Ministry of Defence

Министерство обороны СССР

Military Unit: 00000

Minister of Defence:

• Generalissimus Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin, 25.2.46 - 3.3.47
• Marshal of the Soviet Union Nikolay Alexandrovich Bulganin, 3.3.47 - 24.3.49
• Marshal of the Soviet Union Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Vasilevskiy , 24.3.49 - 16.3.53
• Marshal of the Soviet Union Nikolay Alexandrovich Bulganin, 16.3.53 - 9.2.55
• Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgiy Konstantinovich Zhukov, 9.2.55 - 27.10.57
• Marshal of the Soviet Union Rodion Yakovlevich Malinovskiy, 27.10.57 - 31.3.67
• Marshal of the Soviet Union Andrey Antonovich Grechko, 12.4.67 - 26.4.76
• Marshal of the Soviet Union Dmitriy Feodorovich Ustinov, 27.4.76 - 20.12.84
• Marshal of the Soviet Union Sergey Leonidovich Sokolov, 22.12.84 - 30.5.87
• Marshal of the Soviet Union Dmitriy Timofeyevich Yazov, 30.5.87 - 22.8.91
• Marshal of Aviation Yevgeny Ivanovich Shaposhnikov, 23.8.91 - 21.12.91

Activated 25.2.46 in Moscow, Moscow Oblast, as the Ministry of the Armed Forces, from the People's Commissariat of Defence of the Soviet Union.

25.2.50 renamed Ministry of War.

15.3.53 renamed Ministry of Defence.

5.92 renamed Ministry of Defence Russian Federation.

Main Commands:

• General Staff (Moscow, Moscow Oblast)
• Military Academy of the General Staff Armed Forces SSSR (Moscow, Moscow Oblast)

HQ:

• Moscow, Moscow Oblast, 2.46 - 5.92 [55 45 05N, 37 36 12E]