List of ministries of the Soviet Union

List of ministries of the Soviet Union contains all national-level ministries in the Soviet Union over time, broken down chronologically.

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Agency Established Disestablished Lifespan First head Last head Tractors and Agricultural Machines 2 October 1965 19 October 1988 Agriculture 8 December 1929 18 November 1985 Agriculture and Food 2 March 1991 28 August 1991 Agriculture and Procurement 15 March 1953 21 November 1953 Animal Husbandry 26 March 1946 4 February 1947 Armaments 8 December 1936 6 March 1953 Assembly and Special Construction Works 2 October 1965 26 November 1991 Fuad Jakubowski Alexander Mikhalchenko Armed Forces 25 February 1946 25 February 1950 Joseph Stalin Aleksandr Vasilevsky Atomic Energy and Industry 17 July 1989 26 November 1991 Atomic Energy 9 September 1986 17 July 1989 Automobile and Agricultural Machinery 2 December 1988 26 November 1991 Automobile Industry 2 October 1965 2 October 1988 19 April 1954 10 May 1957 17 February 1946 15 March 1953 Automobile and Road Transport 19 March 1953 31 May 1956 Aviation Industry 2 October 1965 24 August 1991 11 January 1939 14 December 1957 Grain Products 26 July 1974 17 July 1989 Grigori Zolotukhin Aleksandr Budyka Procurement of Agricultural Products 21 November 1953 26 October 1958 Leonid Kornijec Leonid Kornijec 15 January 1938 15 March 1953 Mikhail Popov Panteleimon Ponomarenko Chemical and Oil Refining Industry 17 July 1989 24 September 1990 Nikolai Lemayev Nikolai Lemayev Oil Processing & Petrochemical Industry 2 October 1965 17 July 1989 Viktor Fjodorov Nikolai Lemayev Chemical Industry 2 October 1965 17 July 1989 Leonid Kostandov Juri Bespalov 24 January 1939 9 June 1958 Mikhail Denisov Sergei TikhomirovBuilding of Military and Naval Enterprises19 March 19469 March 1949Semjon GinsburgNikolai Dygai Building Materials Industry 2 October 1965 17 July 1989 Ivan Grishmanov Sergei Voyenushkin 24 January 1939 4 July 1957 Leonid Sosnin Lazar Kaganovich Cellulose and Paper Industry 3 July 1968 30 October 1980 Konstantin Galantshin Konstantin Galantshin Civil Aviation 28 July 1964 26 November 1991 Yevgeni Loginov Boris Panjukov Coal Industry 2 October 1965 26 November 1991 Boris Bratshenko Mikhail Shchadov 28 December 1948 2 March 1957 Aleksandr Zasyadko Aleksandr Zademidko 12 October 1939 19 January 1946 Vasili Vakhrushev Vasili Vakhrushev Communication Equipment Industry 11 April 1974 17 July 1989 Erien Pervyshin Erien Pervyshin Communications 6 July 1923 26 November 1991 Valerian Dovgalevsky Gennady Kudryavtsev Communications Industry 28 June 1946 5 March 1953 Ivan Zubovich Gennady Aleksenko Construction and Road-Machine Building 2 October 1965 17 July 1989 Jefim Novosjelov Jevgeni Varnachev 19 April 1954 10 May 1957 Jefim Novosjelov Jefim Novosjelov 17 February 1946 5 March 1953 Konstantin Sokolov Semjon Fomin Construction 21 February 1967 2 September 1986 Georgi Karavajev Vladimir Reshetilov 15 March 1953 10 May 1957 Nikolai Dygai Nikolai Dygai 16 June 1939 19 January 1946 Semjon Ginzburg Semjon Ginzburg Construction in the Eastern Regions 2 September 1986 17 July 1989 Aleksandr Babenko Aleksandr Babenko Construction in Far East and Transbaikal Regions 19 January 1946 2 September 1986 Sergei Bashilov Aleksandr Babenko Construction in the Northern and Western Regions 2 September 1986 17 July 1989 Vladimir Reshetilov Vladimir Reshetilov Construction in the Southern Regions 2 September 1986 17 July 1989 Arkadi Shchepetilnikov Arkadi Shchepetilnikov Construction in the Urals and West Sibirian Regions 2 September 1986 17 July 1989 Sergei Bashilov Sergei Bashilov Construction of Coal Industry 6 April 1955 10 May 1957 Leonid Melnikov Leonid Melnikov Construction of Fuel Industry 16 January 1946 28 December 1948 Nikolai Zademidko Nikolai Zademidko Construction of Heavy Industry 21 February 1967 2 September 1986 Nikolai Goldin Sergei Bashilov 16 January 1946 15 March 1953 Pavel Yudin David Raizer Construction