The Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union refers to the head of the
Ministry of Defence 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 List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
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), created in the government reform of 1717. It was the only one of the six orig ...
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Ministry of War of the Russian Empire
Ministry of War of the Russian Empire, (russian: Военное министерство, ''Military Ministry'') was an administrative body in the Russian Empire from 1802 to 1917.
It was established in 1802 as the ''Ministry of ground armed for ...
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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)
The Ministry of Defense (Minoboron; russian: Министерство обороны СССР) was a government ministry in the Soviet Union. The first Minister of Defense was Nikolai Bulganin, starting 1953. The Krasnaya Zvezda (Red Star) was th ...
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Ministry of Defense Industry (Soviet Union) The Ministry of Defense Industry (Minoboronprom; russian: Министерство оборонной промышленности СССР) was a government ministry in the Soviet Union, established 8 December 1936.
History
It was originally estab ...
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Ministry of Defence (Russia)
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Chief of the General Staff (Russia)
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Defence of Soviet Union
Lists of government ministers of Russia