Main Political Directorate of the Soviet Army and Soviet Navy

The Main Political Directorate of the Soviet Army and Soviet Navy (Russian: Главное политическое управление Советской армии и Военно-морского флота СССР, romanizedGlavnoe politicheskoe upravlenie Sovietskoy armii i Voenno-morskogo flota SSSR) was the central military-political organ of administration in the Soviet Armed Forces in 1919 through 1991 and controlled by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

A post stamp of the Russian Federation released in 2019 commemorating 100th Anniversary of the state institution

The directorate was created at the 7th Congress of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) on the order of the Republic's Revolutionary Military Council No.674 of 18 April 1919 to implement political control in the Red Army and Fleet.[1]

Names and leaders

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Revolutionary Military Council (RMC)
Politdepartment and politdirectorate of the Republic's RMC (1919–1922)
Political directorate of the Soviet RMC (1922–1924)
Army Fleet
Political directorate of the WP Red Army (1924–1940)

Political directorate of the WP Red Fleet (1938–1940)

Main directorate of political propaganda of the Red Army (1940–1941) Main directorate of political propaganda of the Soviet Navy (1940–1941)
Main political directorate of the WP Red Army (1941–1946) Main political directorate of the Soviet Navy (1941–1946)
Soviet Armed Forces
Main political directorate of the Soviet Armed Forces (1946–1950)
Army Fleet
Main political directorate of the Soviet Army (1950–1953) Main political directorate of the Soviet Navy (1950–1953)
Soviet Ministry of Defense
Main political directorate of the Soviet MOD (1953–1958)
Soviet Army and Soviet Navy
Main political directorate of the Soviet Army and Soviet Navy (1958–1991)
Soviet Armed Forces
Main military-political directorate of the Soviet Armed Forces (1991)

Educational institutions

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Military-political academy

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Military-political colleges (higher schools)

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Политическое управление Красной Армии. Центральный государственный архив Советской армии. В двух томах. Том 1. Путеводитель. 1991
  2. ^ a b Военная энциклопедия: В 8 томах. Vol. 2: Вавилония — Гюйс. М.: Воениздат. 1994. p. 176. ISBN 5-203-00299-1.

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