Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union
In the armed forces of the Soviet Union (later Russian Federation) the "Kapitan´s" rank (to Army, Air Force, and Navy land services) was introduced by disposal of the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union and the Council of People's Commissars, from September 22, 1935. It was equivalent to the rank kapitan-leytenant (ru: "капитан-лейтенант") of the Navy.