 Complete the following phrase:  A military commissariat Russian: Bоенный коммисариат, translit: voyenny kommisariat was a local military administrative agency used in the Soviet Union to provide administrative and organisational military services. They were led by a military commissar Russian: Bоенный коммисар, translit: voyenny kommisar who worked in a political and bureaucratic role alongside a regional military commander who served as a traditional military official. As is typical of Soviet phraseology, military commissariats can be referred to in Russian as voyenkomat and military commissars can be referred to as voyenkom; examples of Soviet portmanteaus. Military commissariats were used in the Soviet Union from 1917 until its 