What is a commissar person?

Definition of commissar 1a : a Communist party official assigned to a military unit to teach party principles and policies and to ensure party loyalty. b : one that attempts to control public opinion or its expression. 2 : the head of a government department in the U.S.S.R. until 1946.

Who was the commissar of war?

Leon Trotsky
Photograph of Trotsky from the cover of the magazine Prozhektor in January 1924
People’s Commissar of Military and Naval Affairs of the Soviet Union
In office 14 March 1918 – 25 January 1925
Premier	Vladimir Lenin Alexei Rykov

What was the role of the commissar in the Russian Revolution?

An early kind of political commissar was established during the February Revolution 1917 as the Ispolkom issued the controversial Order no 1. As the Bolsheviks came to power through the October Revolution 1917, and as the Russian Civil War began, Leon Trotsky gradually established the Red Army and imposed political officers.

When was the political commissar abolished in the Soviet Union?

On 10 May 1937, the political commissar was re-instated to the Red Army, and Military Councils were created. These derived from the political purges in the Soviet armed forces. Again, in August 1940, the political commissars was abolished, yet the Military Councils continued throughout the German-Soviet War (1941–45), and after.

What is the history of the Commissary General?

The function first appeared as commissaire politique (political commissioner) in the French Revolutionary Army during the Revolution (1789–99). It also existed, with interruptions, in the Soviet Red Army from 1918 to 1942, as well as in the armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1943 to 1945.

Is the political commissar still in use today?

Political commissar. It also existed, with interruptions, in the Soviet Red Army from 1918 to 1942, as well as in the armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1943 to 1945. The function remains in use in China’s People’s Liberation Army .