The Ministry of Non-Ferrous Metallurgy (Mintsvetmet; russian: Министерство цветной металлургии СССР) was a
government ministry in the
Soviet Union
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.
History
The All-Union People's Commissariat of Non-ferrous Metallurgy was formed 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).[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 ...]
into six separate commissariats.
The following enterprises were placed under the jurisdiction of the People's Commissariat of Non-ferrous Metallurgy; copper-mining and copper-Smelting industries, zinc-industry enterprises, lead-industry enterprises, aluminum-industry enterprises, nickel-industry enterprises, gold- and platinum-industry enterprises, rare-metals, and tin-industry enterprises, enterprises for processing non-ferrous metals, and enterprises for procuring, processing, and distributing non-ferrous-metal scrap.
In June 1939, the
Main Administration of Food Supply for Workers of the Gold and Platinum Industry (Glavzolotoprodsnab) was established, with a number of regional offices placed under this administration. On 15 March 1946, all People's Commissariats were changed into ministries by decree of the Supreme Soviet USSR.
On 28 December 1950, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet USSR issued ukase ordering the division of the
Ministry of Metallurgical Industry USSR into two ministries, Ministry of Ferrous Metallurgy USSR and Ministry of Non-ferrous Metallurgy USSR, and the transfer of enterprises and organizations to the respective ministries, according to a list approved by the
Council of Ministers USSR
The Council of Ministers of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ( rus, Совет министров СССР, r=Sovet Ministrov SSSR, p=sɐˈvʲet mʲɪˈnʲistrəf ɛsɛsɛˈsɛr; sometimes abbreviated to ''Sovmin'' or referred to as the '' ...
. The Presidium appointed
Pyotr Lomako as Minister of Non-ferrous Metallurgy USSR, and
Ivan Arkhipov as First Deputy Minister of Non-ferrous Metallurgy.
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List of ministers
''Source'':
*
Aleksandr Samokhvalov (24 January 1939 – 9 July 1940)
*
Pjotr Lomako (9 July 1940 – 2 November 1986)
*
Vladimir Durasov (2 November 1986 – 17 July 1989)
References
Non-Ferrous Metallurgy
In metallurgy, non-ferrous metals are metals or alloys that do not contain iron (allotropes of iron, ferrite, and so on) in appreciable amounts.
Generally more costly than ferrous metals, non-ferrous metals are used because of desirable proper ...
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