Contents 1 People's Commissariat of Military and Sea Affairs of the USSR 2 People's Commissariat of Defense of the USSR 3 People's Commissariat of Navy of the USSR 4 People's Commissariat (from 15 March 1946 Ministry) of Armed Forces of the USSR 5 Military Ministry of the USSR 6 Ministry of Navy of the USSR 7 Ministry of Defense of the USSR 8 See also

[edit] People's Commissariat of Military and Sea Affairs of the USSR

People's Commissars:

• Nikolai Podvoisky 8 November 1917 – 13 March 1918
• Lev Kamenev 13 March 1918 – 28 August 1919
• Leon Trotsky 29 August 1919 – 15 January 1925
• Mikhail Frunze 15 January – 31 October 1925
• Kliment Voroshilov 6 November 1925 – 20 June 1934

Note: position under Council of People's Commissars of the RSFSR until All-union government became operational on 6 July 1923.

[edit] People's Commissariat of Defense of the USSR

People's Commissars:

• Kliment Voroshilov 20 June 1934 – 7 May 1940
• Semyon Timoshenko 7 May 1940 – 19 July 1941
• Joseph Stalin 19 July 1941 – 25 February 1946

[edit] People's Commissariat of Navy of the USSR

Separated from People's Commissariat of Defense in 1937, in 1946 joined with People's Commissariat of Defense into People's Commissariat of Armed Forces.

People's Commissars:

• Pyotr Smirnov 30 December 1937 – 30 June 1938
• Mikhail Frinovskiy 8 September 1938 – 20 March 1939
• Nikolai Kuznetsov 28 April 1939 – 25 February 1946

[edit] People's Commissariat (from 15 March 1946 Ministry) of Armed Forces of the USSR

Formed by joining of People's Commissariats of Defence and Navy.

People's Commissars: (from 15 March 1946 Ministers):

• Joseph Stalin 25 February 1946 – 3 March 1947
• Nikolai Bulganin 3 March 1947 – 24 March 1949
• Aleksandr Vasilevsky 24 March 1949 – 25 February 1950

[edit] Military Ministry of the USSR

Formed by division of Ministry of Armed Forces into Military Ministry and Ministry of Navy.

Military minister:

• Aleksandr Vasilevsky 25 February 1950 – 15 March 1953

[edit] Ministry of Navy of the USSR

Formed by division of Ministry of Armed Forces into Ministry of War and Ministry of Navy.

Ministers of Navy:

• Ivan Yumashev 25 February 1950 – 20 July 1951
• Nikolai Kuznetsov 20 July 1951 – 15 March 1953

[edit] Ministry of Defense of the USSR

Organized by joining of Military Ministry and Ministry of Navy.

Ministers:

• Nikolai Bulganin 15 March 1953 – 9 February 1955
• Georgy Zhukov 9 February 1955 – 26 October 1957
• Rodion Malinovsky 26 October 1957 – 31 March 1967
• Andrei Grechko 12 April 1967 – 26 April 1976
• Dmitry Ustinov 29 April 1976 – 20 December 1984
• Sergei Sokolov 22 December 1984 – 30 May 1987
• Petr Lushev (1986)
• Dmitry Yazov 30 May 1987 – 22 August 1991
• Yevgeny Shaposhnikov 23 August – 21 December 1991

[edit] See also

• Heads of military of Imperial Russia
• Defence Ministry of the Russian Federation