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| formation = 8 November 1917Council of People’s Commissars on War and Navy Affairs (Soviet Russia)>Council on War and Navy Affairs| last = Yevgeny Shaposhnikov| abolished = 14 February 1992Решение Совета глав государств Содружества Независимых Государств от 14 февраля 1992 года о назначении Главнокомандующего Объединенными Вооруженными Силами СодружестваUnited Armed Forces of the Commonwealth of Independent States>CIS Armed Forces (1992–1993)Minister of Defence (Russia)(Russian Federation)}}| unofficial_names = | deputy = | salary = | website = }}The Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union () 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)

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People’s Commissars for Defence (1934–1946)

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People’s Commissars for the Navy (1937–1946)

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People’s Commissar for the Armed Forces (1946)

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Ministers of the Armed Forces (1946–1950)

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Minister of War (1950–1953)

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Ministers of the Navy (1950–1953)

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Ministers of Defence (1953–1992)

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See also

• College of War
• Ministry of War of 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

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