State Defense Committee

Powerful body in the Soviet government during World War II State Defense CommitteeГосударственный комитет обороныAll ministry seals of the Soviet Union used the USSR coat of armsAgency overviewFormed30 June 1941Preceding agencyDefense CommitteeDissolved4 September 1945Jurisdiction USSRHeadquartersMoscow, Russian SFSRAgency executivesJoseph Stalin, ChairmanVyacheslav Molotov, Deputy ChairmanParent agencyAll-Union Supreme Soviet Politics of the Soviet Union Leadership Leaders President list Vice President Collective leadership State Council Presidential Council Communist Party Congress Central Committee History General Secretary Politburo Secretariat Orgburo Supreme state organ of power Congress of Soviets Central Executive Committee Supreme Soviet Soviet of the Union Soviet of Nationalities Presidium Congress of People's Deputies Speaker 1989 Legislative election Governance Constitution Official names 1924 1936 1977 Government Ministries State Committees Cabinets Premiership First Deputy Premier Deputy Premier Administrator of Affairs Judiciary Law Supreme Court Military Collegium People's Court Procurator General Ideology Soviet democracy Marxism–Leni