Council of People's Commissars

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executive body government cabinet state council

The Council of People's Commissars was the highest executive and administrative authority of Soviet Russia (and later the USSR) in the early Bolshevik period, functioning as the government cabinet headed by Vladimir Lenin.

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Observed surface forms (15)

Surface form	Occurrences
Bolshevik government	7
Council of People’s Commissars of the USSR	5
Council of People's Commissars of the RSFSR	4
Council of People’s Commissars	4
Council of People’s Commissars of the Soviet Union	4
Council of People's Commissars of the USSR	3
Council of People’s Commissars of the Russian SFSR	3
Council of People’s Commissars of the RSFSR	2
Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union	1
Council of People’s Commissars of Lithuania and Belarus	1
Soviet government	1
Sovnarkom	1
government of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic	1
government of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic	1
Совет народных комиссаров	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	executive body ⓘ government cabinet ⓘ state council ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic ⓘ Russian SFSR ⓘ surface form: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Russian SFSR ⓘ surface form: Soviet Russia Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic ⓘ Soviet Ukraine ⓘ surface form: Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Soviet Union ⓘ surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
cameIntoForceAfter	Russian Revolution ⓘ surface form: October Revolution
country	Russian SFSR ⓘ surface form: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Soviet Union ⓘ
dissolved	1946 ⓘ
hasPart	People's Commissariat for Agriculture ⓘ People's Commissariat for Education ⓘ People's Commissariat for Finance ⓘ People's Commissariat for Food ⓘ Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union ⓘ surface form: People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs NKVD ⓘ surface form: People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs People's Commissariat for Justice ⓘ People's Commissariat for Labour ⓘ People's Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs of the RSFSR ⓘ surface form: People's Commissariat for Military and Naval Affairs People's Commissariat for Nationalities ⓘ People's Commissariat for Posts and Telegraphs ⓘ
hasRole	highest executive and administrative authority of Soviet Russia ⓘ highest executive and administrative authority of the USSR ⓘ
headOfGovernment	Alexei Rykov ⓘ Joseph Stalin ⓘ Vladimir Lenin ⓘ Vyacheslav Molotov ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Moscow ⓘ
inception	1917 ⓘ November 1917 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Russian ⓘ
legalForm	executive council of people's commissars ⓘ
legislativeBody	Congress of Soviets of the Soviet Union ⓘ surface form: All-Russian Congress of Soviets Congress of Soviets of the Soviet Union ⓘ surface form: Congress of Soviets of the USSR
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Moscow ⓘ
nativeName	Council of People's Commissars self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Совет народных комиссаров
partOf	Soviet government ⓘ surface form: government of Soviet Russia Soviet government ⓘ surface form: government of the Soviet Union
politicalIdeology	Bolshevism ⓘ Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
precededBy	Russian Provisional Government ⓘ
replacedBy	Council of Ministers of the Russian SFSR ⓘ surface form: Council of Ministers of the RSFSR Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union ⓘ surface form: Council of Ministers of the USSR
seat	Moscow ⓘ
shortName	Council of People's Commissars self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sovnarkom
significantEvent	Russian Revolution ⓘ surface form: October Revolution
subordinateTo	Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union ⓘ surface form: All-Russian Central Executive Committee Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union ⓘ surface form: Central Executive Committee of the USSR
usedFor	centralized economic planning ⓘ implementation of Bolshevik decrees ⓘ

Referenced by (48)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

RKKA → allegiance → Council of People's Commissars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bolshevik government

People's Commissar for Nationalities → appointedBy → Council of People's Commissars ⓘ

Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union → authorityOver → Council of People's Commissars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of People’s Commissars of the USSR

Mensheviks → bannedBy → Council of People's Commissars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bolshevik government

Socialist Revolutionary Party → bannedBy → Council of People's Commissars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bolshevik government

Constitution of the Soviet Union of 1923 → definesExecutiveBody → Council of People's Commissars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of People’s Commissars of the USSR

Nadezhda Alliluyeva → employer → Council of People's Commissars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of People’s Commissars of the RSFSR

Soviet government → establishedAs → Council of People's Commissars ⓘ

this entity surface form: government of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

Constitution of the Soviet Union of 1923 → establishesInstitution → Council of People's Commissars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of People’s Commissars of the USSR

Lithuanian–Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic → executiveBody → Council of People's Commissars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of People’s Commissars of Lithuania and Belarus

Soviet government → executiveBody → Council of People's Commissars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of People’s Commissars of the USSR

Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union → formedFrom → Council of People's Commissars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of People’s Commissars of the Soviet Union

Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) → formedGovernment → Council of People's Commissars ⓘ

People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs of the RSFSR → hasHeadOfGovernment → Council of People's Commissars ⓘ

Yakov Sverdlov → headOfGovernment → Council of People's Commissars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of People’s Commissars of the RSFSR

Decree on Land → implementedBy → Council of People's Commissars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of People’s Commissars

First Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine → influences → Council of People's Commissars ⓘ

this entity surface form: government of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic

Decree on Peace → issuedBy → Council of People's Commissars ⓘ

Sykes–Picot Agreement → leakedBy → Council of People's Commissars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bolshevik government

Council of People's Commissars → nativeName → Council of People's Commissars self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Совет народных комиссаров

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk → negotiatedBy → Council of People's Commissars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bolshevik government

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk → negotiatedBy → Council of People's Commissars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of People’s Commissars

Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Russian SFSR → officeCreatedFrom → Council of People's Commissars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of People’s Commissars of the Russian SFSR

Head of Government of the Soviet Union → officeHolderLeads → Council of People's Commissars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union

GPU → oversight → Council of People's Commissars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of People’s Commissars of the Russian SFSR

Cheka → partOf → Council of People's Commissars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of People’s Commissars

NKVD → partOf → Council of People's Commissars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of People's Commissars of the USSR

Narkom natsionalnostei → partOf → Council of People's Commissars ⓘ

People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs of the RSFSR → partOf → Council of People's Commissars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of People's Commissars of the RSFSR

People's Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs of the RSFSR → partOf → Council of People's Commissars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of People's Commissars of the RSFSR

People's Commissar for Nationalities → partOf → Council of People's Commissars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet government

Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union → precededBy → Council of People's Commissars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of People’s Commissars of the Soviet Union

Congress of Soviets of the Soviet Union → relatedBody → Council of People's Commissars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of People’s Commissars of the Soviet Union

Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union → replaced → Council of People's Commissars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of People’s Commissars of the Soviet Union

Council of Ministers → replacedBy → Council of People's Commissars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of People’s Commissars

Russian Provisional Government → replacedBy → Council of People's Commissars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bolshevik government

Council of Ministers of the Russian SFSR → replaces → Council of People's Commissars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of People’s Commissars of the Russian SFSR

Council of People's Commissars → shortName → Council of People's Commissars self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sovnarkom

Narkom natsionalnostei → subordinateTo → Council of People's Commissars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of People's Commissars of the RSFSR

Narkom natsionalnostei → subordinateTo → Council of People's Commissars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of People's Commissars of the USSR

People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs of the RSFSR → subordinateTo → Council of People's Commissars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of People's Commissars of the RSFSR

People's Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs of the RSFSR → subordinateTo → Council of People's Commissars ⓘ

People's Commissar for Nationalities → subordinateTo → Council of People's Commissars ⓘ

State Bank of the USSR → subordinateTo → Council of People's Commissars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of People’s Commissars of the USSR

NKGB → supervisingAuthority → Council of People's Commissars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of People's Commissars of the USSR

People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs of the RSFSR → usedBy → Council of People's Commissars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bolshevik government