Soviet High Command

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armed forces high command military command structure

The Soviet High Command was the top-level military leadership of the Soviet Union, responsible for directing its armed forces and overall wartime strategy.

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Observed surface forms (17)

Surface form	Occurrences
Soviet General Staff	8
Soviet High Command (Stavka)	8
Stavka of the Supreme High Command	5
General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR	3
Soviet Stavka	3
Soviet military leadership	3
Soviet military command	2
Main Navy Staff of the USSR	1
Red Army General Staff	1
Red Army high command	1
Soviet Marshals	1
Soviet high command	1
Soviet military authorities	1
Soviet military command structure	1
Stavka of the Red Army	1
Supreme Command of the Red Army	1
Ставка Верховного Главнокомандования	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	armed forces high command ⓘ military command structure ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Soviet Union ⓘ
commandedBy	Soviet military officers ⓘ surface form: Soviet Generals Soviet High Command self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Soviet Marshals
country	Soviet Union ⓘ
exercisedAuthorityOver	Soviet Air Defense Forces ⓘ Soviet Air Forces ⓘ Soviet Ground Forces ⓘ Soviet Navy ⓘ Soviet Strategic Rocket Forces ⓘ
fieldOfWork	defense planning ⓘ military strategy ⓘ operational command ⓘ
governedBy	Soviet military doctrine ⓘ decisions of the Communist Party leadership ⓘ
hasPart	Ministry of Defense of the USSR ⓘ Ministry of Defense of the USSR ⓘ surface form: People's Commissariat of Defense Soviet High Command self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Soviet General Staff front-level commands ⓘ service branch commands ⓘ theater commands ⓘ
influencedBy	Marxism–Leninism ⓘ Soviet political leadership ⓘ
location	Moscow ⓘ
locationCountry	Soviet Union ⓘ
notableFor	centralized military planning ⓘ coordination of land, air, and naval operations ⓘ directing Soviet armed forces in major wars ⓘ overall wartime strategy ⓘ
partOf	Soviet armed forces ⓘ surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
responsibleFor	allocation of military resources ⓘ coordination with Warsaw Pact allies ⓘ deployment of forces ⓘ operational planning ⓘ strategic planning ⓘ
role	strategic command authority ⓘ top-level military leadership ⓘ wartime command authority ⓘ
scope	national defense ⓘ nuclear and conventional forces ⓘ offensive and defensive operations ⓘ
subordinateTo	Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the USSR ⓘ
timePeriod	20th century ⓘ
typeOfJurisdiction	military ⓘ
usedLanguage	Russian ⓘ

Referenced by (61)

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

Stavka → alsoKnownAs → Soviet High Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: Stavka of the Supreme High Command

1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division → associatedWith → Soviet High Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet military command

Order of Victory → awardingAuthority → Soviet High Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Command of the Red Army

Mozhaisk defensive line → builtUnderCommandOf → Soviet High Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet High Command (Stavka)

57th Army (Red Army) → commandStructure → Soviet High Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet High Command (Stavka)

9th Army (Red Army) → commandStructure → Soviet High Command ⓘ

Soviet Central Front → commandStructure → Soviet High Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet High Command (Stavka)

Soviet Navy → commandStructure → Soviet High Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: Main Navy Staff of the USSR

Soviet High Command → commandedBy → Soviet High Command self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet Marshals

Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia → commandedBy → Soviet High Command ⓘ

East Pomeranian Offensive → conductedBy → Soviet High Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet High Command (Stavka)

Voroshilov General Staff Academy → controlledBy → Soviet High Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet General Staff

Frunze Military Academy → governance → Soviet High Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet military authorities

Moscow defense zone → governedBy → Soviet High Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet military command

Soviet military officers → governedBy → Soviet High Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR

Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the USSR → hasAuthorityOver → Soviet High Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet General Staff

Ministry of Defense of the USSR → hasPart → Soviet High Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR

People's Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs of the RSFSR → hasPart → Soviet High Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: Red Army General Staff

Soviet High Command → hasPart → Soviet High Command self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet General Staff

Stavka → hasPart → Soviet High Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet General Staff

Soviet Ground Forces → highestCommand → Soviet High Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR

Mikhail Tukhachevsky → memberOf → Soviet High Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: Red Army high command

Stavka → originalLanguageName → Soviet High Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ставка Верховного Главнокомандования

Aleksandr Vasilevsky → partOf → Soviet High Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet High Command (Stavka)

Dmitry Yazov → partOf → Soviet High Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet military leadership

Nikolai Ogarkov → partOf → Soviet High Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet high command

Semyon Timoshenko → partOf → Soviet High Command ⓘ

Sergei Kamenev → partOf → Soviet High Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet military leadership

Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the USSR → partOf → Soviet High Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet military command structure

Operation Little Saturn → plannedBy → Soviet High Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet Stavka

Operation Uranus → plannedBy → Soviet High Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet Stavka

Operation Mars → planner → Soviet High Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet Stavka

Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive → planningAuthority → Soviet High Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet General Staff

12th Army (Red Army) → subordinateTo → Soviet High Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet High Command (Stavka)

1st Baltic Front → subordinateTo → Soviet High Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: Stavka of the Supreme High Command

1st Baltic Front → subordinateTo → Soviet High Command ⓘ

1st Belorussian Front → subordinateTo → Soviet High Command ⓘ

1st Ukrainian Front → subordinateTo → Soviet High Command ⓘ

21st Army (Red Army) → subordinateTo → Soviet High Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet High Command (Stavka)

3rd Belorussian Front → subordinateTo → Soviet High Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: Stavka of the Supreme High Command

40th Army (Red Army) → subordinateTo → Soviet High Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: Stavka of the Supreme High Command

5th Army (Red Army) → subordinateTo → Soviet High Command ⓘ

6th Army (Red Army) → subordinateTo → Soviet High Command ⓘ

8th Guards Army → subordinateTo → Soviet High Command ⓘ

Central Front → subordinateTo → Soviet High Command ⓘ

Chief of the Soviet Civil Defense → subordinateTo → Soviet High Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet military leadership

Commander of the Bryansk Front → subordinateTo → Soviet High Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet General Staff

Don Front → subordinateTo → Soviet High Command ⓘ

Frontal Aviation → subordinateTo → Soviet High Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet General Staff

Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany → subordinateTo → Soviet High Command ⓘ