This is a list of Ministries of the Soviet Union.

List

Agency Established Disestablished Lifespan First head Last head
Tractors and Agricultural Machines 2 October 1965 19 October 1988 23 years, 17 days
Agriculture 8 December 1929 18 November 1985 55 years, 345 days
Agriculture and Food 2 March 1991 28 August 1991 179 days
Agriculture and Procurement 15 March 1953 21 November 1953 251 days
Animal Husbandry 26 March 1946 4 February 1947 315 days
Armaments 8 December 1936 6 March 1953 16 years, 88 days
Assembly and Special Construction Works 2 October 1965 26 November 1991 26 years, 55 days Fuad Jakubowski Alexander Mikhalchenko
Armed Forces 25 February 1946 25 February 1950 4 years, 0 days Joseph Stalin Aleksandr Vasilevsky
Atomic Energy and Industry 17 July 1989 26 November 1991 2 years, 132 days
Atomic Energy 9 September 1986 17 July 1989 2 years, 38 days
Automobile and Agricultural Machinery 2 December 1988 26 November 1991 2 years, 359 days
Automobile Industry 2 October 1965 2 October 1988 23 years, 0 days
19 April 1954 10 May 1957 2 years, 91 days
17 February 1946 15 March 1953 7 years, 26 days
Automobile and Road Transport 19 March 1953 31 May 1956 3 years, 73 days
Aviation Industry 2 October 1965 24 August 1991 25 years, 326 days
11 January 1939 14 December 1957 18 years, 337 days
Grain Products 26 July 1974 17 July 1989 14 years, 356 days Grigori Zolotukhin Aleksandr Budyka
Procurement of Agricultural Products 21 November 1953 26 October 1958 4 years, 341 days Leonid Kornijec Leonid Kornijec
15 January 1938 15 March 1953 15 years, 59 days Mikhail Popov Panteleimon Ponomarenko
Chemical and Oil Refining Industry 17 July 1989 24 September 1990 1 year, 69 days Nikolai Lemayev Nikolai Lemayev
Oil Processing & Petrochemical Industry 2 October 1965 17 July 1989 23 years, 288 days Viktor Fjodorov Nikolai Lemayev
Chemical Industry 2 October 1965 17 July 1989 23 years, 288 days Leonid Kostandov Juri Bespalov
24 January 1939 9 June 1958 19 years, 136 days Mikhail Denisov Sergei Tikhomirov
Building of Military and Naval Enterprises 19 March 1946 9 March 1949 3 years, 49 days Semjon Ginsburg Nikolai Dygai
Building Materials Industry 2 October 1965 17 July 1989 23 years, 288 days Ivan Grishmanov Sergei Voyenushkin
24 January 1939 4 July 1957 18 years, 161 days Leonid Sosnin Lazar Kaganovich
Cellulose and Paper Industry 3 July 1968 30 October 1980 12 years, 141 days Konstantin Galantshin Konstantin Galantshin
Civil Aviation 28 July 1964 26 November 1991 27 years, 121 days Yevgeni Loginov Boris Panjukov
Coal Industry 2 October 1965 26 November 1991 26 years, 55 days Boris Bratshenko Mikhail Shchadov
28 December 1948 2 March 1957 8 years, 133 days Aleksandr Zasyadko Aleksandr Zademidko
12 October 1939 19 January 1946 6 years, 99 days Vasili Vakhrushev Vasili Vakhrushev
Communication Equipment Industry 11 April 1974 17 July 1989 15 years, 97 days Erien Pervyshin Erien Pervyshin
Communications 6 July 1923 26 November 1991 68 years, 172 days Valerian Dovgalevsky Gennady Kudryavtsev
Communications Industry 28 June 1946 5 March 1953 6 years, 250 days Ivan Zubovich Gennady Aleksenko
Construction and Road-Machine Building 2 October 1965 17 July 1989 23 years, 288 days Jefim Novosjelov Jevgeni Varnachev
19 April 1954 10 May 1957 3 years, 21 days Jefim Novosjelov Jefim Novosjelov
