Marshal of the Soviet Union ( Russian : Маршал Советского Союза , romanized : Marshal sovetskogo soyuza , pronounced [ˈmarʂəl sɐˈvʲetskəgə sɐˈjuzə] ) was the second-highest military rank of the Soviet Union . Joseph Stalin wore the uniform and insignia of Marshal after World War II.
28-888: (Redirected from Soviet Defence Minister ) Soviet government minister Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union Министр обороны СССР [REDACTED] Standard of the Minister of Defence (1964–1991) [REDACTED] Longest serving Kliment Voroshilov 6 November 1925 – 7 May 1940 Ministry of Defense Status Abolished Reports to Premier Nominator Council of Defence Appointer Politburo Precursor Minister of War (Russian Empire) Formation 8 November 1917 First holder Council on War and Navy Affairs Final holder Yevgeny Shaposhnikov Abolished 14 February 1992 Succession Commander-in-Chief of
56-876: A member of the GKChP during the 1991 coup attempt . ^ On 14 February 1992, by the decision of the Council of CIS Heads of State, Marshal Yevgeny Shaposhnikov was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the United Armed Forces of the CIS . References [ edit ] ^ Решение Совета глав государств Содружества Независимых Государств от 14 февраля 1992 года о назначении Главнокомандующего Объединенными Вооруженными Силами Содружества ^ Постановление Верховного Совета СССР от 29 августа 1991 г. N 2370-I «О членах Кабинета Министров СССР» v t e Ministers of Defence of
84-1720: The CIS Armed Forces (1992–1993) Minister of Defence (Russian Federation) The Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union ( Russian : Министр обороны СССР ) refers to the head of the Ministry of Defence who was responsible for defence of the socialist / communist Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from 1917 to 1922 and the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1992. People's Commissars for Military and Naval Affairs (1917–1934) [ edit ] No. Portrait People's Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs Took office Left office Time in office 1 [REDACTED] Council 8 November 1917 15 November 1917 7 days 2 [REDACTED] Podvoisky, Nikolai Nikolai Podvoisky (1880–1948) 15 November 1917 13 March 1918 118 days 3 [REDACTED] Trotsky, Leon Leon Trotsky (1879–1940) 14 March 1918 25 January 1925 6 years, 317 days 4 [REDACTED] Frunze, Mikhail Mikhail Frunze (1885–1925) 25 January 1925 31 October 1925 † 279 days 5 [REDACTED] Voroshilov, Kliment Kliment Voroshilov (1881–1969) 6 November 1925 20 June 1934 8 years, 232 days People's Commissars for Defence (1934–1946) [ edit ] No. Portrait People's Commissar for Defence Took office Left office Time in office 1 [REDACTED] Voroshilov, Kliment Marshal of
112-530: The Soviet Union People's Commissars for Military and Naval Affairs (1917–1934) Council (1917) Nikolai Podvoisky (1917–18) Leon Trotsky (1918–25) Mikhail Frunze (1925) Kliment Voroshilov (1925–34) [REDACTED] People's Commissars for Defence (1934–1946) Kliment Voroshilov (1934–40) Semyon Timoshenko (1940–41) Joseph Stalin (1941–46) People's Commissars for
140-458: The fall of the Soviet Union . The Marshals fell into three generational groups. All Marshals in the third category had been officers in World War II, except Ustinov, who had been People's Commissar for Armaments . Even Yazov, who was 20 when the war ended, had been a platoon commander. Brezhnev was not a professional soldier, but was still commissioned as a political commissar in the war. Of
168-489: The 35 Marshals who were career soldiers, the majority were of Russian origin. Timoshenko (Tymoshenko), Kulik (Kulyk), Grechko (Hrechko), Yeremenko (Yeryomenko), Moskalenko, Batitsky (Batytsʹkyy) and Koshevoy (Koshovyy) were of Ukrainian origin, while Sokolovsky (Sakaloŭski) and Yakubovsky (Jakuboŭski) had Belarusian origins. Rokossovsky (Rokossowski) was born in Congress Poland to a Polish family, while Malinovsky (Malinowsky)
196-674: The Armed Forces Took office Left office Time in office 1 [REDACTED] Stalin, Joseph Marshal of the Soviet Union Joseph Stalin (1878–1953) 15 March 1946 3 March 1947 353 days 2 [REDACTED] Bulganin, Nikolai Marshal of the Soviet Union Nikolai Bulganin (1895–1975) 3 March 1947 24 March 1949 2 years, 21 days 3 [REDACTED] Vasilevsky, Aleksandr Marshal of
224-495: The Armed Forces (1946) [ edit ] No. Portrait People's Commissar for the Armed Forces Took office Left office Time in office 1 [REDACTED] Stalin, Joseph Marshal of the Soviet Union Joseph Stalin (1878–1953) 25 February 1946 15 March 1946 18 days Ministers of the Armed Forces (1946–1950) [ edit ] No. Portrait Minister of
