Committee for operative management of national economy of the Soviet Union () was the official name for the provisional office of state administration of the Soviet Union with government functions following dismissal of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Soviet Union on 28 August 1991.Постановление Верховного Совета СССР от 28 августа 1991 г. № 2367-I «О недоверии Кабинету Министров СССР»Комитет четырех: хорошее правительство в отсутствие страны
The former government of Valentin Pavlov was dissolved following the failed August Coup against Mikhail Gorbachev and his supporters. Ivan Silayev, who had been appointed chairman of the newly formed committee on 24 AugustУказ Президента СССР от 24 августа 1991 г. № УП-2461 «О Кабинете Министров СССР» with the task of finding a new government, was instead granted on 28 August the authority of the dissolved cabinet of ministers and de facto the office of the premier. The dissolution of the committee had been declared by Russian president Boris Yeltsin through presidential decree on 19 DecemberУказ Президента РСФСР от 19.12.1991 г. № 299 (without confirmation by Soviet President Gorbachev),Биография: Силаев Иван Степанович — Правители России и Советского Союза the deputy chairs retired on that day, but the chair and ministers continued to work until the resignation of President Gorbachev on 25 December.
On 5 September 1991 the Inter-Republican Economic Committee of the USSRЗакон СССР от 5 сентября 1991 года № 2392-I «Об органах государственной власти и управления Союза ССР в переходный период» (headed by Silayev also) was established as an additional, more important and powerful body and was on 14 November transformed into the Interstate Economic Committee of the Economic Community, a body which sought to become an international body tasked with coordinating the economies of the remaining and former Soviet republics. Yet, the national Soviet Committee for operative management continued to work alongside the Inter-Republican/Interstate Committee and function as the nation's government until the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Composition Ministry Minister Took office Left officeChairman of the CommitteeIvan Silayev24 August 199125 December 1991 Deputy ChairmenArkady Volsky24 August 199119 December 1991Yury Luzhkov24 August 199129 October 1991Grigory Yavlinsky24 August 199119 December 1991Minister of FinanceVladimir Rayevsky (acting)Алексеев М.Ю., Пачкалов А.В. Министры финансов от Российской империи до наших дней./ Издательство: Альпина паблишер бизнес. М. 2019. 28 August 199125 December 1991Minister for General Economic AffairsYevgeny SaburovResolution of the Committee for Operational Management of the National Economy of the USSR dated August 28, 1991 No. 128 August 199125 December 1991Minister of TradeAlexander Khlystov28 August 199125 December 1991Minister of Foreign Economic RelationsValery Mangazeyev28 August 199125 December 1991Minister of Foreign AffairsBoris Pankin (acting)28 August 199118 November 1991Minister of External RelationsEduard Shevardnadze19 November 199119 December 1991Minister of DefenceYevgeny Shaposhnikov29 August 199125 December 1991Minister of InteriorVictor Barannikov29 August 199119 December 1991Minister of CultureNikolai Gubenko7 September 199127 November 1991Minister of Labour and Social AffairsNikolai Kolosov (acting)«В США Ельцин нес ахинею». Последний министр труда СССР — о крахе страны, бастующих шахтерах Донбасса и пьяных толпах в Москве28 August 199125 December 1991Minister for Material and Technical Support of the National EconomyAmangeldy BektemisovResolution of the Committee for Operational Management of the National Economy of the USSR dated August 28, 1991 No. 128 August 199125 December 1991Minister of Fuel and Energy ComplexIgor GavrilovResolution of the Committee for Operational Management of the National Economy of the USSR dated August 28, 1991 No. 128 August 199125 December 1991
Committees Committee Chairman PeriodChairman of State Committee for State Security (KGB)Vadim Bakatin29 August – 25 December 1991
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Постановление Верховного Совета СССР от 29 августа 1991 г. N 2370-I "О членах Кабинета Министров СССР" (in Russian) Указ Президента СССР от 07.09.1991 N УП-2531 "О назначении Губенко Н.Н. Министром культуры СССР" (in Russian) Resolutions and orders of the Committee for Operational Management of the National Economy of the USSR (in Russian)