People's Commissariat for Agriculture (russian: Народный комиссариат земледелия - Narkomzem) was set up in

Petrograd Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

in October 1917.

Vladimir Milyutin Vladimir Pavlovich Milyutin (Russian: Влади́мир Па́влович Милю́тин; 5 September 1884 – 30 October 1937) was a Russian Bolshevik leader, Soviet statesman, economist and statistician who was People's Commissar for Agricu ...

was appointed the first People's Commissar of Agriculture. He was a member of the

Council of People's Commissars The Councils of People's Commissars (SNK; russian: Совет народных комиссаров (СНК), ''Sovet narodnykh kommissarov''), commonly known as the ''Sovnarkom'' (Совнарком), were the highest executive authorities of ...

(Sovnarkom). The Narkomzem offices located at Orlikov Pereulok, 1,

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were designed by

Aleksey Shchusev Alexey Victorovich Shchusev (academic spelling), german: Schtschussew, french: Chtchoussev, pl, Szchusiew. (russian: Алексе́й Ви́кторович Щу́сев; – 24 May 1949) was a Russian and Soviet architect who was successf ...

in 1928. This building is currently occupied by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation. Following the establishment of Sovnarkom at the Second All-Russian Congress of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies' Soviets Lenin attended the

Extraordinary All-Russia Congress Of Soviets Of Peasants' Deputies The Extraordinary All-Russia Congress Of Soviets Of Peasants' Deputies was held between November 10-25, 1917. The Congress was attended by a majority of Socialist-Revolutionaries and was the scene of a political struggle between Left Socialist-Revo ...

where he promised that the Left Socialist Revolutionaries could select one of their members to become the Narkomsem Commissar.

Andrei Kolegayev Andrei Lukic Kolegayev (russian: Андрей Лукич Колегаев) (22 March 1887 – 23 March 1937) was a Left Socialist-Revolutionary and later Soviet statesman who advocated an alliance with the Bolsheviks. He was born in Surgut, Tobol ...

was appointed to this position on 23 December 1917. In 1946 the Commissariat was replaced by the

Ministry of Agriculture and Food An agriculture ministry (also called an) agriculture department, agriculture board, agriculture council, or agriculture agency, or ministry of rural development) is a ministry charged with agriculture. The ministry is often headed by a minister ...

People's Commissars of Agriculture

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People's Commissars of Agriculture

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