| Title: Name: | Ministry of defense | Ministry of Defence |
| Original title: Original Name: | Министерство обороны | |
| Date of creation: Raised/Formed: | 15.03.1953 | |
| Predecessor: Predecessor: | the Ministry of military affairs Department of navy | the Ministry of Military Affairs the Ministers of the Navy |
| Date of termination: Disbanded: | 31.12.1991 | |
| Successor: Successor: | the Ministry of defence of the Russian federation | Ministry of Defence of Russian Federation |
| Superior authority: Higher Authority: | 15.03.1953-31.12.1991 Council of ministers | 15.03.1953-31.12.1991 Council of Ministers |
| Dislocation: Deployed: | 15.03.1953-31.12.1991 Moscow | |
| Head / chief: Chief: | 15.03.1953-09.02.1955 Bulganin, Nikolai Alexandrovich (marshal of the Soviet union) 09.02.1955-26.10.1957 Zhukov, Georgy Konstantinovich (marshal of the Soviet union) 26.10.1957-31.03.1967 Malinovskij, Rodion Jakovlevič (marshal of the Soviet union) 31.03.1967-12.04.1967 Zakharov, Matvej Vasilyevich (marshal of the Soviet union) 12.04.1967-26.04.1976 Grechko, Andrei Antonovič (marshal of the Soviet union) 26.04.1976-29.04.1976 Sokolov, Sergey Leonidovich (general of the army) 29.04.1976-30.07.1976 Ustinov, Dmitry Fedorovich (general of the army) 30.07.1976-20.12.1984 Ustinov, Dmitry Fedorovich (marshal of the Soviet union) 20.12.1984-30.05.1987 Sokolov, Sergey Leonidovich (marshal of the Soviet union) 30.05.1987-28.04.1990 Jazov, Dmitry Timofejevič (general of the army) 28.04.1990-23.08.1991 Jazov, Dmitry Timofejevič (marshal of the Soviet union) 23.08.1991-31.12.1991 Šapošnikov, Yevgeny Ivanovich (marshal of the air force) | |
| Subordinate offices or units: Subordinated Agencies or Units: | | |
| Note: Note: | - | - |
| Source: Sources: | Feskov, Vitaly Ivanovich – Kalashnikov, Konstantin Anatolyevich – Golikov, Valery Ivanovich: Sovětskaja Armija in goda "Cholodnoj war" (1946-1991 gg.). Tomsk, Izdatělstvo TGU 2004. | |