List of ministries of the Soviet Union



List

AgencyEstablishedDisestablishedLifespanFirst headLast head
Tractors and Agricultural Machines2 October 196519 October 1988
[Ministry of Ministry of Agriculture (Soviet Union)|Agriculture (Soviet Union)|Agriculture]8 December 192918 November 1985
Agriculture and Food2 March 199128 August 1991
Agriculture and Procurement15 March 195321 November 1953
Animal Husbandry26 March 19464 February 1947
Armaments8 December 19366 March 1953
[Ministry of Assembly and Special Ministry of Construction (Soviet Union)|Construction Works|Assembly and Special Construction Works]2 October 196526 November 1991Fuad JakubowskiAlexander Mikhalchenko
Armed Forces25 February 194625 February 1950Joseph StalinAleksandr Vasilevsky
Atomic Energy and Industry17 July 198926 November 1991
Atomic Energy9 September 198617 July 1989
Automobile and Agricultural Machinery2 December 198826 November 1991
Automobile Industry2 October 19652 October 1988
Automobile Industry19 April 195410 May 1957
Automobile Industry17 February 194615 March 1953
Automobile and Road Transport19 March 195331 May 1956
Aviation Industry2 October 196524 August 1991
Aviation Industry11 January 193914 December 1957
Grain Products26 July 197417 July 1989Grigori ZolotukhinAleksandr Budyka
Procurement of Agricultural Products21 November 195326 October 1958Leonid KornijecLeonid Kornijec
Procurement of Agricultural Products15 January 193815 March 1953Mikhail PopovPanteleimon Ponomarenko
Chemical and Oil Refining Industry17 July 198924 September 1990Nikolai LemayevNikolai Lemayev
Oil Processing & Petrochemical Industry2 October 196517 July 1989Viktor FjodorovNikolai Lemayev
Chemical Industry2 October 196517 July 1989Leonid KostandovJuri Bespalov
Chemical Industry24 January 19399 June 1958Mikhail DenisovSergei Tikhomirov
Building of Military and Naval Enterprises19 March 19469 March 1949Semjon GinsburgNikolai Dygai
Building Materials Industry2 October 196517 July 1989Ivan GrishmanovSergei Voyenushkin
Building Materials Industry24 January 19394 July 1957Leonid SosninLazar Kaganovich
Cellulose and Paper Industry3 July 196830 October 1980Konstantin GalantshinKonstantin Galantshin
Civil Aviation28 July 196426 November 1991Yevgeni LoginovBoris Panjukov
Coal Industry2 October 196526 November 1991Boris BratshenkoMikhail Shchadov
Coal Industry28 December 19482 March 1957Aleksandr ZasyadkoAleksandr Zademidko
Coal Industry12 October 193919 January 1946Vasili VakhrushevVasili Vakhrushev
Communication Equipment Industry11 April 197417 July 1989Erien PervyshinErien Pervyshin
[Ministry of Ministry of Communications (Soviet Union)|Communications (Soviet Union)|Communications]6 July 192326 November 1991Valerian DovgalevskyGennady Kudryavtsev
Communications Industry28 June 19465 March 1953Ivan ZubovichGennady Aleksenko
Construction and Road-Machine Building2 October 196517 July 1989Jefim NovosjelovJevgeni Varnachev
Construction and Road-Machine Building19 April 195410 May 1957Jefim NovosjelovJefim Novosjelov
Construction and Road-Machine Building17 February 19465 March 1953Konstantin SokolovSemjon Fomin
Construction21 February 19672 September 1986Georgi KaravajevVladimir Reshetilov
Construction15 March 195310 May 1957Nikolai DygaiNikolai Dygai
Construction16 June 193919 January 1946Semjon GinzburgSemjon Ginzburg
Construction in the Eastern Regions2 September 198617 July 1989Aleksandr BabenkoAleksandr Babenko
