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s "Tales of Sub-lieutenant Ilyin." or ''Revvoyensoviet'' (), was the supreme military authority of

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and later the

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. It was instituted on September 2, 1918, by decree of the

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(VTsIK), known as the "Decree Declaring the Soviet Republic Military Camp". Prior to ''Revvoyensoviet'', the two main military authorities had been the Supreme Military Council (, ') and the operations division of the People's Commissariat on War and Navy Affairs. The decree put all fronts and military organizations under the command of the chairman of ''Revvoyensoviet'', with a commander-in-chief second-in-line to the chairman to lead strategic and military operations stateside. The chairman was appointed by VTsIK on to serve as

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(or ''narkom'') of War and Navy Affairs. The first chairman of ''Revvoyensoviet'' was

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, with

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as his commander-in-chief. Vācietis was replaced in July 1919 by Sergei Kamenev who served until 1924. On November 30, 1918, the Council of Labour and Defense was created with the goal of mobilizing the country's resources towards defense. Headed by

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, the council consisted of the

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(Lenin), the chairman of ''Revvoyensoviet'' (Trotsky), a representative of VTsIK (

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), and several ''narkoms''. ''Revvoyensoviet'' was dissolved under the Soviet Union in 1934.

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