Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the USSR
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The Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the USSR was the highest military authority in the Soviet Union, typically held by the General Secretary or head of state, with ultimate command over all branches of the Soviet armed forces.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
command position
→
military office → |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Soviet Union
→
surface form: "Union of Soviet Socialist Republics"
|
| confersPower |
authority over use of nuclear weapons
→
authority to approve strategic military plans → authority to declare a state of war or emergency → authority to direct military operations → authority to order mobilization → ultimate command over all branches of the Soviet armed forces → |
| country | Soviet Union → |
| dissolvedWith | dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 → |
| existedDuring |
Cold War
→
World War II → |
| fieldOfWork |
military strategy
→
national defense → state security → |
| governingDocument |
Constitution of the Soviet Union
→
surface form: "Constitution of the USSR"
laws on defense of the USSR → |
| hasAuthorityOver |
Soviet armed forces
→
surface form: "Armed Forces of the USSR"
Soviet Air Defense Forces → Soviet Air Forces → Red Army →
surface form: "Soviet Army"
Soviet High Command →
surface form: "Soviet General Staff"
Soviet Navy → Soviet Strategic Rocket Forces → Soviet internal military districts → |
| languageOfWork | Russian → |
| locatedIn | Moscow → |
| officeHolder |
Joseph Stalin
→
Konstantin Chernenko → Leonid Brezhnev → Mikhail Gorbachev → Nikita Khrushchev → Yuri Andropov → |
| partOf |
Soviet High Command
→
surface form: "Soviet military command structure"
Soviet state apparatus → |
| politicalAlignment | communist state → |
| positionHeldBy |
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR
→
General Secretary of the Communist Party →
surface form: "General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union"
President of the Soviet Union →
surface form: "President of the USSR"
head of state of the Soviet Union → |
| relatedPosition |
President of the Russian Federation
→
surface form: "Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation"
|
| subordinateTo | highest political leadership of the USSR → |
| supervises |
Chief of the General Staff
→
surface form: "Chief of the General Staff of the USSR"
People's Commissar for Defence of the USSR →
surface form: "Minister of Defense of the USSR"
|
| usedBy | Communist Party of the Soviet Union → |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Soviet military officers
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subordinateTo
→
Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the USSR
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