Construction in Far East and Transbaikal Regions19 January 19462 September 1986Sergei BashilovAleksandr Babenko
Construction in the Northern and Western Regions2 September 198617 July 1989Vladimir ReshetilovVladimir Reshetilov
Construction in the Southern Regions2 September 198617 July 1989Arkadi ShchepetilnikovArkadi Shchepetilnikov
Construction in the Urals and West Sibirian Regions2 September 198617 July 1989Sergei BashilovSergei Bashilov
Construction of Coal Industry6 April 195510 May 1957Leonid MelnikovLeonid Melnikov
Construction of Fuel Industry16 January 194628 December 1948Nikolai ZademidkoNikolai Zademidko
Construction of Heavy Industry21 February 19672 September 1986Nikolai GoldinSergei Bashilov
Construction of Heavy Industry16 January 194615 March 1953Pavel YudinDavid Raizer
Construction of Industrial Plants19 January 194615 March 1946Semjon GinzburgSemjon Ginzburg
Construction of Machine-Building Enterprises9 March 194915 March 1953Nikolai DygaiNikolai Dygai
Construction of Metallurgical and Chemical Industry19 April 19549 September 1957David RaizerDavid Raizer
Construction of Power Plants26 May 197527 September 1985Viktor KrotovVladimir Velichko
Construction of Power Plants8 February 195510 May 1957Fjodor LoginovFjodor Loginov
Construction of Oil and Gas Industry20 September 197226 November 1991Mikhail JevsejenkoBoris Shcherbina
Construction of Oil Industry10 February 195510 May 1957Aleksei KortunovVladimir Chirskov
Construction of Tool-Machines2 October 196527 September 1985Anatoli KostousovBoris Balmont
Construction of Tool-Machines19 April 195410 May 1957Anatoli KostousovAnatoli Kostousov
Construction of Tool-Machines16 January 194615 March 1953Aleksandr YefremovAnatoli Kostousov
Cotton Growing5 April 195015 March 1953Usman YusupovUsman Yusupov
Culture15 March 195327 November 1991Panteleimon PonomarenkoNikolai Gubenko
Defense15 March 195326 December 1991Nikolai BulganinYevgeny Shaposhnikov
Defense20 April 193425 February 1946Kliment VoroshilovJoseph Stalin
Defense Industry2 October 196526 November 1991Sergei SverovBoris Belousov
Defense Industry6 March 195314 December 1957Dmitry UstinovDmitry Ustinov
Economy and Forecasting16 May 199126 December 1991Vladimir ScherbakovVladimir Scherbakov
Education24 December 19668 March 1988Mikhail ProkofievSergei Shcherbakov
Electrotechnical Industry17 April 195410 May 1957Ivan SkidanenkoIvan Kabanov
Electrotechnical Industry17 August 19408 March 1988Vasili BogatyrjevIvan Kabanov
Electrical Engineering2 October 196526 November 1991Aleksei AntonovOleg Anfimov
Electrical Equipment Industry2 October 196526 November 1991Aleksei AntonovOleg Anfimov
Electrical Industry2 October 196526 November 1991Ivan KabanovDmitri Yefremov
Electronics Industry2 October 196518 November 1985Aleksandr ShokinVladislav Kolesnikov
Energy and Electrification25 April 196211 April 1984Ignati NovikovPjotr Neporozhny
Environment and Environmental Protection20 March 199124 August 1991
Stock Farming26 March 19464 February 1947Aleksei KozlovAleksei Kozlov
State Farms4 February 194730 May 1957Nikolai SkvorcovIvan Benediktov
State Farms1 January 193111 November 1945Tikhon TurkinPavel Lobanov
Ferrous Metallurgy2 October 196526 July 1974Ivan KazanetzIvan Kazanetz
Ferrous Metallurgy8 February 195410 May 1957Anatoli KuzminAleksandr Sherementjev
Ferrous Metallurgy28 December 19506 March 1953Ivan TevosianIvan Tevosian
Ferrous Metallurgy24 January 193929 July 1948Fjodor MerkulovIvan Tevosian
