State Defense Committee
| Государственный комитет обороны | |
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| Formed | 30 June 1941 |
| Preceding agency | |
| Dissolved | 4 September 1945 |
| Jurisdiction | Soviet Union |
| Headquarters | Moscow, Russia |
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| Parent agency | All-Union Congress of Soviets |
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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.