17 February 1946 5 March 1953 7 years, 16 days Konstantin Sokolov Semjon Fomin
Construction 21 February 1967 2 September 1986 19 years, 193 days Georgi Karavajev Vladimir Reshetilov
15 March 1953 10 May 1957 4 years, 56 days Nikolai Dygai Nikolai Dygai
16 June 1939 19 January 1946 6 years, 217 days Semjon Ginzburg Semjon Ginzburg
Construction in the Eastern Regions 2 September 1986 17 July 1989 2 years, 318 days Aleksandr Babenko Aleksandr Babenko
Construction in Far East and Transbaikal Regions 19 January 1946 2 September 1986 6 years, 258 days Sergei Bashilov Aleksandr Babenko
Construction in the Northern and Western Regions 2 September 1986 17 July 1989 2 years, 318 days Vladimir Reshetilov Vladimir Reshetilov
Construction in the Southern Regions 2 September 1986 17 July 1989 2 years, 318 days Arkadi Shchepetilnikov Arkadi Shchepetilnikov
Construction in the Urals and West Sibirian Regions 2 September 1986 17 July 1989 2 years, 318 days Sergei Bashilov Sergei Bashilov
Construction of Coal Industry 6 April 1955 10 May 1957 2 years, 34 days Leonid Melnikov Leonid Melnikov
Construction of Fuel Industry 16 January 1946 28 December 1948 2 years, 344 days Nikolai Zademidko Nikolai Zademidko
Construction of Heavy Industry 21 February 1967 2 September 1986 19 years, 193 days Nikolai Goldin Sergei Bashilov
16 January 1946 15 March 1953 7 years, 55 days Pavel Yudin David Raizer
Construction of Industrial Plants 19 January 1946 15 March 1946 15 years, 97 days Semjon Ginzburg Semjon Ginzburg
Construction of Machine-Building Enterprises 9 March 1949 15 March 1953 4 years, 6 days Nikolai Dygai Nikolai Dygai
Construction of Metallurgical and Chemical Industry 19 April 1954 9 September 1957 3 years, 143 days David Raizer David Raizer
Construction of Power Plants 26 May 1975 27 September 1985 10 years, 124 days Viktor Krotov Vladimir Velichko
8 February 1955 10 May 1957 2 years, 91 days Fjodor Loginov Fjodor Loginov
Construction of Oil and Gas Industry 20 September 1972 26 November 1991 19 years, 85 days Mikhail Jevsejenko Boris Shcherbina
Construction of Oil Industry 10 February 1955 10 May 1957 2 years, 89 days Aleksei Kortunov Vladimir Chirskov
Construction of Tool-Machines 2 October 1965 27 September 1985 19 years, 360 days Anatoli Kostousov Boris Balmont
19 April 1954 10 May 1957 3 years, 21 days Anatoli Kostousov Anatoli Kostousov
16 January 1946 15 March 1953 7 years, 46 days Aleksandr Yefremov Anatoli Kostousov
Cotton Growing 5 April 1950 15 March 1953 2 years, 348 days Usman Yusupov Usman Yusupov
Culture 15 March 1953 27 November 1991[1] 38 years, 257 days Panteleimon Ponomarenko Nikolai Gubenko
Defense 15 March 1953 26 December 1991 38 years, 286 days Nikolai Bulganin Yevgeny Shaposhnikov
20 April 1934 25 February 1946 11 years, 311 days Kliment Voroshilov Joseph Stalin
Defense Industry 2 October 1965 26 November 1991 26 years, 55 days Sergei Sverov Boris Belousov
6 March 1953 14 December 1957 4 years, 283 days Dmitry Ustinov Dmitry Ustinov
Economy and Forecasting 16 May 1991 26 December 1991 224 days Vladimir Scherbakov Vladimir Scherbakov
Education 24 December 1966 8 March 1988 21 years, 75 days Mikhail Prokofiev Sergei Shcherbakov
Electrotechnical Industry 17 April 1954 10 May 1957 2 years, 266 days Ivan Skidanenko Ivan Kabanov
17 August 1940 8 March 1988 47 years, 204 days Vasili Bogatyrjev Ivan Kabanov