252-563: The General Staff of the Red Army Alexander Yegorov , and three senior commanders, Vasily Blyukher , Semyon Budyonny , and Mikhail Tukhachevsky . Of these, Blyukher, Tukhachevsky, and Yegorov were executed during Stalin's Great Purge of 1937–38. On 7 May 1940, three new Marshals were appointed: the new People's Commissar of Defence, Semyon Timoshenko , Boris Shaposhnikov , and Grigory Kulik . During World War II , Kulik
280-604: The Navy (1937–1946) Pyotr Smirnov (1937–38) Mikhail Frinovsky (1938–39) Nikolai Kuznetsov (1939–46) People's Commissar for the Armed Forces (1946) Joseph Stalin Ministers of the Armed Forces (1946–1950) Joseph Stalin (1946–47) Nikolai Bulganin (1947–49) Aleksandr Vasilevsky (1949–50) Minister of War (1950–1953) Aleksandr Vasilevsky Ministers of
308-583: The Navy (1950–1953) Ivan Yumashev (1950–51) Nikolai Kuznetsov (1951–53) Ministers of Defence (1953–1992) Nikolai Bulganin (1953–55) Georgy Zhukov (1955–57) Rodion Malinovsky (1957–67) Andrei Grechko (1967–76) Dmitry Ustinov (1976–84) Sergei Sokolov (1984–87) Dmitry Yazov (1987–91) Yevgeny Shaposhnikov (1991–92) Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Minister_of_Defence_(Soviet_Union)&oldid=1252934739 " Categories : Ministers of defence of
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#1732859470124336-747: The Navy (1937–1946) [ edit ] No. Portrait People's Commissar for the Navy Took office Left office Time in office 1 [REDACTED] Smirnov, Pyotr Army Commissar of 1st rank Pyotr Smirnov (1897–1939) 30 December 1937 30 June 1938 182 days 2 [REDACTED] Frinovsky, Mikhail Komandarm 1st rank Mikhail Frinovsky (1898–1940) 8 September 1938 20 March 1939 193 days 3 [REDACTED] Kuznetsov, Nikolai Vice Admiral Nikolai Kuznetsov (1904–1974) 28 April 1939 25 February 1946 6 years, 303 days People's Commissar for
364-867: The Navy (1950–1953) [ edit ] No. Portrait Minister of the Navy Took office Left office Time in office 1 [REDACTED] Yumashev, Ivan Admiral Ivan Yumashev (1895–1972) 25 February 1950 20 July 1951 1 year, 145 days 2 [REDACTED] Kuznetsov, Nikolai Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Nikolai Kuznetsov (1904–1974) 20 July 1951 15 March 1953 1 year, 238 days Ministers of Defence (1953–1992) [ edit ] No. Portrait Minister of Defence Took office Left office Time in office Leader Premier 1 [REDACTED] Bulganin, Nikolai Marshal of
392-720: The Russian Empire List of heads of the military of Imperial Russia Ministry of Defense (Soviet Union) Ministry of Defense Industry (Soviet Union) Ministry of Defence (Russia) General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Chief of the General Staff (Russia) Cheget Notes [ edit ] ^ The committee of the People's Commissars for Military and Naval Affairs consisted of Vladimir Antonov-Ovseenko , Pavel Dybenko , and Nikolai Krylenko . On 10 November 1917 Ovseenko
420-660: The Soviet Union Kliment Voroshilov (1881–1969) 20 June 1934 7 May 1940 5 years, 322 days 2 [REDACTED] Timoshenko, Semyon Marshal of the Soviet Union Semyon Timoshenko (1895–1970) 7 May 1940 19 July 1941 1 year, 73 days 3 [REDACTED] Stalin, Joseph Marshal of the Soviet Union Joseph Stalin (1878–1953) 19 July 1941 25 February 1946 4 years, 221 days People's Commissars for
448-563: The Soviet Union Lists of government ministers Lists of government ministers of Russia Ministry of Defense (Soviet Union) Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata Articles containing Russian-language text Kliment Voroshilov Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include
476-566: The Soviet Union Aleksandr Vasilevsky (1895–1977) 24 March 1949 25 February 1950 338 days Minister of War (1950–1953) [ edit ] No. Portrait Minister of War Took office Left office Time in office 1 [REDACTED] Vasilevsky, Aleksandr Marshal of the Soviet Union Aleksandr Vasilevsky (1895–1977) 25 February 1950 15 March 1953 3 years, 18 days Ministers of
504-892: The Soviet Union Dmitry Ustinov (1908–1984) 30 July 1976 20 December 1984 † 8 years, 143 days Leonid Brezhnev Yuri Andropov Konstantin Chernenko Alexsei Kosygin Nikolai Tikhonov 6 [REDACTED] Sokolov, Sergei Marshal of the Soviet Union Sergei Sokolov (1911–2012) 22 December 1984 29 May 1987 2 years, 158 days Konstantin Chernenko Mikhail Gorbachev Nikolai Tikhonov Nikolai Ryzhkov 7 [REDACTED] Yazov, Dmitry Marshal of
