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Defense Council (Soviet Union)
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The '''Defence Council''' or the '''Council of Defense of the USSR''' () was a high military advisory body which aides and assists the [[Government of the Soviet Union]] and the [[Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] in the implementation of military policy by the [[Soviet Armed Forces]].<ref name=":0" /> It operated between 1955-1991. At the end of its existence, it was known as the '''Defense Council under the [[President of the USSR]]'''.
==History==
On 20 December 1954, a secret resolution of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the CPSU "On the Creation of the Supreme Council of Defense of the USSR" was issued.<ref>[https://ift.tt/2X4BRvw Бюллетень рассекреченных документов федеральных государственных архивов на отраслевом портале «Архивы России», находящимся под патронатом Росархива. Выпуск 4.]</ref> On 7 February 1955, a secret resolution of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the CPSU approved the resolution of the Central Committee and the Council of Ministers the council.<ref></ref><ref>[https://ift.tt/36MIkjb Постановление Президиума ЦК КПСС от 7 февраля 1955 года № 3 «О создании Совета Обороны Союза ССР»]</ref>
The first composition included the following:
*[[Nikita Khrushchev]]
*[[Nikolai Bulganin]]
*[[Klement Voroshilov]]
*[[Lazar Kaganovich]]
*[[Vyacheslav Molotov]]
*[[Georgy Zhukov]]
*[[Aleksandr Vasilevsky]]
The Military Council was created as a deliberative body under the Defense Council.<ref>[https://ift.tt/32A3y0i Постановление Президиума ЦК КПСС от 7 февраля 1955 года № 4 «О создании Военного Совета при Совете Обороны Союза ССР»]</ref> The position of the Defense Council in the system of public authorities was enshrined in Article 121 of the [[1977 Constitution of the USSR]], according to which the Supreme Soviet approved its composition.<ref>[https://ift.tt/33wNgXm Совет Обороны СССР на сайте Министерства обороны Российской Федерации (Минобороны России).]</ref><ref name=":0" /> Obligatory participation of the members of the Presidium of the CPSU Central Committee was a given, with the heads of government bodies and state organizations also being invited to its meetings. As a rule, it held its meetings at regular intervals as well as during emergency situations such as during the [[Cuban Missile Crisis]] in 1962.
After the establishment in 1990 of the office of [[President of the Soviet Union]], the council became an exclusive advisory body to the head of state. This was abolished by decree of President Gorbachev on 25 December 1991. Only to be succeded by the republican security councils in the former Soviet republics as well as the [[Security Council of Russia|Security Council]] of the [[RSFSR]] over the next 2 years.
==Leadership==
On 7 February 1955, by decree of the Presidium of the CPSU Central Committee "On the Creation of the Defense Council of the USSR" approved the draft resolution of the CPSU Central Committee, the Presidium of the [[Supreme Soviet of the USSR]], and the [[Council of Ministers of the USSR]] on the creation of the Defense Council.<ref>[https://ift.tt/33uyPTz Постановление Президиума ЦК КПСС «О создании Совета Обороны Союза ССР» от 7 февраля 1956 года]</ref>
===Chairmen===
The office of Chairman is concurrently held by the [[General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union]]:<ref name=":0">https://ift.tt/36OR48h>
*[[Nikita Khrushchev]] (7 February 1955 – 14 October 1964)
*[[Leonid Brezhnev]] (14 October 1964 – 10 November 1982)
*[[Yuri Andropov]] (12 November 1982 – 9 February 1984)
*[[Konstantin Chernenko]] (13 February 1984 – 10 March 1985)
*[[Mikhail Gorbachev]] (11 March 1985 – 25 December 1991)
===Secretaries===
The Secretaries of the Defense Council were concurrently Deputy Chiefs of the General Staff of the Armed Forces:
*Colonel General Nikolai Pavlovsky (1955-1959)
*Army General Semyon Ivanov (1959-1962)
*Colonel General Mikhail Povaliy (1962-1969)
*Army General [[Mikhail Kozlov]] (1969-1974)
*Marshal of the Soviet Union [[Sergey Akhromeyev]] (1974-1986)
*Colonel General Sergey Dikov (1986-1989)
*Lieutenant General A. Chuvakin (1989-1991)
==See also==
*[[Security Council of Russia]]
*[[Minister of Defence (Soviet Union)]]
*[[Council of Labor and Defense]]
*[[State Defense Committee]]
*[[National Security Commission of the Communist Party of China]]
