Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The Soviet Military Administration in Germany (Russian initials: SVAG; German: Sowjetische Militäradministration in Deutschland - SMAD) was the Soviet military government which directly ruled the eastern areas of Germany from 1945 until the establishment of East Germany in 1949. Notable SVAG Officials Major General Sergei Ivanovich Tiulpanov, director of the Propaganda Administration This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.