Minister of Defence (Soviet Union) explained

Post:Minister of Defence
Body:the Soviet Union
Native Name:Russian: Министр обороны СССР
Flag:USSR, Flag commander 1964 minister.svg
Flagborder:yes
Flagcaption:Standard of the Minister of Defence (1964–1991)
Department:Ministry of Defense
Status:Abolished
Reports To:Premier
Nominator:Council of Defence
Appointer:Politburo
Precursor:Minister of War
Formation:8 November 1917
First:Council on War and Navy Affairs
Last:Yevgeny Shaposhnikov
Abolished:14 February 1992[1]
Succession:Commander-in-Chief of the CIS Armed Forces (1992–1993)
Minister of Defence

The Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union (Russian: Министр обороны СССР) refers to the head of the Ministry of Defence who was responsible for defence of the socialist/communist Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from 1917 to 1922 and the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1992.

People's Commissars for Military and Naval Affairs (1917–1934)

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People's Commissars for Defence (1934–1946)

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People's Commissars for the Navy (1937–1946)

Ministers of the Armed Forces (1946–1950)

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Minister of War (1950–1953)

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Ministers of the Navy (1950–1953)

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://cis.minsk.by/reestr/ru/index.html#reestr/view/text?doc=3423 Решение Совета глав государств Содружества Независимых Государств от 14 февраля 1992 года о назначении Главнокомандующего Объединенными Вооруженными Силами Содружества