Ministries of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic


The ministries of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic were central bodies of state administration of the Ukrainian SSR as republican ministries of the Soviet Union. Among other central bodies of state administration there also were committees, state committees, and other agencies. After World War II in 1946 ministries uniformly as throughout the rest of the Soviet Union replaced the existing People's Commissariats. The ministries were part of the Council of Ministries of the UkrSSR until 18 April 1991 when the latter was reformed into the Cabinet of Ministries of the UkrSSR.

General overview

Ministries of the Ukrainian SSR governed their assigned sectors of economy, socially-cultural, and administratively-political administrations within the Ukrainian SSR. Ministries of the Ukrainian SSR were categorized in union-republican and republican, such division existed until May 13, 1991. Supposedly republican ministries were administered by the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR, while union-republican ministries had double subordination to the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR as well as to their respective union-republican ministries of the Soviet Union or in some instances - state committees of the Soviet Union.
The general principles of organization and functioning of ministries of the Ukrainian SSR are regulated by the Constitution of the Soviet Union, Constitution of the Ukrainian SSR, and other legal acts. More detailed regulations are established by the Law of the Ukrainian SSR about the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR of December 19, 1978. Additionally each ministry has its own statute that defines its tasks, powers, and legal status.
Ministries of the Ukrainian SSR are headed by their ministers. Ministries are responsible for status and development of their respective sector and execution of state plans as well as solution of other tasks that those sectors face.
In 1981 there were at least 28 union-republican ministries in Ukraine and only six republican ministries. After transformation of the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR into the Cabinet of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR, number of ministers decreased substantially, while their categorization on union-republican and republican was eliminated after the adaptation of Declaration on State Sovereignty of Ukraine.

List of Ministries

In bold are ministries that were kept or revived in post-Soviet Ukraine.

Union-republican

Ministry of Internal Affairs

Republican

Ministry of Transportation merged with the Ministry of Communication in 2004Ministry of Public Housing
  • Ministry of Local Industry
  • * Ministry of Local Fueling Industry merged with the Ministry of Local Industry in 1953Ministry of Social Security in 1997–2010 along with Ministry of Labor
  • Ministry of Construction and Exploitation of Automobile Roads
  • Ministry of Consumer Services of Population

Other

Ministry of Defense
  • Ministry of State Control → Commission of People's Control
  • * People's Commissariat of Workers'-Peasants' Inspection merged with People's Commissariat of State ControlMinistry of Agriculture → with Ministry of Food Industry 1991–1997, 2010–2019, with Ministry of Regional Development and Trade 2019–present
  • * Ministry of Cotton Industry
  • * Ministry of Radhosps |Ministry of Soviet Farms
  • ** Ministry of Industrial Crops
  • ** Ministry of Livestock
  • Ministry of Fisheries
  • Ministry of Construction of Coal Industry Enterprises
  • Ministry of Construction of Metallurgical and Chemical Industries Enterprises
  • Ministry of Bread Products → State Committee on Bread Products