People's Commissar for Defence of the USSR
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The People's Commissar for Defence of the USSR was the top Soviet government post responsible for directing the Red Army and overseeing the military defense policy of the Soviet Union.
All labels observed (8)
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cabinet position
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defence ministry position ⓘ government office ⓘ |
| abolished | 1946 ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Soviet Union
ⓘ
surface form:
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
|
| category |
Defence ministers of the Soviet Union
ⓘ
Soviet government ⓘ
surface form:
Government of the Soviet Union
Military history of the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| country | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| domain |
military affairs
ⓘ
national security ⓘ |
| hasJurisdictionOver |
Red Army
ⓘ
Soviet Air Forces ⓘ Soviet Navy ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Stalin era ⓘ |
| inception | 1934 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Russian ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Russian SFSR
ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
|
| nativeLabel |
People's Commissar for Defence of the USSR
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Народный комиссар обороны СССР
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| officeHolder |
Aleksandr Vasilevsky
ⓘ
Dmitry Ustinov ⓘ Georgy Zhukov ⓘ Joseph Stalin ⓘ Kliment Voroshilov ⓘ Leon Trotsky ⓘ Mikhail Frunze ⓘ Nikolai Bulganin ⓘ Nikolai Kuznetsov NERFINISHED ⓘ Semyon Timoshenko ⓘ |
| officeType | minister of defence ⓘ |
| partOf |
Council of People's Commissars
ⓘ
surface form:
Council of People's Commissars of the USSR
|
| precededBy | Revolutionary Military Council of the Republic (as supreme military authority) ⓘ |
| rank | senior government official ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
People's Commissar for Defence of the USSR
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Minister of Defence of the USSR
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| replaces | People's Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs of the USSR ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
military defence policy of the Soviet Union
ⓘ
strategic direction of the Red Army ⓘ |
| scopeOfAuthority |
armed forces command
ⓘ
national defence ⓘ |
| seat | Moscow ⓘ |
| subordinateTo |
Council of People's Commissars
ⓘ
surface form:
Council of People's Commissars of the USSR
State Defence Committee ⓘ |
| supervises |
Soviet High Command
ⓘ
surface form:
General Staff of the Red Army
People's Commissariat for Military and Naval Affairs of the USSR ⓘ
surface form:
People's Commissariat of Defence of the USSR
|
| usedBy | Soviet government ⓘ |
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the USSR
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supervises
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People's Commissar for Defence of the USSR
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this entity surface form:
Minister of Defense of the USSR
this entity surface form:
Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union
this entity surface form:
Commander-in-Chief of the Red Army
this entity surface form:
Commander-in-Chief of the Red Army
this entity surface form:
Minister of Defense of the Soviet Union
People's Commissar for Defence of the USSR
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replacedBy
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People's Commissar for Defence of the USSR
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Minister of Defence of the USSR
People's Commissar for Defence of the USSR
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nativeLabel
→
People's Commissar for Defence of the USSR
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Народный комиссар обороны СССР
this entity surface form:
Minister of Defense of the USSR
this entity surface form:
Minister of Defense of the USSR
subject surface form:
Dmitry Yazov
this entity surface form:
Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union
this entity surface form:
Minister of Defense of the Soviet Union
Deputy People’s Commissar of Defense of the USSR
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subordinateTo
→
People's Commissar for Defence of the USSR
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this entity surface form:
People’s Commissar of Defense of the USSR