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Commissar

Russia · Government / Government of Russia. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

15Records
1921–1953Date range
11Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1921

Leon Trotsky10 December 1921

Government / Government of Russia

Appointed Commissar for Foreign Affairs

Joseph Stalin1921

Government / Government of Russia

Appointed Commissar for Nationalities

1922

Nikolay Vasiliyevich Krylenko1922

Government / Government of Russia

Appointed Commissar for Justice

1925

Klimenty Efremovich VoroshilovAugust 1925

Moscow · Government / Government of Russia

Appointed Peoples Commissar for War & Navy

Klement Efremovich1925

Moscow · Government / Government of Russia

Appointed Commissar

1930

Maxim Maximovich Litvinov21 July 1930

Government / Government of Russia

Appointed Commissar for Foreign Affairs, 1st term. A firm believer in collective security, Litvinov works very hard to form a closer relationship with France and Britain

1931

Maxim Maximovich Litvinov1931

Government / Government of Russia

Appointed Commissar for Foreign Affairs, 2nd term

Aleksey Ivanovich Rykov1931

Government / Government of Russia

Appointed Commissar for Posts & Telegraph

1934

Klimenty Efremovich VoroshilovAugust 1934

Government / Government of Russia

Appointed Peoples Commissar for Defence

1936

Nikolay Ivanovich Yezhkov1936

Government / Government of Russia

Appointed Commissar of Internal Defence

1937

Nikolay Ivanovich Yezhkov1937

Moscow · Government / Government of Russia

Appointed Commissar of State Security

1938

Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria1938

Government / Government of Russia

Appointed Commissar for Internal Affairs

Nikolay Ivanovich Yezhkov1938

Government / Government of Russia

Appointed Commissar of Internal Affairs

1939

Aleksei Nikolaevich Kosygin1939

Moscow · Government / Government of Russia

Appointed Peoples Commissar for the Textile Industry

1953

Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov1953

Government / Government of Russia

Appointed Commissar for Foreign Affairs, 2nd term, after the death of Stalin

Names involved

Aleksei Nikolaevich KosyginAleksey Ivanovich RykovJoseph StalinKlement EfremovichKlimenty Efremovich VoroshilovLavrenti Pavlovich BeriaLeon TrotskyMaxim Maximovich LitvinovNikolay Ivanovich YezhkovNikolay Vasiliyevich KrylenkoVyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov

Provenance

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