Stavka (Russian: Ставка) was the term used to refer to command element of armed forces from the time of the Kievan Rus′, more formally during the history of Imperial Russia as administrative staff and General Headquarters during late 19th Century Imperial Russian armed forces and those of the Soviet Union. Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages A commander-in-chief is the Commander of a nation's Military forces or significant element of those forces For the military meaning see Armed forces. For the Soviet sports society see Armed Forces (sports society Armed Forces Kievan Rus′ (Ки́евская Русь romanised: Kievskaya Rus', rusʲ also written as Kyivan Rus′ (Ки́ївська Русь or Kievan The Military history of Imperial Russia encompasses the period of warfare in which Russian Empire ground, naval and air forces participated from its creation A military staff is a group of officers and enlisted personnel that provides a bi-directional flow of information between a commander and subordinate units The Military history of the Soviet Union began in the days following the 1917 October Revolution that brought the Bolsheviks to power In western literature it is sometimes incorrectly written STAVKA in uppercase, although the word is not an acronym. The term may be applied to personnel of the military Staff, as well as to military Staff location, its original meaning from the Russian root став- to halt (movement).
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Imperial Russian General Staff
Saint Petersburg stavka of His Imperial Majesty the Tsar/Imperatritsa
Field stavka of His Imperial Majesty the Tsar
Stavka of the field Commander-in-Chief of Imperial Russian Army
Stavka of the Imperial Russian Army during World War I
Petrograd stavka of His Imperial Majesty the Tsar
The commander-in-chief of the Russian army at the beginning of World War I was Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaievitch, a grandson of Tsar Nicholas I. The Military history of Imperial Russia encompasses the period of warfare in which Russian Empire ground, naval and air forces participated from its creation World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All The Title grand duke (in Latin, magnus dux; in Spanish, gran duque; in Russian, Великий Герцог Tsar csar and tzar redirect here For other uses see Tsar (disambiguation. He was appointed at the last minute in August, 1914, and had no part in formulating the military plans in use at the beginning of the war. He was competent, if not brilliant. In the summer of 1915 the Tsar himself took personal command.
Field stavka of His Imperial Majesty the Tsar
The Stavka camp was first established in Baranovichi (Baranavichy), a Belarusian (then Polish) town. Baranovichi (Баранавiчы Baranavichy, ba'ranavʲitʂɨ Барановичи Baranovichi) is a city in the Brest Province of western Belarus ( Belarusian Беларусь / Biełaruś is a Landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland In 1915 after the German advance Stavka was moved to Mogilev (Mahilyow). Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year
Stavka of the RKKA during World War II
Stavka of the Soviet Armed Forces during World War II (The Great Patriotic War), or the headquarters of the "Main Command of the Armed Forces of the Union of SSR" (Stavka Glavnogo Komandovaniya) (Russian: Ставка Главного Командования Вооруженных Сил Союза ССР), was established on June 23, 1941 by the top secret decree signed by Joseph Stalin in his capacities both as the head of government and as the leader of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. The Red Army ( Russian: Рабоче-Крестьянская Красная Армия R aboche- K rest'yanskaya K rasnaya A rmiya The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 The Red Army ( Russian: Рабоче-Крестьянская Красная Армия R aboche- K rest'yanskaya K rasnaya A rmiya World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The term Great Patriotic War (Великая Отечественная война Velikaya Otechestvennaya Vojna) is used in Russia and some other Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages Events 1180 - First Battle of Uji, starting the Genpei War in Japan 1305 - The Flemish Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Joseph Stalin ( ნამდვილი გვარი ჯუღაშვილი|Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili; March 5 1953 was General Secretary of the