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17-536: In Imperial Russia Stavka referred to the administrative staff , and to the General Headquarters in the late 19th-century Imperial Russian armed forces and subsequently in the Soviet Union . In Western literature it is sometimes written in uppercase ( STAVKA ), although it is not an acronym. Stavka may refer to its members, as well as to the headquarters location (its original meaning from

34-826: The Dresden raid. After the war, Antonov became Deputy Commander-in-Chief and then Commander-in-Chief of the Transcaucasus Military District . In 1955, he became Chief of Staff of the Combined Forces of the Warsaw Pact . He held this post until his death in 1962. Antonov died on 16 June 1962 in Moscow, and his ashes interred in the Kremlin Wall Necropolis . In 1956, Antonov married ballerina Olga Lepeshinskaya . It

51-802: The Russian Civil War . He became an instructor at Frunze Military Academy in 1938. In 1941, Antonov became chief of staff for the Soviet Southwestern Front and Southern Front . In December 1942, he became Deputy Chief General Staff of the combined Soviet forces and Head of the Operations Directorate, a pivotal role within the Stavka . In fact, A. I. Antonov was effective leader of the Soviet General Staff since chief of staff A. M. Vasilevsky

68-476: The Air force Zhigarev , Nikolay Vatutin , head of Air Defence Voronov , Mikoyan , Kaganovich , Lavrenty Beria , Voznesensky , Zhdanov , Malenkov , Mekhlis . Very soon afterwards, the deputy defence minister of the army, Meretskov, was arrested following false charges made by Beria and Merkulov . Meretskov was subsequently released from jail on the same day, at the end of the first week of September 1941, which

85-895: The Armed Forces, formed by decree of the President of Ukraine No. 72/2022 dated February 24, 2022 in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine on that day. Military history of Imperial Russia Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.150 via cp1114 cp1114, Varnish XID 920812856 Upstream caches: cp1114 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 08:01:00 GMT Aleksei Antonov Aleksei Innokentievich Antonov ( Russian : Алексей Иннокентьевич Антонов ; 9 September 1896 – 16 June 1962)

102-542: The Red Army's ultimate victory, he was never named a Marshal of the Soviet Union . Richard Overy writes of him at this time: Vasilevsky came to rely on one subordinate above all others: the chief of operations, General Aleksei Antonov. [...] On December 11 [1942] the forty-six-year-old Antonov stepped into the role which was more directly exposed to Stalin's inquisitive leadership than any other. Antonov rose to

119-641: The Soviet Armed Forces during World War II , or the headquarters of the "Main Command of the Armed Forces of the USSR" ( Stavka Glavnogo Komandovaniya ) (Russian: Ставка Главного Командования Вооруженных Сил Союза ССР ), was established on 23 June 1941 by a top-secret decree signed by Joseph Stalin in his capacities both as the head of government and as the leader of the Communist Party of

136-681: The Soviet Union . According to this decree, Stavka was composed of the defence minister Marshal Semyon Timoshenko (as its president), the head of General Staff Georgy Zhukov , Stalin , Vyacheslav Molotov , Marshal Kliment Voroshilov , Marshal Semyon Budyonny and the People's Commissar ( Narkom ) of the Navy Admiral Nikolai Gerasimovich Kuznetsov . The same decree organized at Stavka "the institution of permanent counsellors of Stavka": Marshal Kulik , Marshal Shaposhnikov , Kirill Meretskov , head of

153-683: The Tsar himself took personal command, with Mikhail Alekseyev as his chief of staff. In the years 1915–1917 Stavka was based in Mogilev and the Tsar, Nicholas II, spent long periods there as Commander-in-Chief. The Stavka was divided into several departments: The Stavka was first established in Baranovichi . In August 1915, after the German advance, the Stavka re-located to Mogilev . The Stavka of

170-609: The better of him. He was firm, caustic, slow to praise and a tough taskmaster, but the rigorous regimen that he imposed on his staff won their respect. Above all he was adept at manipulating Stalin. He did not sugar-coat his reports. He was prepared to stand up to Stalin with what his deputy regarded as a 'brave outspokenness'. So skilled was he at providing the evening situation reports concisely and accurately that even Zhukov bowed to his capability and allowed Antonov to present them in his place. The trust that Stalin came to place in Antonov

187-598: The challenge. Instead of rushing off to report to Stalin when he arrived in Moscow, he spent the first week familiarizing himself thoroughly with the General Staff and the state of the front. Only when he was fully primed did he go to see his commander. The two men developed the most effective working relationship of the war. Antonov displayed a calm intelligence married to a massive energy and exceptional industry. According to his deputy, General Sergei Shtemenko , Antonov never lost his temper or allowed circumstances to get

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204-567: The membership of Stavka as Stalin (President), Zhukov, Aleksandr Vasilevsky , Aleksei Antonov , Nikolai Bulganin and Kuznetsov. The Stavka of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief ( Ukrainian : Ставка Верховного Головнокомандувача ) is the highest command and control body for the troops and individual branches of the Armed Forces of Ukraine , as well as law enforcement services and agencies of Ukraine, which are part of

221-457: The old Russian word ставка , 'tent'). The commander-in-chief of the Russian army at the beginning of World War I was Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaievitch , a grandson of Tsar Nicholas I . Appointed at the last minute in August 1914, he played no part in formulating the military plans in use at the beginning of the war. Nikolai Yanushkevich was his chief of staff . In the summer of 1915

238-762: Was a General of the Soviet Army , awarded the Order of Victory for his efforts in World War II . From 1945 to 1946 he was Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union . Born in Grodno in a family of Kryashen ethnicity as the son of an artillery officer of the Imperial Russian Army , Antonov graduated from Frunze Military Academy in 1921 and joined the Red Army during

255-630: Was called for by Stalin. Stavka's Main Command was reorganized into the Stavka of the Supreme Command ( Stavka Verkhovnogo Komandovaniya ) on 10 July 1941. This action occurred after Stalin was named Supreme Commander, and replaced Timoshenko as head of Stavka. On 8 August 1941 it was again reorganized into Stavka of the Supreme Main Command ( Stavka Verkhovnogo Glavnokomandovaniya ). On the same day Strategic Directions commands were instituted. A 17 February 1945 decree set out

272-733: Was reflected in his survivability. He retained his office until February 1945, when he was made chief of staff in Vasilevsky's place. By 1944, Antonov was Chief Spokesman and was present at the Moscow , Yalta and Potsdam Conferences. At the Yalta Conference, he briefed the Western Allies on co-ordinating military actions, and by stressing how the Allies could aid Soviets through bombing lines of communications contributed to

289-504: Was usually absent due to his frequent frontline missions as Stavka representative. As a result, Stavka relieved Antonov of his position in Operational Directorate, so that Antonov could fully concentrate in the leadership in the General Staff. In February 1945, Vasilevsky was appointed as the commander of 3rd Belarusian Front, and Antonov finally became the formal leader of Soviet General Staff. In spite of his key role in

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