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

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.

Polish Armed Forces in the East → subordinateTo → Soviet High Command ⓘ
Southern Front → subordinateTo → Soviet High Command ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stavka of the Red Army
Southern Front → subordinateTo → Soviet High Command ⓘ
Southwestern Front → subordinateTo → Soviet High Command ⓘ
Soviet 62nd Army → subordinateTo → Soviet High Command ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet High Command (Stavka)
Soviet Don Front → subordinateTo → Soviet High Command ⓘ
Soviet Southwestern Front → subordinateTo → Soviet High Command ⓘ
Soviet Steppe Front → subordinateTo → Soviet High Command ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stavka of the Supreme High Command
Soviet partisans → subordinateTo → Soviet High Command ⓘ
Soviet Voronezh Front → subordinateTo → Soviet High Command ⓘ
subject surface form: Voronezh Front
Supreme Commander-in-Chief → supervises → Soviet High Command ⓘ
subject surface form: Supreme Commander-in-Chief (Soviet Union)
this entity surface form: Soviet General Staff