State Defense Committee
The State Defense Committee (Russian: Государственный комитет обороны - ГКО, romanized: Gosudarstvennyĭ komitet oborony - GKO) was an extraordinary organ of state power in the Soviet Union during the German-Soviet War, also called the Great Patriotic War, with complete state power in the country.
State Defense Committee Государственный комитет обороны | |
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| Soviet Union | |
| History | |
| Established | 30 June 1941 |
| Disbanded | 4 September 1945 |
| Preceded by | None |
| Succeeded by | None |
| Leadership | |
Chairman | |
| Meeting place | |
| Moscow | |
| Politics of the Soviet Union |
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| Soviet Union portal |
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