People's Commissar for Defence of the USSR

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cabinet position defence ministry position government office

The People's Commissar for Defence of the USSR was the top Soviet government post responsible for directing the Red Army and overseeing the military defense policy of the Soviet Union.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union	4
Minister of Defense of the Soviet Union	3
Minister of Defense of the USSR	3
Commander-in-Chief of the Red Army	2
Minister of Defence of the USSR	1
People's Commissar for Defence of the USSR canonical	1
People’s Commissar of Defense of the USSR	1
Народный комиссар обороны СССР	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1455927 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: People's Commissar for Defence of the USSR
Context triple: [Kliment Voroshilov, positionHeld, People's Commissar for Defence of the USSR]

A. People's Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs of the RSFSR
The People's Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs of the RSFSR was the early Soviet government post responsible for directing the Red Army and Navy during and after the Russian Civil War.
B. Ministry of Defense of the USSR
The Ministry of Defense of the USSR was the central government body responsible for directing and administering the Soviet Union’s armed forces and overall military policy.
C. Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the USSR
The Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the USSR was the highest military authority in the Soviet Union, typically held by the General Secretary or head of state, with ultimate command over all branches of the Soviet armed forces.
D. Marshal of the Soviet Union
Marshal of the Soviet Union was the highest military rank in the Soviet Armed Forces, bestowed upon the most senior and distinguished commanders.
E. Chief of the General Staff
The Chief of the General Staff is the highest-ranking professional military officer responsible for overseeing the strategic command, planning, and operational readiness of a nation's armed forces.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: People's Commissar for Defence of the USSR
Target entity description: The People's Commissar for Defence of the USSR was the top Soviet government post responsible for directing the Red Army and overseeing the military defense policy of the Soviet Union.

A. People's Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs of the RSFSR
The People's Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs of the RSFSR was the early Soviet government post responsible for directing the Red Army and Navy during and after the Russian Civil War.
B. Ministry of Defense of the USSR
The Ministry of Defense of the USSR was the central government body responsible for directing and administering the Soviet Union’s armed forces and overall military policy.
C. Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the USSR
The Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the USSR was the highest military authority in the Soviet Union, typically held by the General Secretary or head of state, with ultimate command over all branches of the Soviet armed forces.
D. Marshal of the Soviet Union
Marshal of the Soviet Union was the highest military rank in the Soviet Armed Forces, bestowed upon the most senior and distinguished commanders.
E. Chief of the General Staff
The Chief of the General Staff is the highest-ranking professional military officer responsible for overseeing the strategic command, planning, and operational readiness of a nation's armed forces.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cabinet position ⓘ defence ministry position ⓘ government office ⓘ
abolished	1946 ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ⓘ linked to: Soviet Union
category	Defence ministers of the Soviet Union ⓘ Government of the Soviet Union ⓘ linked to: Soviet government Military history of the Soviet Union ⓘ
country	Soviet Union ⓘ
domain	military affairs ⓘ national security ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	Red Army ⓘ Soviet Air Forces ⓘ Soviet Navy ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Stalin era ⓘ
inception	1934 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Russian ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ⓘ linked to: Russian SFSR
nativeLabel	Народный комиссар обороны СССР ⓘ linked to: People's Commissar for Defence of the USSR
officeHolder	Aleksandr Vasilevsky ⓘ Dmitry Ustinov ⓘ Georgy Zhukov ⓘ Joseph Stalin ⓘ Kliment Voroshilov ⓘ Leon Trotsky ⓘ Mikhail Frunze ⓘ Nikolai Bulganin ⓘ Nikolai Kuznetsov NERFINISHED ⓘ Semyon Timoshenko ⓘ
officeType	minister of defence ⓘ
partOf	Council of People's Commissars of the USSR ⓘ linked to: Council of People's Commissars
precededBy	Revolutionary Military Council of the Republic (as supreme military authority) ⓘ
rank	senior government official ⓘ
replacedBy	Minister of Defence of the USSR ⓘ linked to: People's Commissar for Defence of the USSR
replaces	People's Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs of the USSR ⓘ
responsibleFor	military defence policy of the Soviet Union ⓘ strategic direction of the Red Army ⓘ
scopeOfAuthority	armed forces command ⓘ national defence ⓘ
seat	Moscow ⓘ
subordinateTo	Council of People's Commissars of the USSR ⓘ linked to: Council of People's Commissars State Defence Committee ⓘ
supervises	General Staff of the Red Army ⓘ linked to: Soviet High Command People's Commissariat of Defence of the USSR ⓘ linked to: People's Commissariat for Military and Naval Affairs of the USSR
usedBy	Soviet government ⓘ

How these facts were elicited