Ministries of the Soviet Union

The Ministries of the Soviet Union (Russian: Министерства СССР) were the government ministries of the Soviet Union.

After the Russian Revolution of 1917 the previous bureaucratic apparatus of bourgeois ministers was replaced by People's Commissariats (Russian: народных комиссариатов; Narkom), staffed by new employees drawn from workers and peasants.^[1] On 15 March 1946 the people's commissariats were transformed into ministries. The name change had no practical effects, other than restoring a designation previously considered a leftover of the bourgeois era.^[2] The collapse of the ministry system was one of the main causes behind the dissolution of the Soviet Union.^[3]

State Committees were also subordinated to the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union and had similar powers and rights.^[4]

^ Kim, M.P. History of the USSR: The Era of Socialism. p. 78. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
^ An economic history of the U.S.S.R. IICA. 1986. p. 294.
^ Shama, Avraham; Sementsov, Sergey (March 1992). "The collapse of the Soviet Ministries: Economic and legal transformation". The International Executive. 34 (2): 131–150. doi:10.1002/tie.5060340203.
^ "Ministries, Economic". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 3 December 2017.

[1] Kim, M.P. History of the USSR: The Era of Socialism. p. 78. Retrieved 3 December 2017.

[2] An economic history of the U.S.S.R. IICA. 1986. p. 294.

[3] Shama, Avraham; Sementsov, Sergey (March 1992). "The collapse of the Soviet Ministries: Economic and legal transformation". The International Executive. 34 (2): 131–150. doi:10.1002/tie.5060340203.

[4] "Ministries, Economic". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 3 December 2017.

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