Minister of Defence (Soviet Union)

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 for Defence (1934–1946)

People's Commissars for 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)