Did the Soviet Army still have the class divide between commissioned officers and non-commissioned officers? If so, how was justified in a nominally classless society? | AskHistorians Archive Observer

Did the Soviet Army still have the class divide between commissioned officers and non-commissioned officers? If so, how was justified in a nominally classless society?

by lee1026

Georgy_K_Zhukov

I've written on the topic of ranks in the Red Army in this previous answer which should be of interest to you.