GKO
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GKO was the supreme emergency governing body of the Soviet Union during World War II, overseeing the country’s military, economic, and political mobilization for the war effort.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Soviet state committee
ⓘ
supreme emergency governing body ⓘ wartime government body ⓘ |
| aim | ensure victory in the Great Patriotic War ⓘ |
| appliesToPeriod | World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chairperson | Joseph Stalin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| decisionMakingStyle | closed, top-level directive-based governance ⓘ |
| deFactoSuperseded | Council of Ministers of the USSR NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1945-09-04 ⓘ |
| fullName | State Defense Committee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAuthorityOver |
Red Army
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Soviet Air Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet defense industry NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet wartime economy ⓘ civil defense measures ⓘ |
| headOfGovernmentDuringExistence | Joseph Stalin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext | created after German invasion of the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa) ⓘ |
| inception | 1941-06-30 ⓘ |
| issued | binding decrees and directives ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | entire Soviet territory ⓘ |
| legalBasis | decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Moscow ⓘ |
| member |
Anastas Mikoyan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Georgy Malenkov NERFINISHED ⓘ Kliment Voroshilov NERFINISHED ⓘ Lavrentiy Beria NERFINISHED ⓘ Lazar Kaganovich NERFINISHED ⓘ Nikolai Voznesensky NERFINISHED ⓘ Vyacheslav Molotov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeName | Государственный комитет обороны NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeNameLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| partOf | Soviet wartime command system ⓘ |
| relatedEvent | Great Patriotic War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedOrganization | State Defense Committee of the Council of People’s Commissars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replaced | normal peacetime governance mechanisms of the USSR ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
control of armaments production
ⓘ
coordination of military and economic policy ⓘ evacuation of industry ⓘ overall wartime mobilization ⓘ strategic resource allocation ⓘ |
| shortName | GKO NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significance | central organ of Soviet wartime mobilization and control ⓘ |
| subordinateTo | formally the Supreme Soviet of the USSR ⓘ |
| transcription | Gosudarstvenny Komitet Oborony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typeOfEmergencyBody | extraordinary concentration of executive and party power ⓘ |
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