Major of State Security

Major of State Security was a special rank of officers of the commanding staff of the People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs and the People's Commissariat of State Security of the Soviet Union in the period 1935–1945 (except for the military personnel of the troops of the People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs and employees of the Workers' and Peasants' Militia of the People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs of the Soviet Union). The lower special rank is the Captain of State Security, the next in rank is the Senior Major of State Security (until 1943).

The special rank of Major in State Security (1 diamond in the collar tabs of the 1937–1943 model ) in this period conditionally corresponded to the military rank of the Commander of the Brigade of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, after 1943 – conditionally corresponded to the military rank of major.

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