of Industrial Plants 19 January 1946 15 March 1946 Semjon Ginzburg Semjon Ginzburg Construction of Machine-Building Enterprises 9 March 1949 15 March 1953 Nikolai Dygai Nikolai Dygai Construction of Metallurgical and Chemical Industry 19 April 1954 9 September 1957 David Raizer David Raizer Construction of Power Plants 26 May 1975 27 September 1985 Viktor Krotov Vladimir Velichko 8 February 1955 10 May 1957 Fjodor Loginov Fjodor Loginov Construction of Oil and Gas Industry 20 September 1972 26 November 1991 Mikhail Jevsejenko Boris Shcherbina Construction of Oil Industry 10 February 1955 10 May 1957 Aleksei Kortunov Vladimir Chirskov Construction of Tool-Machines 2 October 1965 27 September 1985 Anatoli Kostousov Boris Balmont 19 April 1954 10 May 1957 Anatoli Kostousov Anatoli Kostousov 16 January 1946 15 March 1953 Aleksandr Yefremov Anatoli Kostousov Cotton Growing 5 April 1950 15 March 1953 Usman Yusupov Usman Yusupov Culture 15 March 1953 27 November 1991Постановление Государственного Совета СССР от 27 ноября 1991 года № ГС-19 «К вопросу об упразднении министерств и других центральных органов государственного управления СССР» Panteleimon Ponomarenko Nikolai Gubenko Defense 15 March 1953 26 December 1991 Nikolai Bulganin Yevgeny Shaposhnikov 20 April 1934 25 February 1946 Kliment Voroshilov Joseph Stalin Defense Industry 2 October 1965 26 November 1991 Sergei Sverov Boris Belousov 6 March 1953 14 December 1957 Dmitry Ustinov Dmitry Ustinov Economy and Forecasting 16 May 1991 26 December 1991 Vladimir Scherbakov Vladimir Scherbakov Education 24 December 1966 8 March 1988 Mikhail Prokofiev Sergei Shcherbakov Electrotechnical Industry 17 April 1954 10 May 1957 Ivan Skidanenko Ivan Kabanov 17 August 1940 8 March 1988 Vasili Bogatyrjev Ivan Kabanov Electrical Engineering 2 October 1965 26 November 1991 Aleksei Antonov Oleg Anfimov Electrical Equipment Industry 2 October 1965 26 November 1991 Aleksei Antonov Oleg Anfimov Electrical Industry 2 October 1965 26 November 1991 Ivan Kabanov Dmitri Yefremov Electronics Industry 2 October 1965 18 November 1985 Aleksandr Shokin Vladislav Kolesnikov Energy and Electrification 25 April 1962 11 April 1984 Ignati Novikov Pjotr Neporozhny Environment and Environmental Protection 20 March 1991 24 August 1991 Stock Farming 26 March 1946 4 February 1947 Aleksei Kozlov Aleksei Kozlov State Farms 4 February 1947 30 May 1957 Nikolai Skvorcov Ivan Benediktov 1 January 1931 11 November 1945 Tikhon Turkin Pavel Lobanov Ferrous Metallurgy 2 October 1965 26 July 1974 Ivan Kazanetz Ivan Kazanetz 8 February 1954 10 May 1957 Anatoli Kuzmin Aleksandr Sherementjev 28 December 1950 6 March 1953 Ivan Tevosian Ivan Tevosian 24 January 1939 29 July 1948 Fjodor Merkulov Ivan Tevosian Finance 6 July 1923 26 November 1991 Grigori Sokolnikov Vladimir Orlov Fishing Economy 19 January 1939 15 March 1946 Polina Zhemtshuzhina Aleksandr Ishkov Fishing Industry 2 October 1965 26 November 1991 Aleksandr Ishkov Nikolai Kotlyar 19 March 1946 10 May 1957 Aleksandr Ishkov Aleksandr Ishkov Food Industry 15 October 1964 24 August 1991 Vasili Zotov Voldemar Lein 24 August 1953 10 May 1957 Vasili Zotov Vasili Zotov 29 March 1934 15 March 1953 Anastas Mikoyan Ivan Sivolap Reserves of Food and Material 4 May 1946 26 November 1951 Dmitri Fomin Dmitri Fomin Foreign Affairs 6 July 1923 14 November 1991 Georgy Chicherin Boris Pankin External Relations 19 November 1991 26 December 1991 Eduard Shevardnadze Eduard Shevardnadze Foreign Economic Relations 16 January 1988 26 December 1991 Konstantin Katushev Valeri Mangasejev Foreign Trade 6 July 1923 16 January 1988 Leonid Krasin Boris Aristov Commerce and Foreign Trade 15 March 1953 15 September 1953 Anastas Mikoyan Anastas Mikoyan Forestry Industry 17 July 1989 24 August 1991 Vladimir Melnikov Vladimir Melnikov 4 April 1945 15 March 1953 German Motovilov Aleksandr Bovin Forestry, Pulp, Paper and Woodworking 2 October 1965 11 June 1968 Nikolai Timofjejev Nikolai Timofjejev Timber Industry 16 February 1951 13 July 1957 