Orders of the Soviet NKO
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Orders of the Soviet NKO (People's Commissariat for Defense)
The Soviet People's Commissariat for Defense was the highest military body in the USSR from 1934 to 1946[1]. It was preceded by the "People's Commissariat for Military and Naval Affairs" (Narkomvoenmor) during the 1920s and early 1930s, and was succeeded in 1946 by the USSR Ministry of Armed Forces.
At the head of the NKO was the People's Commissar for Defense, a role initially held by Kliment Voroshilov from 1925 to May, 1940. Voroshilov was followed by Semyon Timoshenko, who held the position until just after the German invasion of the Soviet Union at which point Stalin took over the position for the remainder of the war.
[edit] Orders of the NKO
| Date | Order # | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1935-09-23 | No. 2395 | On Army Personnel | Promotions list |
| 1935-11-21 | No. 2398 | On Army Personnel | Promotions list |
| 1935-11-28 | No. 2488 | On Army Personnel | Promotions list for division and brigade commanders |
| 1935-12-13 | No. 2601 | On Army Personnel | Promotions list for brigade commanders, commissars, and engineers |
| 1937-12-14 (December 14, 1937) | No. 0109 | On the Results of Military Training in the RKKA during 1937 and Goals for 1938 | See ru.wikisource.org |
| 1938-05-21 (May 21, 1938) | No. 0018 | On the Rate of Accidents in Units of the Red Army Air Forces | See ru.wikisource.org |
| 1939-06-04 (June 4, 1939) | No. 0070 | On Measures to Prevent Accidents in Red Army Air Force Units | See ru.wikisource.org |
| 1940-03-04 (March 4, 1940) | No. 0008 | On Training of Flight Cadre in the Red Army Air Forces in 1940 | |
| 1940-06-04 (June 4, 1940) | No. 0945 | Order of the SNK on Awarding Military Ranks to Senior Command Personnel of the Red Army | |
| 1940-08-28 (August 28, 1940) | No. 0200 | On the Duties of the Red Army Air Forces in Connection with High Accident Rates | See ru.wikisource.org |
| 1940-12-22 (December 22, 1940) | No. 0362 | On Change in the Standards for Rank Advancement of Junior and Midlevel Command Personnel in the Red Army Air Forces | This is the infamous order that made "Comrade Timoshenko the Aviator's Best Friend". See ru.wikisource.org |
| 1940-12-27 (December 27, 1940) | No. 0367 | On the Camouflage of Airfields and Equipment of the Air Forces | See ru.wikisource.org |
[edit] Sources
- Orders of the USSR People's Commissar of Defense contains copies of a many orders, mostly in or after 1937
- Orders of the People's Commissar of Defense
- Orders of the People's Commissar of Defense at soldat.ru
- Orders of the NKO at Combat Operations of the Red Army in WWII has copies of many orders of the NKO during the war (in Russian)
