List of ministries of the Soviet Union explained

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

O

• Ministry of Oil and Gas Industry of the USSR (Minneftegazprom) (1989–1991)
  • Ministry of Oil Industry of the USSR (Minnefteprom) (1948–1957); (1970–1989)
    • Ministry of Oil Industry of the USSR (Minnefteprom) (1965—1970^[2])
    • Ministry of Oil Refining and Petrochemical Industry of the USSR (Minneftekhimprom) (1965 — 27.06.1989^[3])
      • Ministry of Petroleum Industry of the Eastern USSR (1946–1948)
      • Ministry of Petroleum Industry of the South and West of the USSR (1946–1948)

P

• Ministry of the Paper and Woodworking Industry of the USSR (1954–1957)
  • Ministry of Paper and Wood Processing Industry of the USSR (1951^[4] —1953)
• Ministry of Power Engineering of the USSR (Minenergomash) (1975–1987)
• Ministry of Power Stations of the USSR (1946–1953); (1954^[5] —1958)
  • Ministry of Power and Electrical Industries of the USSR (1953–1954)
• Ministry of Procurement of the USSR (1946–1953); (1953–1956); (1969^[6] —1985)
• Ministry of Production of Mineral Fertilizers of the USSR (Minudobreniy) (1980–1989)
• Ministry of Public Order of the USSR (MOOP) (26 July 1966^[7] — 25 November 1968^[8])
• Ministry of Pulp and Paper Industry of the USSR (1968–1980)
  • Ministry of Pulp and Paper Industry of the USSR (1946–1948)

R

• Ministry of Radio Industry of the USSR (Minradioprom) (1965–1991)
  • Ministry of Radioengineering Industry of the USSR (1954–1957)
• Ministry of Railways of the USSR (MPS) (1946–1992)
• Ministry of Road Transport and Highways of the USSR (Minavtoshoshdor) (1953–1956)
  • Ministry of Automobile Transport of the USSR (Minavtotrans) (1952–1953)
• Ministry of the Rubber Industry of the USSR (Minrezinprom) (1947^[9] —1948)
• Ministry of the River Fleet of the USSR (Mirechflot) (1946–1953); (1954–1956)
• Ministry of Rural Construction of the USSR (Minselstroy) (1953); (1967–1985)

S

• Ministry of Shipbuilding Industry of the USSR (Minsudprom) (1946–1953); (1954–1957); (1965–1991)
• Ministry of Special Construction and Assembly Works of the USSR (1991)
• Ministry of State Control of the USSR (1946—1957^[10])
• Ministry of State Farms of the USSR (1947–1953); (1953–1957)
• Ministry of State Food and Material Reserves (1948–1951)
• Ministry of State Security of the USSR (MGB) (1946—1953^[11])

T

• Ministry of Textile Industry of the USSR (Mintekstilprom) (1946–1948); (1955—????)
• Ministry of Technical Cultures of the USSR (1946–1947)
• Ministry of Trade of the USSR (Mintorg) (1946–1953); (1953–1958); (1965–1991)
• Ministry of Tractor and Agricultural Machinery of the USSR (Minselkhozmash, MTiSKHM SSSR (1955–1957); (1965–1987)
• Ministry of Transport Engineering of the USSR (Mintransmash) (1946–1953); (1954–1957)
  • Ministry of Transport and Heavy Machine Building of the USSR (1953–1954)
• Ministry of Transport Construction of the USSR (Mintransstroy) (1954^[12] —1963); (1965–1991)

U

• Ministry of Urban and Rural Construction of the USSR (Mingorselstroy) (1954–1957)
  • Ministry of Urban Construction of the USSR (1949—1951^[13])

W

• Ministry of Water Construction of the USSR (1989—1990^[14])

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

Notes and References

1. http://base.garant.ru/6334292/ 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. http://www.warheroes.ru/hero/hero.asp?Hero_id=15239 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. http://bse2.ru/book_view.jsp?idn=030292&page=537&format=html Министерство электростанций СССР
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.
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