Red Army political commissars

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Soviet military institution military rank political officer

Red Army political commissars were ideological and political officers responsible for ensuring party loyalty, morale, and adherence to communist doctrine within Soviet military units.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Soviet political commissars	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Soviet military institution ⓘ military rank ⓘ political officer ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	politruk NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesTo	Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesToBranch	NKVD troops NERFINISHED ⓘ air force units ⓘ armored units ⓘ infantry units ⓘ naval units ⓘ
country	Soviet Union ⓘ
endTime	early 1990s ⓘ
hasNotableCriticism	contribution to repressive atmosphere in the armed forces ⓘ interference with professional military command ⓘ
hasPower	countermand orders of military commanders in early period ⓘ participate in decision-making on combat operations ⓘ
hasRole	conduct political education ⓘ enforce party discipline ⓘ ensure Communist Party control over the military ⓘ maintain political loyalty of troops ⓘ monitor morale ⓘ report on officers and soldiers to party organs ⓘ
ideology	Marxism–Leninism ⓘ communism ⓘ
influenced	political officer systems in other communist militaries ⓘ
inspiredBy	Bolshevik revolutionary political practices ⓘ
introduced	Russian Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfTitle	Russian ⓘ
legalBasis	decrees of the Council of People’s Commissars ⓘ orders of the People’s Commissariat of Defense NERFINISHED ⓘ
nativeName	военный комиссар NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Soviet Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalAffiliation	Communist Party of the Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
reformDetail	position downgraded and integrated into command structure as deputy commander for political affairs ⓘ
reformed	1942 ⓘ
reportsTo	Main Political Directorate of the Soviet Army and Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ political department of the Red Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
responsibleFor	censorship of information within units ⓘ evaluating political reliability of officers ⓘ organizing political meetings and lectures ⓘ propaganda work among soldiers ⓘ
significantEvent	Great Patriotic War NERFINISHED ⓘ World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	1918 ⓘ
supervises	Komsomol organizations within military units ⓘ party organizations within military units ⓘ
symbolizes	party control over the armed forces ⓘ
trainingInstitution	Lenin Military-Political Academy NERFINISHED ⓘ various Soviet military-political schools ⓘ
uses	Soviet military uniform with distinctive political insignia ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Red Army units in Orenburg region → politicalSupervisionBy → Red Army political commissars ⓘ

Holocaust shootings in the Soviet Union → targetedGroup → Red Army political commissars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet political commissars