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)
People's Commissars of Defense (1934–1946) People's Commissars of the Navy (1937–1946)
People's Commissar for the Armed Forces (1946)
Ministers of the Armed Forces (1946–1950)
Minister of War (1950–1953) Ministers of the Navy (1950–1953)
Ministers of Defence (1953–1992)
Timeline
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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Ms:Menteri Pertahanan (Kesatuan Soviet)