The Ministry of Electric Power Stations (russian: Министерство электростанций СССР) was a government ministry in the
Soviet Union
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History
The People's Commissariat of Electric Power Stations and Electrical Industry USSR was one of six people's commissariats created from the division of the People's Commissariat of Heavy Industry USSR by
ukase
In Imperial Russia, a ukase () or ukaz (russian: указ ) was a proclamation of the tsar, government, or a religious leader ( patriarch) that had the force of law. " Edict" and "decree" are adequate translations using the terminology and concep ...
of the
Presidium Supreme Soviet USSR
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).
Ukases of the Presidium, Supreme Soviet USSR, of 7 April 1940, reorganized the People's Commissariat of Electric Power Stations and Electrical Industry USSR into the People's Commissariat of Electric Power Stations USSR and established the People's Commissariat of Electrical Industry USSR. The first of the two ukases placed all rayon steam electric power stations, hydroelectric power stations, electric power networks, heating networks, and the construction of rayon electric power stations under the jurisdiction of the new People's Commissariat of Electric Power Stations USSR. Also, peat enterprises and organizations serving rayon power stations were transferred from the People's Commissariat of Local Fuel Industry RSFSR to the People's Commissariat of Electric Power Stations USSR.
On 15 March 1946, the People's Commissariat of Electric Power Stations USSR was renamed the Ministry of Electric Power Stations USSR.
List of ministers
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Mikhail Pervukhin
Mikhail Georgievich Pervukhin (russian: Михаи́л Гео́ргиевич Перву́хин; 14 October 1904 – 22 July 1978) was a Soviet official during the Stalin Era and Khrushchev Era. He served as a First Deputy Chairman of the ...
(26.1.1939 - 17.4.1940)
* Andrei Letkov (17.4.1940 - 15.3.1953)
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Mikhail Pervukhin
Mikhail Georgievich Pervukhin (russian: Михаи́л Гео́ргиевич Перву́хин; 14 October 1904 – 22 July 1978) was a Soviet official during the Stalin Era and Khrushchev Era. He served as a First Deputy Chairman of the ...
Power Stations
A power station, also referred to as a power plant and sometimes generating station or generating plant, is an industrial facility for the generation of electric power. Power stations are generally connected to an electrical grid.
Many po ...