Soviet High Command

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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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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

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Soviet military academies subordinateTo Soviet High Command
this entity surface form: General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR
Matvei Zakharov partOf Soviet High Command
this entity surface form: Soviet high command
3rd Guards Tank Army subordinateTo Soviet High Command
Soviet military commissariats subordinateTo Soviet High Command
this entity surface form: General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR
4th Tank Army usedBy Soviet High Command
Western Front (Red Army) subordinateTo Soviet High Command
Central Group of Forces subordinateTo Soviet High Command
Central Group of Forces subordinateTo Soviet High Command
this entity surface form: Soviet General Staff
Southern Group of Forces subordinateTo Soviet High Command
this entity surface form: General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR
Southern Group of Forces controlledBy Soviet High Command
Northern Group of Forces subordinateTo Soviet High Command
Northern Group of Forces subordinateTo Soviet High Command
this entity surface form: Soviet General Staff
Separate Coastal Army subordinateTo Soviet High Command
Soviet Separate Coastal Army subordinateTo Soviet High Command
this entity surface form: Soviet High Command (Stavka)
6th Army subordinateTo Soviet High Command
6th Army usedBy Soviet High Command
this entity surface form: Soviet military command
Air Forces/Air Defense of the NVA wartimeSubordination Soviet High Command
this entity surface form: Soviet High Command in the GDR
Marshal of the Soviet Union Andrei Grechko partOf Soviet High Command
subject surface form: Andrei Grechko
this entity surface form: Soviet high command
Stavka of the Red Army alternativeName Soviet High Command
4th Shock Army subordination Soviet High Command
this entity surface form: Soviet High Command (Stavka)
2nd Baltic Front subordinateTo Soviet High Command
Soviet 3rd Army subordinateTo Soviet High Command
this entity surface form: Soviet High Command (Stavka)
Soviet Reserve Front units usedBy Soviet High Command
Naval Staff of the RSFSR coordinatesWith Soviet High Command
this entity surface form: Red Army General Staff
Western Special Military District subordinateTo Soviet High Command
this entity surface form: General Staff of the Red Army
Mozg armii usedBy Soviet High Command
this entity surface form: Soviet General Staff
Akhromeyev partOf Soviet High Command
subject surface form: Sergei Akhromeyev
this entity surface form: Soviet military leadership
Soviet Western strategic direction defenses controlledBy Soviet High Command
this entity surface form: Soviet General Staff
Soviet military districts subordinateTo Soviet High Command
this entity surface form: General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR
Maxim Purkayev partOf Soviet High Command
this entity surface form: Soviet High Command during World War II
Commander of the Volkhov Front subordinateTo Soviet High Command
Commander of the 1st Far Eastern Front usedBy Soviet High Command
this entity surface form: Red Army General Staff
Transcaucasian Front subordinateTo Soviet High Command
Commander of the Karelian Front subordinateTo Soviet High Command
Orsha offensive (1944) conductedBy Soviet High Command
Moscow Military District subordinateTo Soviet High Command
this entity surface form: General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR
64th Army commandStructure Soviet High Command
7th Army subordinateTo Soviet High Command
this entity surface form: Soviet High Command (Stavka)
Defense Council of the USSR confersWith Soviet High Command
this entity surface form: General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR
Soviet 40th Army subordinateTo Soviet High Command
Soviet Northwestern Front operatedBy Soviet High Command
Soviet Northwestern Front subordinateTo Soviet High Command
this entity surface form: Soviet Supreme High Command
Aleksandr Svechin affiliation Soviet High Command
this entity surface form: Soviet General Staff
Belorussian strategic offensive operation plannedBy Soviet High Command
this entity surface form: Soviet Stavka
Soviet 1st Guards Tank Army operatedBy Soviet High Command