State Committee for Science and Technology explained

The State Committee for Science and Technology (Gosudarstvennyi Komitet po Nauke i Tekhnike—GKNT) was an influential committee established in the Soviet Union in 1965. It took over from the State Committee for the Introduction of New Technologies (Gostekhnika) which had existed since 1948.^[1] The organisation was abolished on 1 December 1991 by the Decree of the State Council of the USSR of November 14, 1991.^[2]

Personnel

Vladimir Kirillin was appointed chairman. He retained this position until 1980 when he was replaced by Gury Marchuk.^[3] Dzhermen Gvishiani was appointed Deputy Chairman.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Book: Rindzevičiūtė . Eglė . The Power of Systems: How Policy Sciences Opened Up the Cold War World . 2016 . Cornell University Press . 9781501706257 . 29 July 2018 . en.
2. [:ru:s:Постановление Государственного Совета СССР от 14.11.1991 № 13|Постановление Государственного Совета СССР от 14.11.1991 № 13]
3. Paul. Wohl. Kosygin pushed further into background . Christian Science Monitor . 1980 . 4 February 1980 . 29 July 2018 . 0882-7729.
4. Web site: Dzhermen Gvishiani . TheFreeDictionary.com . The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition . 31 July 2018.