Stavka

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Stavka was the high command of the Soviet armed forces during World War II, responsible for overall strategic direction and coordination of military operations.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Stavka canonical 36
Stavka (through assigned Fronts) 1
Stavka VGK 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet military high command
wartime supreme command
alsoKnownAs Stavka VGK
linked to: Stavka

Stavka of the Supreme High Command
linked to: Soviet High Command
appliesToJurisdiction Soviet Union
chairperson Joseph Stalin
country Soviet Union
dissolved after World War II
fieldOfWork military strategy
operational command
strategic planning
follows Soviet General Staff pre-war command system
hasMember Aleksandr Vasilevsky
Alexander Novikov
Boris Shaposhnikov
Georgy Zhukov
Joseph Stalin
Kliment Voroshilov
Nikolai Kuznetsov
Semyon Timoshenko
hasPart People's Commissariat of Defense
Soviet General Staff
linked to: Soviet High Command

representatives at fronts
hasRole allocation of reserves
approval of operational plans
coordination of fronts
coordination of military operations
coordination with Allies
overall strategic direction of armed forces
headquartersLocation Moscow
inception 1941
languageOfWorkOrName Russian
leader Joseph Stalin
location Moscow
mainOpponent Axis powers
German Wehrmacht
linked to: Wehrmacht
originalLanguageName Ставка Верховного Главнокомандования
linked to: Soviet High Command
partOf Soviet Armed Forces
linked to: Soviet armed forces
positionHeldBy Joseph Stalin as Supreme Commander-in-Chief
replaces pre-war Soviet high command structure
responsibleFor Soviet strategic offensives on Eastern Front
coordination of fronts and fleets
defense planning in 1941–1942
shortName Stavka
significantEvent World War II
subordinateTo State Defense Committee
timePeriod Great Patriotic War
linked to: World War II
usedBy Red Army
Soviet Air Forces
Soviet Navy

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Referenced by (39)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Don Front subordinateTo Stavka
Voronezh Front subordinateTo Stavka
subject linked to: Soviet Voronezh Front
Stavka shortName Stavka
Stavka alsoKnownAs Stavka VGK
linked to: Stavka
Operation Iskra plannedBy Stavka
Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Army subordinateUnit Stavka staff
linked to: Stavka
30th Army subordination Stavka (through assigned Fronts)
linked to: Stavka