Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the USSR

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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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf command position
military office
appliesToJurisdiction Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
linked to: Soviet Union
confersPower authority over use of nuclear weapons
authority to approve strategic military plans
authority to declare a state of war or emergency
authority to direct military operations
authority to order mobilization
ultimate command over all branches of the Soviet armed forces
country Soviet Union
dissolvedWith dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991
existedDuring Cold War
World War II
fieldOfWork military strategy
national defense
state security
governingDocument Constitution of the USSR
laws on defense of the USSR
hasAuthorityOver Armed Forces of the USSR
linked to: Soviet armed forces

Soviet Air Defense Forces
Soviet Air Forces
Soviet Army
linked to: Red Army

Soviet General Staff
linked to: Soviet High Command

Soviet Navy
Soviet Strategic Rocket Forces
Soviet internal military districts
languageOfWork Russian
locatedIn Moscow
officeHolder Joseph Stalin
Konstantin Chernenko
Leonid Brezhnev
Mikhail Gorbachev
Nikita Khrushchev
Yuri Andropov
partOf Soviet military command structure
linked to: Soviet High Command

Soviet state apparatus
politicalAlignment communist state
positionHeldBy Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
President of the USSR
head of state of the Soviet Union
relatedPosition Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
subordinateTo highest political leadership of the USSR
supervises Chief of the General Staff of the USSR
Minister of Defense of the USSR
usedBy Communist Party of the Soviet Union

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Soviet military officers subordinateTo Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the USSR
Soviet High Command subordinateTo Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the USSR
Commander of the Voronezh Front reportsTo Joseph Stalin as Supreme Commander-in-Chief
linked to: Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the USSR