Gosplan

State Planning Committee of the USSR
(Gosplan)
Gosudarstvenny komitet po planirovaniyu
Государственный комитет по планированию

Soviet Gosplan headquarters in Moscow
(later Russian State Duma building)
State committee overview
Formed22 February 1921 (1921-02-22)
Preceding State committee
  • RSFSR State Planning Committee
Dissolved1 April 1991
JurisdictionGovernment of the Soviet Union
HeadquartersMoscow, RSFSR
55°45′27″N 37°36′55″E / 55.75750°N 37.61528°E / 55.75750; 37.61528
Parent departmentCouncil of Ministers
Child State committee
  • Central Statistical Directorate

The State Planning Committee, commonly known as Gosplan (Russian: Госплан, IPA: [ɡosˈpɫan]),[1] was the agency responsible for central economic planning in the Soviet Union. Established in 1921 and remaining in existence until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Gosplan had as its main task the creation and administration of a series of five-year plans governing the economy of the USSR.

  1. ^ The word "Gosplan" is an abbreviation of Gosudarstvenniy Komitet po Planirovaniyu (Государственный комитет по планированию, "State Committee for Planning".)