Supreme Commander-in-Chief
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The Supreme Commander-in-Chief was the highest military authority in the Soviet Union, held by the top political leader who exercised ultimate command over all branches of the Soviet armed forces.
Aliases (2)
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
command position
→
military office → |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Soviet Union
→
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| authorityOver |
Soviet Air Forces
→
Soviet Army → Soviet Navy → Soviet strategic missile forces → all branches of the Soviet armed forces → |
| controls |
nuclear forces of the Soviet Union
→
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| country |
Soviet Union
→
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| decisionMakingBodySupportedBy |
Defense Council of the USSR
→
Politburo of the CPSU → |
| dissolvedWith |
dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991
→
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| existedDuring |
20th century
→
Cold War → |
| hasCharacteristic |
centralized command structure
→
combination of political and military authority → |
| hasPower |
authority over peacetime military policy
→
authority over wartime command decisions → authority to direct military strategy → ultimate command over Soviet armed forces → |
| hierarchicalLevel |
highest military authority in the Soviet Union
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| influencedBy |
Russian Empire military traditions
→
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| languageOfTitle |
Russian
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| legalBasis |
Soviet constitutional framework
→
party and state decrees → |
| linkedToIdeology |
Marxism–Leninism
→
Soviet communism → |
| officeHoldersInclude |
Joseph Stalin
→
Leonid Brezhnev → Mikhail Gorbachev → Nikita Khrushchev → |
| partOf |
Soviet military command structure
→
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| politicalControl |
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
→
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| politicalSystemContext |
one-party socialist state
→
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| relatedConcept |
civilian control of the military
→
party control of the armed forces → |
| roleIn |
Soviet Armed Forces
→
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| RussianName |
Верховный Главнокомандующий
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| seatOfPower |
Moscow
→
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| successorStateContext |
Russian Federation
→
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| supervises |
Soviet General Staff
→
Soviet Ministry of Defense → |
| typicallyHeldBy |
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
→
head of state of the Soviet Union → top political leader of the Soviet Union → |
| usedInConflict |
Cold War military planning
→
Second World War → |
Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Soviet armed forces
→
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commanderTitle |
|
Russian General Staff
("Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Armed Forces")
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subordinateTo |