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This term used standalone has almost entirely been displaced by the Hungarian borrowing шор(šor), even in several calques containing Serbo-Croatianред / red as a component. It is chiefly only found in compounds.
сиде́тьвпере́днемряду́ ― sidétʹ v perédnem rjadú ― to sit in the front row
1790, Александр Радищев, “Новгород”, in Путешествие из Петербурга в Москву; English translation from Leo Wiener, transl., A Journey From St. Petersburg to Moscow, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1958:
Время с острым рядом зубов смеётся вашему кичению.
Vremja s ostrym rjadom zubov smejótsja vašemu kičeniju.
Time with its sharp rows of teeth laughs at your presumption.
(figuratively, in the plural)ranks(the body or membership of an organization; the soldiers of an army)
вна́шихряда́хпополне́ние ― v nášix rjadáx popolnénije ― we have a new member in our ranks