Podpolkovnik

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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.^[1]

In different languages the exact name of this rank maintains a variety of spellings.^[1] 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:

1. Belarus — падпалкоўнік (padpalkownik)
2. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia — потпуковник / potpukovnik (Serbo-Croatian: [pôtpukoːʋniːk])
3. Bulgaria — подполковник
4. Czech Republic — podplukovník (Czech: [ˈpotplukovɲiːk])
5. Georgia — ვიცე-პოლკოვნიკი (Georgian: [vitse pʼolkʼovnikʼi])
6. North Macedonia — потполковник (podpolkovnik)
7. Poland — podpułkownik (Polish: [pɔtpuwˈkɔvɲik])
8. Russia — подполко́вник (podpolkovnik) (Russian: [pətpɐlˈkovnʲɪk])
9. Slovenia — podpolkovnik
10. Slovakia — podplukovník
11. Ukraine — підполковник (pidpolkovnyk)