Kosygin's Fourth Government

The former government of Alexei Kosygin was dissolved following the Soviet legislative election of 1974. Kosygin was once again elected premier by the Politburo and the Central Committee following the election. His fourth government lasted for nearly five years, until the 1979 Soviet election.

Ministries Ministry Minister PeriodChairman of the Council of MinistersAlexei Kosygin26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979First Deputy Chairman of the Council of MinistersKirill Mazurov26 July 1974 – 28 November 1978Nikolai Tikhonov2 September 1976 – 16 April 1979 Deputy Chairman of the Council of MinistersIvan Arkhipov26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979Nikolai Baibakov26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979Veniamin Dymshits26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979Mikhail Lesetshko26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979Vladimir Kirillin26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979Ignati Novikov26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979Vladimir Novikov26 July 1974 – 28 November 1978Tikhon Kiselyov5 December 1978 – 16 April 1979Ziya Nuriyev26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979Leonid Smirnov26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979Nikolai Tikhonov26 July 1974 – 2 September 1976Nikolai Martynov25 June 1976 – 16 April 1979Konstantin Katushev16 March 1977 – 16 April 1979Minister of Aviation IndustryPyotr Dementev26 July 1974 – 14 May 1977Vasili Kazakov3 June 1977 – 16 April 1979Minister of Instrument-Making, Automation and Control SystemKonstantin Rudnev26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979Minister of Automobile IndustryAleksandr Tarasov26 July 1974 – 28 June 1975Viktor Poljakov17 July 1975 – 16 April 1979Minister of Chemical IndustryLeonid Kostandov26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979Minister of Construction of Petrochemical MachineryKonstantin Brekhov26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979Minister of Civil AviationBoris Bugajev26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979Minister of Construction of Oil and Gas IndustryBoris Shcherbina26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979Minister of Defence IndustrySergei Sverov26 July 1974 – 17 December 1970Pavel Finogenov2 January – 16 April 1979Minister of Electrical EngineeringAleksei Antonov26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979Minister of Electronic IndustryAleksandr Shokin26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979Minister of Gas IndustrySabit Orudzhev26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979Minister of Heavy and Transport Machines ConstructionVladimir Zhigalin26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979Minister of Machine BuildingVjatsheslav Yeljutin26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979Minister of Construction, Road Building and Communal MachinesJefim Novosjelov26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979Minister of Machine Building for Light and Food IndustriesVasili Doyenin26 July 1974 – 23 February 1977Ivan Pudkov28 March 1977 – 16 April 1979Minister of Machinery for Stock Raising and FeedingKonstantin Beljak26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979Minister of General Machine BuildingSergei Afanasjev26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979Minister of Medium Machine BuildingYefim Slavski26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979Minister of Machine-Tool and Instrument MakingAnatoli Kostousov26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979Minister of Manufacture of Communication MediaErien Pervyshin26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979Minister of Medical IndustryPyotr Gusenko26 July 1974 – 28 January 1975Afanasi Melnitshenko23 May 1975 – 16 April 1979Minister of Merchant MarineTimofei Guzenko26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979Minister of Oil IndustryValentin Shashin26 July 1974 – 22 March 1977Nikolai Maltsev5 April 1977 – 16 April 1979Minister of Pulp and Paper IndustryKonstantin Galantshin26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979Minister of Radio IndustryPyotr Pleshakov26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979Minister of RailwaysBoris Beshchev26 July 1974 – 14 January 1977Ivan Pavlovski14 January 1977 – 16 April 1979Minister of ShipbuildingBoris Butoma26 July 1974 – 19 July 1977Mikhail Yegorov19 July 1977 – 16 April 1979Minister of Tractors and Agricultural MachinesIvan Sinizyn26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979Minister of Foreign TradeNikolai Patolitshev26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979Minister of Transport ConstructionYevgeni Kozhevnikov26 July 1974 – 5 March 1975Ivan Sosnov5 March 1975 – 16 April 1979Minister of AgricultureDmitry Polyansky26 July 1974 – 6 March 1976Valentin Mesyats6 March 1976 – 16 April 1979Minister of Agricultural ProductionStepan Khitrov26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979Minister of Agricultural Products ProcurementGrigori Zolotukhin26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979Minister of Heavy and Transport Machines ConstructionFuad Jakubowski26 July 1974 – 27 March 1975Boris Bakin22 May 1975 – 16 April 1979Minister of Construction, Road Building and Communal MachinesJefim Novosjelov26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979Minister of Building Materials IndustryIvan Grishmanov26 July 1974 – 4 January 1979Aleksei Jasin24 January – 16 April 1979Minister of Coal IndustryBoris Bratshenko26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979Minister of CommunicationsNikolai Psurtshev26 July 1974 – 4 September 1975Nikolai Talyshin4 September 1975 – 16 April 1979Minister of ConstructionGeorgi Karavajev26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979Minister of Construction of Heavy IndustryNikolai Goldin26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979Minister of CultureYekaterina Furtseva26 July – 25 October 1974Pyotr Demichev14 November 1974 – 16 April 1979Minister of DefenceAndrei Gretchko26 July 1974 – 26 April 1976Dmitriy Ustinov29 April 1976 – 16 April 1979Minister of EducationMikhail Prokofjev26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979Ministry of FinanceVasily Garbuzov26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979Minister of Fish IndustryAleksandr Ishkov26 July 1974 – 6 February 1978Vladimir Kamentsev14 February – 16 April 1979Minister of Food IndustryVoldemar Lein26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979Minister of Foreign AffairsAndrei Gromyko26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979Minister of GeologyAleksandr Sidorenko26 July 1974 – 29 December 1975Jevgeni Kozlovski29 December 1975 – 26 July 1974Minister of HealthBoris Petrovski26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979Minister of Higher EducationVjatsheslav Yeljutin26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979Minister of Industrial ConstructionAleksandr Tokarjev26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979Minister of Internal AffairsNikolai Shchelokov26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979Minister of Iron and Steel IndustryIvan Kazanetz26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979Minister of JusticeVladimir Terebilov26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979Minister of Land Reclamation and Water ConservancyYevgeni Aleksejevski26 July 1974 – 1 January 1979Nikolai Vasiljev13–16 April 1979Minister of Light IndustryNikolai Tarasov26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979Minister of Meat and Dairy IndustrySergei Antonov26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979Minister of Non-Ferrous MetallurgyPyotr Lomako26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979Minister of Oil Processing and Petrochemical IndustryViktor Fjodorov26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979Minister of Electrical Power and ElectrificationPyotr Neporozhny26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979Minister of Timber and Wood Processing IndustryNikolai Timofjejev26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979Minister of Trade, HomeAleksandr Strujev26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979Minister of Construction of Power PlantsViktor Krotov26 May 1975 – 16 April 1979

Committees Committee Chairman PeriodChairman of the People's Control CommissionAleksei Shkolnikov26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979Chairman of the State Planning CommitteeNikolai Baibakov26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979Chairman of State Committee for State Security (KGB)Yuri Andropov26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979

References General

Government of the Soviet Union > List

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