Council of People's Commissars

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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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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

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Chairman of the Council of Ministers officeCreatedFrom Council of People's Commissars
subject surface form: Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Council of People’s Commissars of the Soviet Union
People's Commissariat for Education subordinateTo Council of People's Commissars
People's Commissariat for Finance partOf Council of People's Commissars
People's Commissariat for Finance subordinateTo Council of People's Commissars
People's Commissariat for Agriculture partOf Council of People's Commissars
this entity surface form: Council of People's Commissars of the USSR
People's Commissariat for Agriculture subordinateTo Council of People's Commissars
People's Commissariat for Labour partOf Council of People's Commissars
People's Commissariat for Labour subordinateTo Council of People's Commissars
this entity surface form: Council of People's Commissars of the RSFSR
People's Commissariat for Labour subordinateTo Council of People's Commissars
this entity surface form: Council of People's Commissars of the USSR
People's Commissariat for Justice partOf Council of People's Commissars
People's Commissariat for Justice subordinateTo Council of People's Commissars
this entity surface form: Council of People's Commissars of the RSFSR
People's Commissariat for Posts and Telegraphs partOf Council of People's Commissars
this entity surface form: Council of People's Commissars of the RSFSR
People's Commissariat for Posts and Telegraphs partOf Council of People's Commissars
this entity surface form: Council of People's Commissars of the USSR
People's Commissariat for Posts and Telegraphs subordinateTo Council of People's Commissars
Monument to the Third International commissionedBy Council of People's Commissars
this entity surface form: Bolshevik government
People's Commissariat for Food partOf Council of People's Commissars
People's Commissariat for Food subordinateTo Council of People's Commissars
this entity surface form: Council of People's Commissars of the RSFSR
People's Commissariat for Food subordinateTo Council of People's Commissars
this entity surface form: Council of People's Commissars of the USSR
People's Commissariat for Nationalities subordinateTo Council of People's Commissars
this entity surface form: Council of People's Commissars of the RSFSR
People's Commissariat for Nationalities parentOrganization Council of People's Commissars
Stepan Petrichenko opposedTo Council of People's Commissars
this entity surface form: Bolshevik government
People's Commissar for Defence of the USSR partOf Council of People's Commissars
this entity surface form: Council of People's Commissars of the USSR
People's Commissar for Defence of the USSR subordinateTo Council of People's Commissars
this entity surface form: Council of People's Commissars of the USSR
People's Commissar for Internal Affairs of the USSR partOf Council of People's Commissars
this entity surface form: Council of People's Commissars of the USSR
Council of People’s Ministers alsoKnownAs Council of People's Commissars
this entity surface form: Council of People’s Commissars of the UPR (in some sources)
People's Commissar for Internal 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 Internal 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 State Control of the RSFSR subordinateTo Council of People's Commissars
this entity surface form: Council of People's Commissars of the RSFSR
Chairman of the Cheka appointedBy Council of People's Commissars
this entity surface form: Council of People’s Commissars
House of the Government of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic usedBy Council of People's Commissars
this entity surface form: Government of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
House of the Government of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic governingBody Council of People's Commissars
this entity surface form: Government of the RSFSR
Council of Ministers of the Russian Empire replacedBy Council of People's Commissars
this entity surface form: Council of People’s Commissars of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
People's Commissariat of the Navy of the USSR subordinateTo Council of People's Commissars
this entity surface form: Council of People's Commissars of the USSR
people's commissariat subordinateTo Council of People's Commissars
Council of Ministers of the Kazakh SSR followed Council of People's Commissars
this entity surface form: Council of People’s Commissars of the Kazakh SSR
Constitution of the RSFSR (1918) executiveBody Council of People's Commissars
this entity surface form: Council of People’s Commissars
Crimean Socialist Soviet Republic executiveBody Council of People's Commissars
this entity surface form: Council of People’s Commissars of Crimea
Council of Ministers of the Russian Provisional Government replacedBy Council of People's Commissars
this entity surface form: Council of People’s Commissars
Council of Ministers of the Russian Provisional Government replacedBy Council of People's Commissars
this entity surface form: Sovnarkom of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Council of Ministers of the Russian Provisional Government followedBy Council of People's Commissars
this entity surface form: Council of People’s Commissars of the RSFSR
Constitution of the RSFSR (1925) establishes Council of People's Commissars
this entity surface form: Council of People's Commissars of the RSFSR
Constitution of the RSFSR (1937) definesExecutiveBody Council of People's Commissars
this entity surface form: Council of People’s Commissars of the RSFSR
People's Commissar for Transport of the Soviet Union partOf Council of People's Commissars
this entity surface form: Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union
People's Commissar for Transport of the Soviet Union subordinateTo Council of People's Commissars
this entity surface form: Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union
People's Commissar for Heavy Industry of the Soviet Union partOf Council of People's Commissars
this entity surface form: Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union
People's Commissar for Heavy Industry of the Soviet Union subordinateTo Council of People's Commissars
this entity surface form: Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union
Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets established Council of People's Commissars
Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets established Council of People's Commissars
this entity surface form: Sovnarkom
Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets elected Council of People's Commissars
People's Commissariat for Military and Naval Affairs of the USSR subordinateTo Council of People's Commissars
this entity surface form: Council of People's Commissars of the USSR