The GUGB had a unique system of ranks, a blend of the position-rank system used in the Red Army and personal ranks used in the Militsiya; the rank insignia was also very distinct. Even though insignia introduced in 1937 followed the Red Army collar patch patterns, it assigned them to very different ranks for GUGB and Internal Troops/political/specialist branches, with GUGB rank placed at least one grade higher than a similar army equivalent. When GUGB and Militsiya ranks were replaced with military ranks and insignia in February 1943, Major to Sergeant ranks were aligned with Colonel to Junior Lieutenant, and Senior Major and up were replaced with various degrees of Commissioner. In 1945, General Commissioner Lavrentiy Beria received the rank of the Marshal of the Soviet Union, and other GUGB Commissioners received ranks from Generals of the Army to Major General. Ranks of GUGB 1935–1943 генеральный комиссар ГБCommissioner General of State Security комиссар ГБ 1-го рангаCommissioner 1st rank of State Security комиссар ГБ 2-го рангаCommissioner 2nd rank of State Security комиссар ГБ 3-го рангаCommissioner 3rd rank of State Security старший майор ГБSenior Major of State Security майор ГБMajor of State Security капитан ГБCaptain of State Security старший лейтенант ГБSenior Lieutenant of State Security лейтенант ГБLieutenant of State Security младший лейтенант ГБJunior Lieutenant of State Security сержант ГБ Sergeant of State Security Rank insignia 1935-1937 Rank insignia 1937-1943 See also Chronology of Soviet secret police agencies Eastern Bloc politics References Piotr Kołakowski - NKWD i GRU na ziemiach Polskich 1939-1945 - (Kulisy wywiadu i kontrwywiadu) - Dom Wydawniczy Bellona Warszawa 2002 - (NKVD and GRU on Polish soil 1939-1945 [Intelligence counter-intelligence series] Warsaw, 2002) Law enforcement agencies of the Soviet Union Soviet intelligence agencies NKVD Defunct intelligence agencies Defunct law enforcement agencies of Russia Russian intelligence agencies Secret police 1934 establishments in Russia 1934 establishments in the Soviet Union 1943 disestablishments in the Soviet Union Government agencies established in 1934 Government agencies disestablished in 1943