People's Commissariat of Defense of the Soviet Union

People's Commissariat of Defence of the Soviet Union
Народный комиссариат обороны Советского Союза
Agency overview
Formed	June 20, 1934
Preceding agency	People's Commissariat for Military and Naval Affairs of the Soviet Union;
Dissolved	February 25, 1946
Superseding agency	People's Commissariat of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union;
Jurisdiction	Soviet Union
Headquarters	Moscow
Agency executives	Clement Voroshilov;; Semyon Tymoshenko;; Joseph Stalin;
Parent department	Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union

The People's Commissariat of Defence of the Soviet Union (Russian: Народный комиссариат обороны Советского Союза, romanized: Narodnyy komissariat oborony Sovetskovo Soyuza) was the highest military department of the Soviet Union from 1934 to 1946.