbreviation ofCommanding officer of the brigade (Russian:командир бригады,romanized: komandir brigady,lit. 'brigade commander'), and was amilitary rank in theSoviet Armed Forces of theUSSR from 1935 to 1940. It was also the designation to military personnel appointed to command abrigade sized formation (X).
Until 1940 it was the fourth highest military rank of the Red Army. It was equivalent toBrigade 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 theSoviet navy, or toMajor of state security (Russian:майор государственной безопасности,romanized: mayor gosudarstvennoy bezolosnosti). With the reintroduction of regular general ranks, the designationKombrig was abolished in the armed forces, however rank equivalents were still retained in some institutions like the Political staff, Engineering Corps, Judicial, Corps etc. Those rank equivalents were formally phased out with the introduction of the 1943 rank system. Contrary to popular belief, Kombrig didn't have any rank equivalent in the new soviet rank system. The new system only had 5 ranks instead of 6 due to the redirection of Brigade Command to Colonels. All members of the Supreme Command staff (Kombrig-Kamandarm 1st rank) had to go through a re certification, where individuals were given a rank based on their appointments, Only Komrbigs that held Command positions of a Division or higher were promoted to major generals while the rest were demoted to Colonels. Officially until 1943, People who held the rank equivalent of Kombrig in an auxiliary branch were placed between aColonel and aMajor General, acting as an eqvivalent to a british Brigadier.
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:
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