The earliest documented chiliarch of Novgorod was Putyata. Alexander had made that official by naming him Chiliarch. Two pentakosiarchies in turn formed a chiliarchy and were commanded by a chiliarch. There are five chiliarch ranks, constituting the five highest ranks in the IDF. Alexander formally made him his second-in-command when he appointed him Chiliarch of the empire. The "Miracles of Saint Demetrius" mentions the centarch, pentecontarch and decarch, but not the chiliarch.