*[[National Defense Council of East Germany]]
*[[Revolutionary Military Council]]
==References==
[[Category:Government of the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Military of the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:National security councils]]
==History==
On 20 December 1954, a secret resolution of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the CPSU "On the Creation of the Supreme Council of Defense of the USSR" was issued.<ref>[https://ift.tt/2X4BRvw Бюллетень рассекреченных документов федеральных государственных архивов на отраслевом портале «Архивы России», находящимся под патронатом Росархива. Выпуск 4.]</ref> On 7 February 1955, a secret resolution of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the CPSU approved the resolution of the Central Committee and the Council of Ministers the council.<ref></ref><ref>[https://ift.tt/36MIkjb Постановление Президиума ЦК КПСС от 7 февраля 1955 года № 3 «О создании Совета Обороны Союза ССР»]</ref>
The first composition included the following:
*[[Nikita Khrushchev]]
*[[Nikolai Bulganin]]
*[[Klement Voroshilov]]
*[[Lazar Kaganovich]]
*[[Vyacheslav Molotov]]
*[[Georgy Zhukov]]
*[[Aleksandr Vasilevsky]]
The Military Council was created as a deliberative body under the Defense Council.<ref>[https://ift.tt/32A3y0i Постановление Президиума ЦК КПСС от 7 февраля 1955 года № 4 «О создании Военного Совета при Совете Обороны Союза ССР»]</ref> The position of the Defense Council in the system of public authorities was enshrined in Article 121 of the [[1977 Constitution of the USSR]], according to which the Supreme Soviet approved its composition.<ref>[https://ift.tt/33wNgXm Совет Обороны СССР на сайте Министерства обороны Российской Федерации (Минобороны России).]</ref><ref name=":0" /> Obligatory participation of the members of the Presidium of the CPSU Central Committee was a given, with the heads of government bodies and state organizations also being invited to its meetings. As a rule, it held its meetings at regular intervals as well as during emergency situations such as during the [[Cuban Missile Crisis]] in 1962.
After the establishment in 1990 of the office of [[President of the Soviet Union]], the council became an exclusive advisory body to the head of state. This was abolished by decree of President Gorbachev on 25 December 1991. Only to be succeded by the republican security councils in the former Soviet republics as well as the [[Security Council of Russia|Security Council]] of the [[RSFSR]] over the next 2 years.
==Leadership==
On 7 February 1955, by decree of the Presidium of the CPSU Central Committee "On the Creation of the Defense Council of the USSR" approved the draft resolution of the CPSU Central Committee, the Presidium of the [[Supreme Soviet of the USSR]], and the [[Council of Ministers of the USSR]] on the creation of the Defense Council.<ref>[https://ift.tt/33uyPTz Постановление Президиума ЦК КПСС «О создании Совета Обороны Союза ССР» от 7 февраля 1956 года]</ref>
===Chairmen===
The office of Chairman is concurrently held by the [[General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union]]:<ref name=":0">https://ift.tt/36OR48h>
*[[Nikita Khrushchev]] (7 February 1955 – 14 October 1964)
*[[Leonid Brezhnev]] (14 October 1964 – 10 November 1982)
*[[Yuri Andropov]] (12 November 1982 – 9 February 1984)
*[[Konstantin Chernenko]] (13 February 1984 – 10 March 1985)
*[[Mikhail Gorbachev]] (11 March 1985 – 25 December 1991)
===Secretaries===
The Secretaries of the Defense Council were concurrently Deputy Chiefs of the General Staff of the Armed Forces:
*Colonel General Nikolai Pavlovsky (1955-1959)
*Army General Semyon Ivanov (1959-1962)
*Colonel General Mikhail Povaliy (1962-1969)
*Army General [[Mikhail Kozlov]] (1969-1974)
*Marshal of the Soviet Union [[Sergey Akhromeyev]] (1974-1986)
*Colonel General Sergey Dikov (1986-1989)
*Lieutenant General A. Chuvakin (1989-1991)
==See also==
*[[Security Council of Russia]]
*[[Minister of Defence (Soviet Union)]]
*[[Council of Labor and Defense]]
*[[State Defense Committee]]
*[[National Security Commission of the Communist Party of China]]
*[[National Defense Council of East Germany]]
*[[Revolutionary Military Council]]
==References==
[[Category:Government of the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Military of the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:National security councils]]
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