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The Ministry of General Machine-Building Industry of the USSR (MOM) (Russian: Министерство общего машиностроения СССР) was a government ministry of the Soviet Union.

History

The Ministry of General Machine Building was established by the provisions of the CPSU Central Committee and USSR Council of Ministers no. 126-47 on 2 March 1965, who oversaw all issues related to space exploration in the USSR.

At the beginning the ministry consisted of 55 organizational units - companies, firms and research institutes: in 1966 there were 134, in 1991, 160.

On September 17, 1991, the Ministry was wound up, passing on their duties to the newly established Federal Space Agency Roskosmos (Федеральное космическое агентство - Роскосмос).

List of ministers

Source:[1][2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Governments of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 1917-1964". Archived from the original on 28 November 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Governments of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 1964-1991". Archived from the original on 28 November 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
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