office
Rear Admiral
rear admiral
also: контр-адмирал, kontr-admiral
A flag-officer naval rank in Imperial Russia, corresponding under the Table of Ranks to a civil actual state councillor -- one grade below the full "general" that the wedding family had specifically hoped to seat at their table.
Reading notes
- The Wedding with the General (a story) §2 rear admiral
A flag-officer naval rank in Imperial Russia; the whole plot turns on this rank falling one grade short of the plain "general" the bride's family had specifically asked to buy.