Ministry of Transport Construction explained
The Ministry of Transport Construction (Mintransstroy; Russian: Министерство транспортного строительства СССР) was a government ministry in the Soviet Union.
Originally established in 1954 as Ministry of Transport Construction as the successor to the Main Administration for the Construction of Highways; renamed State Production Committee for Transport Construction in 1957 and renamed Ministry of Transport Construction in 1965. Responsible for overseeing the construction of railroads, large bridges, tunnels and subways in seaports and river ports, construction of national highways and airfields.[1]
List of ministers
Source:[2] [3]
- Yevgeni Kozhevnikov (8.2.1955 - 10.5.1957; 2.10.1965 - 5.3.1975)
- Ivan Sosnov (5.3.1975 - 8.5.1985)
- Vladimir Brezhnev (8.5.1985 - 24.8.1991)
Notes and References
- Book: Directory of Soviet officials. National organizations. February 1989. National Foreign Assessment Center. 19 November 2017.
- Web site: Governments of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 1917-1964. 28 November 2017. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20171128144410/http://www.kolumbus.fi/taglarsson/dokumentit/sov.htm. 28 November 2017.
- Web site: Governments of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 1964-1991. 28 November 2017. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20171128142837/http://www.kolumbus.fi/taglarsson/dokumentit/sov1.htm. 28 November 2017.