Finance6 July 192326 November 1991Grigori SokolnikovVladimir Orlov
Fishing Economy19 January 193915 March 1946Polina ZhemtshuzhinaAleksandr Ishkov
Fishing Industry2 October 196526 November 1991Aleksandr IshkovNikolai Kotlyar
Fishing Industry19 March 194610 May 1957Aleksandr IshkovAleksandr Ishkov
Food Industry15 October 196424 August 1991Vasili ZotovVoldemar Lein
Food Industry24 August 195310 May 1957Vasili ZotovVasili Zotov
Food Industry29 March 193415 March 1953Anastas MikoyanIvan Sivolap
Reserves of Food and Material4 May 194626 November 1951Dmitri FominDmitri Fomin
Foreign Affairs6 July 192314 November 1991Georgy ChicherinBoris Pankin
External Relations19 November 199126 December 1991Eduard ShevardnadzeEduard Shevardnadze
Foreign Economic Relations16 January 198826 December 1991Konstantin KatushevValeri Mangasejev
Foreign Trade6 July 192316 January 1988Leonid KrasinBoris Aristov
Commerce and Foreign Trade15 March 195315 September 1953Anastas MikoyanAnastas Mikoyan
Forestry Industry17 July 198924 August 1991Vladimir MelnikovVladimir Melnikov
Forestry Industry4 April 194515 March 1953German MotovilovAleksandr Bovin
Forestry, Pulp, Paper and Woodworking2 October 196511 June 1968Nikolai TimofjejevNikolai Timofjejev
Timber Industry16 February 195113 July 1957Georgi OrlovGeorgi Orlov
Timber Industry5 January 193224 July 1948Semjon LobovGeorgi Orlov
Fruits and Vegetables19 December 198022 November 1985Nikolai KoslovNikolai Koslov
Gas Industry2 October 196522 November 1985Aleksei KortunovViktor Chernomyrdin
General Machine Building2 October 196526 November 1991Sergey AfanasyevOleg Shishkin
General Machine Building2 April 195510 May 1957Pyotr GoremykinPyotr Goremykin
Geology2 October 19651 December 1991Aleksandr SidorenkoGrigori Gabrijeljants
Geology14 June 194615 March 1953Ivan MalyshevPyotr Zakharov
Geology and Conservation31 August 195313 March 1963Pyotr AntropovAleksandr Sidorenko
Health20 July 193426 November 1991Grigory KaminskyIgor Denisov
Heavy Machine Building17 July 19891 April 1991Vladimir ZhigalinVladimir Velichko
Heavy Machine Building19 June 195410 May 1957Nikolai KazakovKonstantin Petukhov
Heavy Machine Building19 June 19396 March 1953Vyacheslav MalyshevNikolai Kazakov
Heavy and Transport Construction2 October 196528 May 1975Vladimir ZhigalinVladimir Zhigalin
Heavy, Power and Transport Construction28 May 197520 July 1987Vladimir ZhigalinSergey Afanasyev
Higher Education9 March 195422 June 1959Vyacheslav YeljutinVyacheslav Yeljutin
Higher Education10 April 194615 March 1953Nikolai KaftanovVsevolod Stoletov
Higher and Secondary Special Education22 June 19598 March 1988Vyacheslav YeljutinGennady Yagodin
Industrial Consumer Goods24 August 19538 February 1955Alexei KosyginNikita Ryzhov
Industrial Consumer Goods15 July 194620 January 1949Nikolai ProninNikolai Pronin
Industrial Construction21 February 19672 September 1986Aleksandr TokarjevArkadi Shchepetilnikov
Information and the Press13 July 199126 November 1991Mikhail NenashevMikhail Nenashev
Instrumentation, Automation and Control Systems2 October 196517 July 1989Konstantin RudnevMikhail Shkabardnya
Instrument Making and Automation Equipment21 January 195610 May 1957Mikhail LesechkoMikhail Lesechko
Internal Affairs25 November 196826 December 1991Nikolai ShchelokovViktor Barannikov
Internal Affairs11 May 193413 January 1960Genrikh YagodaNikolai Dudorov
Justice1 September 197026 November 1991Vladimir TerebilovSergei Lushchikov
