The Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union refers to the head of the
Ministry of Defence
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A ministry of defence or defense (see spelling differences), also known as a department of defence or defense, is an often-used name for the part of a government responsible for matters of defence, found in states ...
who was responsible for defence of the socialist
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...
from 1917 to 1922 and the
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...
from 1922 to 1992.
People's Commissars for Military and Naval Affairs (1917–1934)
People's Commissar for the Armed Forces (1946)
Ministers of the Armed Forces (1946–1950)
Ministers of Defence (1953–1992)
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College of War
The College of War (sometimes War Collegium, or similar, but not to be confused with other institutions of the same name) was a Russian executive body (or Collegium (ministry), collegium), created in the Government reform of Peter I, government ...
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Ministry of War of the Russian Empire
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List of heads of the military of Imperial Russia
This article presents the heads of the military departments of the Russian Empire.
College of War
The Russian College of War (or ''War Collegium'') was created in the course of Government reform of Peter the Great 11 December 1717.
Presidents
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Ministry of Defense (Soviet Union)
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Ministry of Defense Industry (Soviet Union)
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Ministry of Defence (Russia)
The Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation (russian: Министерство обороны Российской Федерации, Минобороны России, informally abbreviated as МО, МО РФ or Minoboron) is the govern ...
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General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
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Chief of the General Staff (Russia)
The Chief of the General Staff (russian: Начальник Генерального штаба) is the head of the General Staff and the highest ranking officer of the Russian Armed Forces or is also the senior-most uniformed military officer. He ...
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References
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Defence of Soviet Union
Lists of government ministers of Russia