Communist Party According to this decree Stavka was composed of the defence minister Marshal Semyon Timoshenko (as its president), the head of General Staff Georgy Zhukov, Stalin, Vyacheslav Molotov, Marshal Kliment Voroshilov, Marshal Semyon Budyonny and the People's Commissar (Narkom) of the Navy Admiral Nikolai Gerasimovich Kuznetsov. Semyon Konstantinovich Timoshenko (Семё́н Константи́нович Тимоше́нко Semën Konstantinovič Timošenko; &ndash March 31, 1970 Joseph Stalin ( ნამდვილი გვარი ჯუღაშვილი|Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili; March 5 1953 was General Secretary of the Communist Party Molotov redirects here For other uses see Molotov (disambiguation. (Климе́нт Ефре́мович Вороши́лов Kliment Efremovič Vorošilov, Климент Єфремович Ворошилов popularly known as Klim Voroshilov Semyon Mikhailovich Budyonny (also spelled Budennii Budenny Budyenny etc Russian: Семён Михайлович Будённый ( &ndash October 26, Commissar is the English transliteration of an official title (комисса́р used in Russia after the Bolshevik revolution and in the Soviet Union Council of Ministers of the USSR (Совет Министров СССР tr The Soviet Navy ( Russian: Военно-морской флот СССР Voyenno-morskoy flot SSSR, literally "Naval military forces of the USSR" was Admiral is the rank, or part of the name of the ranks of the highest Naval officers Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Nikolai Gerasimovich Kuznetsov (Николай Герасимович Кузнецов ( July 24, 1904 &ndash
The same decree organized at Stavka "the institution of permanent counsellors of Stavka comprising of comrades Marshal Kulik, Marshal Shaposhnikov, Kirill Meretskov, head of the Air force Zhigarev, Nikolay Vatutin, head of Air Defence Voronov, Mikoyan, Kaganovich, Lavrenty Beria, Voznesenskiy, Zhdanov, Malenkov, Mekhlis". Grigory Ivanovich Kulik (Григо́рий Ива́нович Кули́к ( November 9 1890 - August 24 1950) was a Soviet Boris Mikhailovitch Shaposhnikov (Бори́с Миха́йлович Ша́пошников ( &mdash March 26 1945) Soviet military commander Kirill Afanasievich Meretskov (Кири́лл Афана́сьевич Мерецко́в ( June 7, 1897 — December 30, 1968) was a An air force, also known in some countries as an air army or historically an army air corps, is in the broadest sense the national military or armed service Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin (Николай Федорович Ватутин ( December 16, 1901 - April 14, 1944) was a Soviet Voronov, Voronoff, Woronoff (Воронов or Voronova (feminine Воронова is a popular Russian Surname which may refer Anastas Hovhannesi Mikoyan ( Armenian: Անաստաս Հովհաննէսի Միկոյան ( - October 21 1978 was an Armenian Old Bolshevik and Lavrentiy Pavlovich Beria (ლავრენტი პავლეს ძე ბერია Lavrenti Pavles dze Beria; Russian: Лаврентий Павлович Andrei Aleksandrovich Zhdanov (Андре́й Алекса́ндрович Жда́нов ( Mariupol', &ndash August 31, 1948 Georgy Maximilianovich Malenkov (Гео́ргий Максимилиа́нович Маленко́в Georgij Maksimilianovič Malenkov; January 8, Lev Zakharovich Mekhlis (Лев Захарович Мехлис ( January 13, 1889, Odessa - February 13, 1953, Moscow)
Very soon afterwards the deputy defence minister army Meretskov was arrested following the false charges by Beria and Merkulov. Vsevolod Nikolayevich Merkulov ( Всеволод Николаевич Меркулов in Russian) ( Zagatala, present-day Meretskov was subsequently released from the jail and on the same day at the end of the first week of September 1941 was called for by Stalin.
Stavka of the Main Command was reorganised into the Stavka of the Supreme Command (Stavka Verkhovnogo Komandovaniya)[1] on July 10, 1941. Events 48 BC - Battle of Dyrrhachium, Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. On August 8, 1941 it was again reorganised into Stavka of the Supreme Main Command (Stavka Verkhovnogo Glavnokomandovaniya). Events 1220 - Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
On the same day were instituted the commands of Strategic Directions. See also American theater of operations Theatres of Military Operations ( Russian: Театр военных действий (ТВД
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Creation of the Main Command of the Armed Forces of the Union of SSR
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Stavka
-proper noun
- Soviet armed forces headquarters during World War 2, directly under the control of Stalin.
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