Electrical Engineering 2 October 1965 26 November 1991 26 years, 55 days Aleksei Antonov Oleg Anfimov
Electrical Equipment Industry 2 October 1965 26 November 1991 26 years, 55 days Aleksei Antonov Oleg Anfimov
Electrical Industry 2 October 1965 26 November 1991 26 years, 55 days Ivan Kabanov Dmitri Yefremov
Electronics Industry 2 October 1965 18 November 1985 20 years, 47 days Aleksandr Shokin Vladislav Kolesnikov
Energy and Electrification 25 April 1962 11 April 1984 21 years, 109 days Ignati Novikov Pjotr Neporozhny
Environment and Environmental Protection 20 March 1991 24 August 1991 157 days Nikolai Vorontzov [ru] Nikolai Vorontzov [ru]
Stock Farming 26 March 1946 4 February 1947 315 days Aleksei Kozlov Aleksei Kozlov
State Farms 4 February 1947 30 May 1957 10 years, 115 days Nikolai Skvorcov Ivan Benediktov
1 January 1931 11 November 1945 14 years, 314 days Tikhon Turkin Pavel Lobanov
Ferrous Metallurgy 2 October 1965 26 July 1974 8 years, 297 days Ivan Kazanetz Ivan Kazanetz
8 February 1954 10 May 1957 3 years, 91 days Anatoli Kuzmin Aleksandr Sherementjev
28 December 1950 6 March 1953 2 years, 68 days Ivan Tevosian Ivan Tevosian
24 January 1939 29 July 1948 9 years, 187 days Fjodor Merkulov Ivan Tevosian
Finance 6 July 1923 26 November 1991 68 years, 172 days Grigori Sokolnikov Vladimir Orlov
Fishing Economy 19 January 1939 15 March 1946 7 years, 55 days Polina Zhemtshuzhina Aleksandr Ishkov
Fishing Industry 2 October 1965 26 November 1991 26 years, 55 days Aleksandr Ishkov Nikolai Kotlyar
19 March 1946 10 May 1957 11 years, 52 days Aleksandr Ishkov Aleksandr Ishkov
Food Industry 15 October 1964 24 August 1991 20 years, 99 days Vasili Zotov Voldemar Lein
24 August 1953 10 May 1957 3 years, 259 days Vasili Zotov Vasili Zotov
29 March 1934 15 March 1953 18 years, 351 days Anastas Mikoyan Ivan Sivolap
Reserves of Food and Material 4 May 1946 26 November 1951 5 years, 207 days Dmitri Fomin Dmitri Fomin
Foreign Affairs 6 July 1923 14 November 1991 68 years, 160 days Georgy Chicherin Boris Pankin
External Relations 19 November 1991 26 December 1991 37 days Eduard Shevardnadze Eduard Shevardnadze
Foreign Economic Relations 16 January 1988 26 December 1991 3 years, 344 days Konstantin Katushev Valeri Mangasejev
Foreign Trade 6 July 1923 16 January 1988 64 years, 223 days Leonid Krasin Boris Aristov
Commerce and Foreign Trade 15 March 1953 15 September 1953 184 days Anastas Mikoyan Anastas Mikoyan
Forestry Industry 17 July 1989 24 August 1991 2 years, 38 days Vladimir Melnikov Vladimir Melnikov
4 April 1945 15 March 1953 7 years, 345 days German Motovilov Aleksandr Bovin
Forestry, Pulp, Paper and Woodworking 2 October 1965 11 June 1968 2 years, 253 days Nikolai Timofjejev Nikolai Timofjejev
Timber Industry 16 February 1951 13 July 1957 6 years, 147 days Georgi Orlov Georgi Orlov
5 January 1932 24 July 1948 16 years, 201 days Semjon Lobov Georgi Orlov
Fruits and Vegetables 19 December 1980 22 November 1985 4 years, 338 days Nikolai Koslov Nikolai Koslov
Gas Industry 2 October 1965 22 November 1985 23 years, 288 days Aleksei Kortunov Viktor Chernomyrdin
General Machine Building 2 October 1965 26 November 1991 26 years, 55 days Sergey Afanasyev Oleg Shishkin
2 April 1955 10 May 1957 2 years, 38 days Pyotr Goremykin Pyotr Goremykin
Geology 2 October 1965 1 December 1991 26 years, 60 days Aleksandr Sidorenko Grigori Gabrijeljants
