Ministry of Railways (Soviet Union) explained

Agency Name:	Ministry of Railways of the USSR
Dissolved:	20 January 1992
Formed:	6 July 1923
Headquarters:	Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Jurisdiction:	Government of the Soviet Union
Nativename:	Министерство путей сообщения СССР

The Ministry of Railways (Russian: Министерство путей сообщения (МПС) [[Russian Empire|Российской империи]]/[[Soviet Union|СССР]]/[[Russia|РФ]] or [[People's commissariat|Народный комиссариат]] путей сообщения (НКПС), more correctly translated as Ministry/People's Commisariat of Transportation^[1]) oversaw Soviet Railways, which operated the railways of the Soviet Union. It was divided into 32 agencies, which among them had millions of employees. The ministry was responsible for centralized departments (such as electrification), which applied to all subsidiaries.

Before 1946 the ministry was known as the People's Commissariat for Railways, although the term "Ministry of Railways" had been used by the pre-Soviet ministry (founded in 1865).

Commissars and Ministers

The following persons headed the Commissariat/Ministry as commissars (narkoms), ministers, and deputy ministers during the Soviet era:^{[2] [3]}

• Ivan Kovalev (19/3/1946 - 5/6/1948)
• Boris Beshchev (5/6.1948 - 14/1/1977)
• Ivan Pavlovsky (14/1/1977 - 29/11/1982)
• Nikolai Konarev (1/12/1982 - 26/10/1990)
• Leonid Matyukhin (8/5/1991 - 24/8/1991)

See also

• Ministry of Transport (Russia)
• Rail transport in the Soviet Union

References

1. Web site: ru:Министерство путей сообщения. http://forum.lingvo.ru/actualthread.aspx?tid=12645. ru. 2012-06-25. 2017-09-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20170918063640/http://forum.lingvo.ru/actualthread.aspx?tid=12645. dead.
2. 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.
3. 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.