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Colonel general is a specific rank of the senior rank of
general. North Korea and Russia are two countries which have
used the rank extensively throughout their histories. The rank
is also closely associated with Germany, where Generaloberst has
been a rank above the full General and a rank below
Generalfeldmarschall.   Colonel general (Generaloberst) was the
second-highest rank in the Austro-Hungarian Army, introduced
following the German model in 1915. The rank was not used after
World War I in the Austrian Army of the Republic.  China
(PRC)[edit]  The People's Liberation Army rank of shang jiang
(上将: literally, "upper general") is variously translated as
either colonel general or general, with the translation as
colonel general generally reserved for the period 1955-1965
(when it corresponded to the Soviet rank of colonel general).
All ranks in the PLA were abolished between 1965 and 1988