14 June 1946 15 March 1953 6 years, 274 days Ivan Malyshev Pyotr Zakharov
Geology and Conservation 31 August 1953 13 March 1963 9 years, 194 days Pyotr Antropov Aleksandr Sidorenko
Health 20 July 1934 26 November 1991 57 years, 129 days Grigory Kaminsky Igor Denisov
Heavy Machine Building 17 July 1989 1 April 1991 1 year, 258 days Vladimir Zhigalin Vladimir Velichko
19 June 1954 10 May 1957 2 years, 325 days Nikolai Kazakov Konstantin Petukhov
19 June 1939 6 March 1953 13 years, 260 days Vyacheslav Malyshev Nikolai Kazakov
Heavy and Transport Construction 2 October 1965 28 May 1975 19 years, 238 days Vladimir Zhigalin Vladimir Zhigalin
Heavy, Power and Transport Construction 28 May 1975 20 July 1987 12 years, 53 days Vladimir Zhigalin Sergey Afanasyev
Higher Education 9 March 1954 22 June 1959 5 years, 105 days Vyacheslav Yeljutin Vyacheslav Yeljutin
10 April 1946 15 March 1953 6 years, 339 days Nikolai Kaftanov Vsevolod Stoletov
Higher and Secondary Special Education 22 June 1959 8 March 1988 28 years, 260 days Vyacheslav Yeljutin Gennady Yagodin
Industrial Consumer Goods 24 August 1953 8 February 1955 1 year, 167 days Alexei Kosygin Nikita Ryzhov
15 July 1946 20 January 1949 2 years, 189 days Nikolai Pronin Nikolai Pronin
Industrial Construction 21 February 1967 2 September 1986 19 years, 193 days Aleksandr Tokarjev Arkadi Shchepetilnikov
Information and the Press 13 July 1991 26 November 1991 136 days Mikhail Nenashev Mikhail Nenashev
Instrumentation, Automation and Control Systems 2 October 1965 17 July 1989 23 years, 288 days Konstantin Rudnev Mikhail Shkabardnya
Instrument Making and Automation Equipment 21 January 1956 10 May 1957 1 year, 109 days Mikhail Lesechko Mikhail Lesechko
Internal Affairs 25 November 1968 26 December 1991 23 years, 41 days Nikolai Shchelokov Viktor Barannikov
11 May 1934 13 January 1960 25 years, 247 days Genrikh Yagoda Nikolai Dudorov
Justice 1 September 1970 26 November 1991 21 years, 86 days Vladimir Terebilov Sergei Lushchikov
20 July 1936 31 May 1956 19 years, 316 days Nikolai Krylenko Konstantin Gorshenin
Meat and Dairy Industry 2 October 1965 22 November 1985 20 years, 51 days Sergei Antonov Jevgeni Sizenko
17 April 1954 10 May 1957 3 years, 23 days Sergei Antonov Sergei Antonov
19 January 1939 25 March 1953 14 years, 65 days Pavel Smirnov Ivan Kuzminykh
Paper and Wood Processing Industry 19 April 1954 10 May 1957 3 years, 21 days Fjodor Varaksin Fjodor Varaksin
16 February 1951 15 March 1953 2 years, 27 days Ivan Voronov Ivan Voronov
Public Order 17 September 1966 25 November 1968 3 years, 59 days Nikolai Shchelokov Nikolai Shchelokov
Labour and Social Affairs 26 March 1991 26 November 1991 245 days Valery Paulman Valery Paulman
Labour Reserves 1946 1953 245 days Valery Paulman Valery Paulman
Land Reclamation and Water Management 2 October 1965 14 January 1991 25 years, 104 days Yevgeni Aleksejevski Nikolai Vasiljev
Light Industry 2 October 1965 24 August 1953 23 years, 194 days Nikolai Tarasov Vladimir Klyuyev
22 September 1955 31 May 1956 252 days Nikolai Mirovortsev Nikita Ryzhov
5 January 1932 6 March 1953 21 years, 60 days Isidor Lyubimov Alexei Kosygin
Light- and Food Industry 6 March 1953 24 August 1953 171 days Alexei Kosygin Alexei Kosygin
Machine-Tool and Tool Industry 1965 1991 171 days ? ?