Justice20 July 193631 May 1956Nikolai KrylenkoKonstantin Gorshenin
Meat and Dairy Industry2 October 196522 November 1985Sergei AntonovJevgeni Sizenko
Meat and Dairy Industry17 April 195410 May 1957Sergei AntonovSergei Antonov
Meat and Dairy Industry19 January 193925 March 1953Pavel SmirnovIvan Kuzminykh
Paper and Wood Processing Industry19 April 195410 May 1957Fjodor VaraksinFjodor Varaksin
Paper and Wood Processing Industry16 February 195115 March 1953Ivan VoronovIvan Voronov
Public Order17 September 196625 November 1968Nikolai ShchelokovNikolai Shchelokov
Labour and Social Affairs26 March 199126 November 1991Valery PaulmanValery Paulman
Labour Reserves19461953Valery PaulmanValery Paulman
Land Reclamation and Water Management2 October 196514 January 1991Yevgeni AleksejevskiNikolai Vasiljev
Light Industry2 October 196524 August 1953Nikolai TarasovVladimir Klyuyev
Light Industry22 September 195531 May 1956Nikolai MirovortsevNikita Ryzhov
Light Industry5 January 19326 March 1953Isidor LyubimovAlexei Kosygin
Light- and Food Industry6 March 195324 August 1953Alexei KosyginAlexei Kosygin
Machine-Tool and Tool Industry19651991??
Machine-Tool and Tool Industry19571954??
Machine-Tool Building19471953??
Material Resources13 July 199126 November 1991Stanislav AnisimovStanislav Anisimov
Material Reserves19461948??
Machine Building5 February 196817 July 1991Vyacheslav BakhirovBoris Belousov
Machine Building24 August 193710 May 1957Valery MezhlaukNikolai Smelyakov
Machine Building and Instrumentation19541956??
Machine Building and Instrumentation19461953??
Machine Building and Livestock and Fodder Production19541956??
Machine Building for Light and Food Industries1 October 19651 March 1988Vasili DoyeninLev Vasiljev
Maritime Fleet28 August 195426 November 1991Viktor BakaevYuri Volmer
Maritime Fleet19 March 194615 March 1953Pyotr ShirshovNikolai Novikov
Maritime Fleet30 January 19319 April 1939Nikolai YansonNikolai Yezhov
Medium Machine Building2 March 196517 July 1989Yefim SlavskiLev Ryabev
Medium Machine Building17 July 195313 March 1963Yefim SlavskiYefim Slavski
Medium Machine Building5 February 193917 February 1946Ivan LikhachevStepan Akopov
Medical Industry27 June 19891 April 1991Valery BykovValery Bykov
Medical Industry25 April 196722 September 1985Pyotr GusenkoAfanasi Melnitshenko
Medical Industry14 June 19461 March 1948Andrei TretjakovAndrei Tretjakov
Medical and Microbiological Industry21 November 198527 June 1989Valery BykovValery Bykov
Metallurgy17 July 198926 November 1991Serafim KolpakovOleg Soskovetz
Metallurgical Industry29 July 19488 February 1954Ivan TervosyanIvan Tervosyan
Military Affairs25 February 195015 March 1953Aleksandr VasilevskyAleksandr Vasilevsky
Military and Navy Affairs6 July 192320 April 1934Leon TrotskyKliment Voroshilov
Non-Ferrous Metallurgy2 October 196517 July 1989Pyotr LomakoVladimir Durasov
Non-Ferrous Metallurgy8 February 195410 May 1957Pyotr LomakoPyotr Lomako
Non-Ferrous Metallurgy28 December 19506 March 1953Pyotr LomakoPyotr Lomako
Non-Ferrous Metallurgy24 January 193929 June 1948Aleksandr SamokhvalovPyotr Lomako
Timber and Wood Processing Industry3 July 196830 October 1980Nikolai TimofjejevNikolai Timofjejev

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  • Ministry of Urban and Rural Construction of the USSR
  • * Ministry of Urban Construction of the USSR

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  • Ministry of Water Construction of the USSR