politotdel

… The highest political organization of the Soviet military in the early 1980s was the Political Headquarters of the Army and Navy, which was a subordinate organization of the Party Central Committee and also part of the Ministry of Defense. As local organizations of the Political Headquarters of the Army and Navy, political headquarters (politupravlenie) were established in military districts, army groups, armies, and fleets, political departments (politotdel) were also established in divisions, schools, and installations, and deputy political commanders were also established in regiments, battalions, and sometimes companies. In addition, military councils (voennyi sovet) were established in military districts, army groups, armies, and fleets, which deliberated military policies and were entirely responsible for military training and political education, but the members of the military councils were the commanders and the chief of the political headquarters, and military orders could not be carried out without the signature of the chief of the political headquarters. …

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…　1980年代初めの旧ソ連軍の最高政治組織は陸海軍政治総本部で，党中央委員会の下部組織であると同時に国防省の一部でもあった。陸海軍政治総本部の地方組織として軍管区，軍集団，軍，艦隊には政治本部politupravlenieが置かれ，師団，学校，施設にも政治部politotdelがあり，連隊，大隊，ときには中隊にも政治担当指揮官代理が置かれた。また軍事会議voennyi sovetが軍管区，軍集団，軍，艦隊に設けられ，軍の施策を審議し軍事訓練と政治教育に全責任を負うものとされていたが，軍事会議のメンバーは司令官と政治本部長であり，政治本部長の署名がなければ軍の命令が実行されなかった。…

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