1957 1954 171 days ? ?
Machine-Tool Building 1947 1953 171 days ? ?
Material Resources 13 July 1991 26 November 1991 136 days Stanislav Anisimov Stanislav Anisimov
Material Reserves 1946 1948 136 days ? ?
Machine Building 5 February 1968 17 July 1991 23 years, 162 days Vyacheslav Bakhirov Boris Belousov
24 August 1937 10 May 1957 19 years, 259 days Valery Mezhlauk Nikolai Smelyakov
Machine Building and Instrumentation 1954 1956 2 years, 136 days ? ?
1946 1953 7 years, 136 days ? ?
Machine Building and Livestock and Fodder Production 1954 1956 2 years, 136 days ? ?
Machine Building for Light and Food Industries 1 October 1965 1 March 1988 2 years, 152 days Vasili Doyenin Lev Vasiljev
Maritime Fleet 28 August 1954 26 November 1991 37 years, 90 days Viktor Bakaev Yuri Volmer
19 March 1946 15 March 1953 6 years, 361 days Pyotr Shirshov Nikolai Novikov
30 January 1931 9 April 1939 8 years, 68 days Nikolai Yanson Nikolai Yezhov
Medium Machine Building 2 March 1965 17 July 1989 24 years, 137 days Yefim Slavski Lev Ryabev
17 July 1953 13 March 1963 9 years, 239 days Yefim Slavski Yefim Slavski
5 February 1939 17 February 1946 7 years, 12 days Ivan Likhachev Stepan Akopov
Medical Industry 27 June 1989 1 April 1991 1 year, 278 days Valery Bykov Valery Bykov
25 April 1967 22 September 1985 18 years, 150 days Pyotr Gusenko Afanasi Melnitshenko
14 June 1946 1 March 1948 1 year, 261 days Andrei Tretjakov Andrei Tretjakov
Medical and Microbiological Industry 21 November 1985 27 June 1989 3 years, 218 days Valery Bykov Valery Bykov
Metallurgy 17 July 1989 26 November 1991 2 years, 132 days Serafim Kolpakov Oleg Soskovetz
Metallurgical Industry 29 July 1948 8 February 1954 5 years, 194 days Ivan Tervosyan Ivan Tervosyan
Military Affairs 25 February 1950 15 March 1953 3 years, 18 days Aleksandr Vasilevsky Aleksandr Vasilevsky
Military and Navy Affairs 6 July 1923 20 April 1934 10 years, 288 days Leon Trotsky Kliment Voroshilov
Non-Ferrous Metallurgy 2 October 1965 17 July 1989 23 years, 288 days Pyotr Lomako Vladimir Durasov
8 February 1954 10 May 1957 3 years, 91 days Pyotr Lomako Pyotr Lomako
28 December 1950 6 March 1953 2 years, 68 days Pyotr Lomako Pyotr Lomako
24 January 1939 29 June 1948 9 years, 157 days Aleksandr Samokhvalov Pyotr Lomako
Timber and Wood Processing Industry 3 July 1968 30 October 1980 12 years, 109 days Nikolai Timofjejev Nikolai Timofjejev

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Other agencies under the Cabinet of Ministers

Name of Agency Russian
Committee for State Security Комитет государственной безопасности
State Committee for Procurement of Food Resources Государственный комитет по закупкам продовольственных ресурсов
State Committee for Forest Государственный комитет по лесу
State Committee for Machine Building Государственный комитет по машиностроению
State Committee for Public Education Государственный комитет по народному образованию
State Committee for Science and Technology Государственный комитет по науке и технологиям
