1918–1991

Military and defence

From the War Commissariat that built the Red Army to the late Soviet defence ministry.

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Leadership Timeline

  1. 1918–1925 Leon Davidovich Trotsky People’s Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs
  2. 1925 Mikhail Vasilyevich Frunze People’s Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs
  3. 1925–1940 Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov People’s Commissar for Military Affairs, then Defence
  4. 1940–1941 Semyon Konstantinovich Timoshenko People’s Commissar for Defence
  5. 1941–1947 Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin People’s Commissar for Defence, then Minister of Armed Forces
  6. 1953–1955 Nikolai Alexandrovich Bulganin Minister of Defence
  7. 1955–1957 Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov Minister of Defence
  8. 1957–1967 Rodion Yakovlevich Malinovsky Minister of Defence
  9. 1967–1976 Andrei Antonovich Grechko Minister of Defence
  10. 1976–1984 Dmitry Fyodorovich Ustinov Minister of Defence
  11. 1984–1987 Sergei Leonidovich Sokolov Minister of Defence
  12. 1987–1991 Dmitry Timofeyevich Yazov Minister of Defence