Bachelor's degree

====Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan====
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The [[specialist degree|specialist's degree]] ({{lang-ru|специалист}}), was the first academic distinction in the [[Soviet Union]], awarded to students upon completion of five-year studies at the university level. The degree can be compared both to the bachelor's and master's degree. In the early 1990s, ''Bakalavr'' (Бакалавр, "bachelor") degrees were introduced in all the countries of the [[Commonwealth of Independent States]] except Turkmenistan. After the bakalavr degree (usually four years), one can earn a master's degree (another one or two years) while preserving the old five-year specialist scheme.