Council of Defence

Following the October Revolution and the establishment of the Soviet Union, a consecutive number of organizations were created with the purpose of coordinating topics related to national economy, military and arms industry.

After the end of World War II, the state apparatus of the USSR began to switch to work in peacetime conditions.

In the practice of current work, we acutely feel the need to create such a bodyOn 20 December 1954, a secret resolution P106/III of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the CPSU "On the Creation of the Supreme Council of Defense of the USSR" was issued.

[7] 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.

[8][1] 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.

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.

CPSU General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev and Marshal Dmitry Ustinov at the 1979 October Revolution Day Parade on Red Square . In his position as head of state, he was also the head of the Defence Council.