State Committee for National Issues Государственный комитет по национальным вопросам
Central Statistical Office Центральное статистическое управление
State Committee for Construction and Investment Государственный комитет по строительству и инвестициям
State Committee on Chemistry and Biotechnology Государственный комитет по химии и биотехнологиям

References

  1. ^ Постановление Государственного Совета СССР от 27 ноября 1991 года № ГС-19 «К вопросу об упразднении министерств и других центральных органов государственного управления СССР»
  2. ^ Об утверждении указов Президиума Верховного Совета СССР о преобразовании некоторых органов государственного управления и о внесении соответствующих изменений и дополнений в статьи 70, 77 и 78 Конституции (Основного закона) СССР : Закон СССР от 15 июля 1970 г. № 3—VIII // Ведомости Верховного Совета СССР 1970 г. № 29
  3. ^ Лемаев Николай Васильевич // Герои страны
  4. ^ Об утверждении Указов Президиума Верховного Совета СССР : Закон СССР от 10 марта 1951 г. // Ведомости Верховного Совета СССР 1951 г. № 5
  5. ^ Министерство электростанций СССР Archived 2013-01-17 at WebCite // Большая советская энциклопедия, второе издание. — М.: «БОЛЬШАЯ СОВЕТСКАЯ ЭНЦИКЛОПЕДИЯ», 1954. — Т. 27. — С. 537.
  6. ^ Об утверждении указа Президиума Верховного Совета СССР «О преобразовании Государственного комитета заготовок Совета министров СССР в союзно-республиканское министерство заготовок СССР» и о внесении изменений и дополнений в статьи 70 и 78 Конституции (Основного закона) СССР : Закон СССР от 19 декабря 1969 г. № 4590-VII // Ведомости Верховного Совета СССР 1969 г. № 52
  7. ^ Об утверждении указов Президиума Верховного Совета СССР и о внесении изменений и дополнений в статьи 35, 70 и 78 Конституции (Основного закона) СССР : Закон СССР от 3 августа 1966 г. № 3—VII // Ведомости Верховного Совета СССР 1966 г. № 32
  8. ^ Переименовано в Министерство внутренних дел СССР 25 ноября 1968 года.[circular reference]
  9. ^ Об изменении и дополнении Конституции (Основного Закона) Союза Советских Социалистических Республик : Закон от 25 февраля 1947 г. // Ведомости Верховного Совета СССР 1947 г. № 8
  10. ^ Об образовании Комитета советского контроля Совета министров СССР : Закон от 23 августа 1957 г. // Ведомости Верховного Совета СССР 1957 г. № 18
  11. ^ О преобразовании министерств СССР : Закон от 15 марта 1953 г. // Ведомости Верховного Совета СССР 1953 г. № 3
  12. ^ Об утверждении указов Президиума Верховного Совета СССР об образовании и преобразовании министерств СССР и о внесении изменений и дополнений в статьи 77, 78 и 83 Конституции (Основного закона) СССР : Закон СССР от 7 февраля 1955 г. // Ведомости Верховного Совета СССР 1955 г. № 2
  13. ^ Об утверждении указов Верховного Совета СССР : Закон от 8 марта 1952 г. // Ведомости Верховного Совета СССР 1952 г. № 6
  14. ^ J внесении изменений в Закон СССР «О Совете Министров СССР» : Закон СССР от 23 мая 1990 г. № 1500—I // Ведомости Съезда народных депутатов и Верховного Совета СССР 1990 г. № 23

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