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Council of People's Commissars

Soviet government institution formed shortly after the October Revolution in 1917; replaced in 1946 by the Council of Ministers
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Council of People's Commissars

Summary

Council of People's Commissars is an organization[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (250 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Council of People's Commissars is in the country of Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic[3].
  • Council of People's Commissars is in the country of Soviet Union[4].
  • Council of People's Commissars's head of government is recorded as Vladimir Lenin[5].
  • Council of People's Commissars's image is recorded as The Soviet Union 1939 CPA 654 stamp (Council House).jpg[6].
  • Council of People's Commissars's image is recorded as Первые наркомы 1917.png[7].
  • Council of People's Commissars's instance of is recorded as organization[8].
  • Council of People's Commissars's instance of is recorded as Soviet[9].
  • Council of People's Commissars's headquarters location is recorded as Smolny Institute[10].
  • Council of People's Commissars's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 1261154329449326970009[11].
  • Council of People's Commissars's child organization or unit is recorded as State Political Directorate[12].
  • Council of People's Commissars's Commons category is recorded as Sovnarkom[13].
  • Council of People's Commissars's chairperson is recorded as Vladimir Lenin[14].
  • +1917-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Council of People's Commissars[15].
  • Council of People's Commissars was dissolved in +1946-00-00T00:00:00Z[16].
  • Council of People's Commissars's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0gj8qpb[17].
  • Council of People's Commissars's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sovnarkom[18].
  • Council of People's Commissars's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic[19].
  • Council of People's Commissars's replaces is recorded as Russian Provisional Government[20].
  • Council of People's Commissars's replaced by is recorded as Council of Ministers of the USSR[21].
  • Council of People's Commissars's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Council-of-Peoples-Commissars[22].
  • Council of People's Commissars's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/120m0nv1[23].
  • Council of People's Commissars's Online PWN Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 3965268[24].
  • Council of People's Commissars's Lex ID is recorded as Folkekommissærernes_Råd[25].

Body

Founding

+1917-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Council of People's Commissars[15].

Leadership

Council of People's Commissars's chairperson is recorded as Vladimir Lenin[14].

Operations

Council of People's Commissars's headquarters location is recorded as Smolny Institute[10]. Its child organization or unit is recorded as State Political Directorate[12].

Dissolution

Council of People's Commissars was dissolved in +1946-00-00T00:00:00Z[16].

Why It Matters

Council of People's Commissars ranks in the top 2% of organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (250 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

Related Entities

Joseph Stalin organization Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Vladimir Antonov-Ovseenko Vladimir Lenin

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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