"The State Defense Committee (Russian: \u0413\u043E\u0441\u0443\u0434\u0430\u0440\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043D\u043D\u044B\u0439 \u043A\u043E\u043C\u0438\u0442\u0435\u0442 \u043E\u0431\u043E\u0440\u043E\u043D\u044B, \u0413\u041A\u041E, Gosudarstvennyj komitet oborony, GKO) was an extraordinary organ of state power in the USSR during the German-Soviet War (Great Patriotic War) which held complete state power in the country."@en .