532-618: The Soviet Union Dmitry Yazov (1924–2020) 30 May 1987 28 August 1991 4 years, 90 days Mikhail Gorbachev Nikolai Ryzhkov Valentin Pavlov 8 [REDACTED] Shaposhnikov, Yevgeny Marshal of Aviation Yevgeny Shaposhnikov (1942–2020) 29 August 1991 14 February 1992 169 days Mikhail Gorbachev (until Dec. 1991) Ivan Silayev See also [ edit ] College of War Ministry of War of
560-542: The Soviet Union Nikolai Bulganin (1895–1975) 15 March 1953 9 February 1955 1 year, 331 days Georgy Malenkov Nikita Khrushchev Georgy Malenkov 2 [REDACTED] Zhukov, Georgy Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Zhukov (1896–1974) 9 February 1955 26 October 1957 2 years, 259 days Nikita Khrushchev Nikolai Bulganin 3 [REDACTED] Malinovsky, Rodion Marshal of
588-737: The Soviet Union Rodion Malinovsky (1898–1967) 26 October 1957 31 March 1967 † 9 years, 156 days Nikita Khrushchev Leonid Brezhnev Nikolai Bulganin Nikita Khrushchev Alexsei Kosygin 4 [REDACTED] Grechko, Andrei Marshal of the Soviet Union Andrei Grechko (1903–1976) 12 April 1967 26 April 1976 † 9 years, 14 days Leonid Brezhnev Alexsei Kosygin 5 [REDACTED] Ustinov, Dmitry Marshal of
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#1732859470124616-461: The details below. Request from 172.68.168.132 via cp1112 cp1112, Varnish XID 393396828 Upstream caches: cp1112 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Fri, 29 Nov 2024 05:51:10 GMT Marshal of the Soviet Union The rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union was created in 1935 and abolished in 1991 when the Soviet Union dissolved . Forty-one people held this rank. The equivalent naval rank
644-491: The rank was awarded only to professional soldiers, with the exception of Leonid Brezhnev , who made himself a Marshal in 1976, and Dmitry Ustinov , who was prominent in the arms industry and was appointed Defence Minister in July 1976. The last Marshal of the Soviet Union was Dmitry Yazov , appointed in 1990, who was imprisoned after the failed coup against Mikhail Gorbachev in 1991. Marshal Sergei Akhromeev suicided in 1991 during
672-665: Was born in Odessa (now in Ukraine) to a Polish father. Tukhachevsky also had Polish ancestry. Bagramyan (Baghramyan) was the sole marshal of Armenian origin. The rank was abolished with the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991. It was succeeded in the new Russia by the rank of Marshal of the Russian Federation , which has been held by only one person, Marshal Igor Sergeyev , who was Russian Defence Minister from 1997 to 2001. After
700-631: Was demoted for incompetence, and the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union was given to a number of military commanders who earned it on merit. These included Georgy Zhukov , Ivan Konev and Konstantin Rokossovsky to name a few. In 1943, Stalin himself was made a Marshal of the Soviet Union, and in 1945, he was joined by his intelligence and police chief Lavrenti Beria . These non-military Marshals were joined in 1947 by politician Nikolai Bulganin . Two Marshals were executed in postwar purges: Kulik in 1950 and Beria in 1953, following Stalin's death. Thereafter
728-713: Was stripped of all posts and revoked membership in the Bolshevik Party due to desertion. On 25 November 1917 Krylenko was appointed the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Red Army . ^ Dismissed by Nikita Khrushchev in the aftermath of the Anti-Party Group affair. ^ Dismissed by Mikhail Gorbachev as a result of the Mathias Rust affair. ^ Dismissed by Mikhail Gorbachev for being
756-592: Was taken hostage during the Petrograd Junker mutiny and was released next day with the help of American journalist Williams. Later Ovseenko headed the Petrograd Military District until December when he was dispatched to Ukraine. Dybenko continued to supervise the naval affairs as the Supreme Navy College that was formed sometime in late November. He stayed in charge until 16 March 1918 when he
784-517: Was until 1955 admiral of the fleet and from 1955 Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union . The military rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union was established by a decree of the Soviet Cabinet, the Council of People's Commissars (Sovnarkom), on 22 September 1935. On 20 November, the rank was conferred on five people: People's Commissar of Defence and veteran Bolshevik Kliment Voroshilov , Chief of
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