Podpolkovnik

A podpolkovnik (Russian: подполко́вник, lit. 'sub –, junior –, or lower regimentary') is a military rank in Slavic and nearby 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: Azerbaijan — Polkovnik-leytenant Belarus — падпалкоўнік (padpalkownik) Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia — потпуковник / potpukovnik (Serbo-Croatian: [pôtpukoːʋniːk]) Bulgaria — подполковник Czech Republic — podplukovník (Czech: [ˈpotplukovɲiːk]) Georgia — ვიცე-პოლკოვნიკი (Georgian: [vitse pʼolkʼovnikʼi]) North Macedonia — потполковник (podpolkovnik) Poland — podpułkownik (Polish: [pɔtpuwˈkɔvɲik]) Russia — подполко́вник (podpolkovnik) (Russian: [pətpɐlˈkovnʲɪk]) Slovenia — podpolkovnik Slovakia — podplukovník Ukraine — підполковник (pidpolkovnyk)