Chief of the Soviet Civil Defense

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Chief of the Soviet Civil Defense was a high-ranking Soviet military-administrative post responsible for organizing and overseeing nationwide civil defense measures, including protection of the population and infrastructure in case of war or disasters.


Statements (45)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet military office
government position
appliesToJurisdiction Soviet Union
country Soviet Union
fieldOfWork civil defense
emergency management
national security
hasAuthorityOver allocation of civil defense resources
civil defense operational decisions in emergencies
national civil defense policy
hasDuty civil defense propaganda and public information
coordination of civil defense in natural disasters
coordination of industrial civil defense measures
coordination of local and regional civil defense bodies
coordination of medical and rescue services in emergencies
coordination of shelter construction and maintenance
coordination with military authorities on civil defense
development of civil defense doctrine
development of civil defense training programs
implementation of civil defense legislation and regulations
management of civil defense resources and equipment
organization of nationwide civil defense measures
organization of warning and alert systems for the population
oversight of civil defense readiness
planning for continuity of government in emergencies
planning of evacuation measures
protection of infrastructure in case of war
protection of the population in case of war
hierarchicalLevel high-ranking
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Moscow
officeHolderCharacteristic usually held by a senior general officer
partOf Soviet Armed Forces command structure
Soviet civil defense system
Soviet state administration
responsibleFor civil defense planning in case of chemical attacks
civil defense planning in case of conventional war
civil defense planning in case of large-scale disasters
civil defense planning in case of nuclear war
subordinateTo Soviet government
Soviet military leadership
supervises civil defense headquarters
civil defense troops
regional civil defense authorities
timePeriod Cold War
usedBy Soviet Union NERFINISHED

Referenced by (1)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Vasily Chuikov
positionHeld

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