voennyi sovet (English spelling) voennyisovet

...The local organizations of the Army and Navy Political Headquarters were political headquarters (politupravlenie) in military districts, army groups, armies, and fleets, political departments (politotdel) in divisions, schools, and installations, and deputy political commanders in regiments, battalions, and sometimes companies. Military councils (voennyi sovet) were also established in military districts, army groups, armies, and fleets to deliberate military policies and to be entirely responsible for military training and political education. The members of the military councils were the commanders and the political chief, and military orders could not be carried out without the signature of the political chief. The heads of these political organizations were under the command of the unit commanders, but acted on the orders of the political headquarters, and the political departments had great power to not only monitor the actions and thoughts of soldiers and officers, but also to guide them, and although they did not have the same power as the military commissars of the past, they restricted the authority of the commanders.

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…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。これら政治組織の長は部隊指揮官の指揮下にあるものの，政治総本部の指令によって行動し，政治部は兵，士官の行動，思想を監視するばかりでなく，これを指導するなど強大な権力を有しており，かつての軍事委員ほどの権力はもたないが指揮官の権限を制約するものであった。…

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