Georgi Orlov Georgi Orlov 5 January 1932 24 July 1948 Semjon Lobov Georgi Orlov Fruits and Vegetables 19 December 1980 22 November 1985 Nikolai Koslov Nikolai Koslov Gas Industry 2 October 1965 22 November 1985 Aleksei Kortunov Viktor Chernomyrdin General Machine Building 2 October 1965 26 November 1991 Sergey Afanasyev Oleg Shishkin 2 April 1955 10 May 1957 Pyotr Goremykin Pyotr Goremykin Geology 2 October 1965 1 December 1991 Aleksandr Sidorenko Grigori Gabrijeljants 14 June 1946 15 March 1953 Ivan Malyshev Pyotr Zakharov Geology and Conservation 31 August 1953 13 March 1963 Pyotr Antropov Aleksandr Sidorenko Health 20 July 1934 26 November 1991 Grigory Kaminsky Igor Denisov Heavy Machine Building 17 July 1989 1 April 1991 Vladimir Zhigalin Vladimir Velichko 19 June 1954 10 May 1957 Nikolai Kazakov Konstantin Petukhov 19 June 1939 6 March 1953 Vyacheslav Malyshev Nikolai Kazakov Heavy and Transport Construction 2 October 1965 28 May 1975 Vladimir Zhigalin Vladimir Zhigalin Heavy, Power and Transport Construction 28 May 1975 20 July 1987 Vladimir Zhigalin Sergey Afanasyev Higher Education 9 March 1954 22 June 1959 Vyacheslav Yeljutin Vyacheslav Yeljutin 10 April 1946 15 March 1953 Nikolai Kaftanov Vsevolod Stoletov Higher and Secondary Special Education 22 June 1959 8 March 1988 Vyacheslav Yeljutin Gennady Yagodin Industrial Consumer Goods 24 August 1953 8 February 1955 Alexei Kosygin Nikita Ryzhov 15 July 1946 20 January 1949 Nikolai Pronin Nikolai Pronin Industrial Construction 21 February 1967 2 September 1986 Aleksandr Tokarjev Arkadi Shchepetilnikov Information and the Press 13 July 1991 26 November 1991 Mikhail Nenashev Mikhail Nenashev Instrumentation, Automation and Control Systems 2 October 1965 17 July 1989 Konstantin Rudnev Mikhail Shkabardnya Instrument Making and Automation Equipment 21 January 1956 10 May 1957 Mikhail Lesechko Mikhail Lesechko Internal Affairs 25 November 1968 26 December 1991 Nikolai Shchelokov Viktor Barannikov 11 May 1934 13 January 1960 Genrikh Yagoda Nikolai Dudorov Justice 1 September 1970 26 November 1991 Vladimir Terebilov Sergei Lushchikov 20 July 1936 31 May 1956 Nikolai Krylenko Konstantin Gorshenin Meat and Dairy Industry 2 October 1965 22 November 1985 Sergei Antonov Jevgeni Sizenko 17 April 1954 10 May 1957 Sergei Antonov Sergei Antonov 19 January 1939 25 March 1953 Pavel Smirnov Ivan Kuzminykh Paper and Wood Processing Industry 19 April 1954 10 May 1957 Fjodor Varaksin Fjodor Varaksin 16 February 1951 15 March 1953 Ivan Voronov Ivan Voronov Public Order 17 September 1966 25 November 1968 Nikolai Shchelokov Nikolai Shchelokov Labour and Social Affairs 26 March 1991 26 November 1991 Valery Paulman Valery Paulman Labour Reserves 1946 1953 Valery Paulman Valery Paulman Land Reclamation and Water Management 2 October 1965 14 January 1991 Yevgeni Aleksejevski Nikolai Vasiljev Light Industry 2 October 1965 24 August 1953 Nikolai Tarasov Vladimir Klyuyev 22 September 1955 31 May 1956 Nikolai Mirovortsev Nikita Ryzhov 5 January 1932 6 March 1953 Isidor Lyubimov Alexei Kosygin Light- and Food Industry 6 March 1953 24 August 1953 Alexei Kosygin Alexei Kosygin Machine-Tool and Tool Industry 1965 1991 ? ? 1957 1954 ? ? Machine-Tool Building 1947 1953 ? ? Material Resources 13 July 1991 26 November 1991 Stanislav Anisimov Stanislav Anisimov Material Reserves 1946 1948 ? ? Machine Building 5 February 1968 17 July 1991 Vyacheslav Bakhirov Boris Belousov 24 August 1937 10 May 1957 Valery Mezhlauk Nikolai Smelyakov Machine Building and Instrumentation 1954 1956 ? ? 1946 1953 ? ? Machine Building and Livestock and Fodder Production 1954 1956 ? ? Machine Building for Light and Food Industries 1 October 1965 1 March 1988 Vasili Doyenin Lev Vasiljev Maritime Fleet 28 August 1954 26 November 1991 Viktor Bakaev Yuri Volmer 19 March 1946 15 March 1953 Pyotr Shirshov Nikolai Novikov 30 January 1931 9 April 1939 Nikolai Yanson Nikolai Yezhov Medium Machine Building 2 March 1965 17 July 1989 Yefim Slavski Lev Ryabev 17 July 1953 13 Mar