The Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union refers to the head of the Ministry of Defence who was responsible for defence of the socialist/communist Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from 1917 to 1922 and the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1992.
People's Commissars for Military and Naval Affairs (1917–1934)
{| width=100% | == People's Commissars of Defense (1934–1946) ==
People's Commissars of Defense (1934–1946)
== People's Commissars of the Navy (1937–1946) ==
People's Commissars of the Navy (1937–1946)
== People's Commissar for the Armed Forces (1946) ==
People's Commissar for the Armed Forces (1946)
== Ministers of the Armed Forces (1946–1950) ==
Ministers of the Armed Forces (1946–1950)
{| width=100% | == Minister of War (1950–1953) ==
Minister of War (1950–1953)
== Ministers of the Navy (1950–1953) ==
Ministers of the Navy (1950–1953)
== Ministers of Defence (1953–1992) ==