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On June 23, 1941, under the instruction of the Soviet of People’s Commissars of USSR and the All-Russian Communist Party of Bolsheviks Central Committee was formed the extraordinary body of the higher military governing – General Headquarters (Stavka) of the USSR Armed Forces.
Stavka activities were large-scale and multi-aspect. Stavka made changes and introduced clarity to the structure and arrangement of the Armed Forces; planned campaigns and offensives; set up goals for the fronts and Fleets governing over their fighting activities; organized coordination between different strategic groups and formations of different types of the Armed Forces and partisans; distributed among fronts reserve formations and funds; controlled the course of fulfillment of the set up goals; supervised the study and general conclusions of the war experience.
On Aug 8, 1941 Stalin was assigned the Supreme Commander in Chief. From that time on Stavka was called the Supreme General Headquarters.
Stalin (center) with the officers of Stavka, 1945
Stavka activities were large-scale and multi-aspect. Stavka made changes and introduced clarity to the structure and arrangement of the Armed Forces; planned campaigns and offensives; set up goals for the fronts and Fleets governing over their fighting activities; organized coordination between different strategic groups and formations of different types of the Armed Forces and partisans; distributed among fronts reserve formations and funds; controlled the course of fulfillment of the set up goals; supervised the study and general conclusions of the war experience.
On Aug 8, 1941 Stalin was assigned the Supreme Commander in Chief. From that time on Stavka was called the Supreme General Headquarters.
Stalin (center) with the officers of Stavka, 1945