The Ministry of Defense Industry (Minoboronprom; russian: Министерство оборонной промышленности СССР) was a
government ministry in the
Soviet Union
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, established 8 December 1936.
History
It was originally established on 8 December 1936 as the People's Commissariat of Defence Industry of the USSR on the basis of the
People's Commissariat of Heavy Industry The People's Commissariat of Heavy Industry (Narkomtiazhprom; russian: Народный комиссариат тяжёлой промышленности СССР) was a government ministry in the Soviet Union in 1930s.
Brief overview
The People's ...
of the USSR. On 11 January 1939, a decree of the
Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (russian: Президиум Верховного Совета, Prezidium Verkhovnogo Soveta) was a body of state power in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).[People's Commissariat of Aviation Industry
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People's Commissariat of the Shipbuilding Industry The People's Commissariat of the Shipbuilding Industry of the USSR (''Народный комиссариат судостроительной промышленности CCCP'') was one of the central offices in the Soviet Union, the equivalent of ...
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People's Commissariat of Arms The Ministry of Armament (russian: Министерство вооружения СССР) was a government ministry in the Soviet Union. Before 1946 it was known as the People's Commissariat of Armament of the USSR (''Народный комисс� ...
and
People's Commissariat of Munitions
The Ministry of Agricultural Machine Building (Minselmash; russian: Министерство сельскохозяйственного машиностроения СССР) was a government ministry in the Soviet Union. It was charged with the m ...
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The ministry was re-established on 2 March 1965 from the State Committee for Defense Technology. It was responsible for conventional ground forces weapons, solid propellant missiles and optical systems.
Headquarters
The seat was located in Moscow at the Ulanski alley (''Уланский переулок'') 16 and 22 in the building (designed by DF Fridman) built in 1936 for the purpose of Metrostroy (''Мосметрострой'') tube building company. Since 1939 the building was the headquarters of the
People's Commissariat of Aviation Industry
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(''Народный комиссариат авиационной промышленности'' – Наркомавиапром). The phone book does not indicate the address of the Ministry.
List of ministers
''Source'':
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Dmitri Ustinov
Dmitriy Fyodorovich Ustinov (russian: Дмитрий Фёдорович Устинов; 30 October 1908 – 20 December 1984) was a Marshal of the Soviet Union and Soviet politician during the Cold War. He served as a Central Committee se ...
(6 March 1953 - 14 December 1957)
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Sergei Zverev (2 October 1963 - 17 December 1978)
* Pavel Finogenov (29 January 1979 - 17 July 1989)
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Boris Belousov (17 July 1989 - 24 October 1991)
References
{{Departments of the USSR
Defence industry of the Soviet Union