A USSR State Committee was a
central government
A central government is the government that is a controlling power over a unitary state. Another distinct but sovereign political entity is a federal government, which may have distinct powers at various levels of government, authorized or dele ...
body within the
Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Unlike a
ministry, which was responsible for the management of the country's economic and social resources within a particular field of development or activity, a state committee was acting on an inter-agency level.
State committees were not directly subordinate to the
Soviet Government
The Government of the Soviet Union ( rus, Прави́тельство СССР, p=prɐˈvʲitʲɪlʲstvə ɛs ɛs ɛs ˈɛr, r=Pravítelstvo SSSR, lang=no), formally the All-Union Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, commonly ab ...
—rather the heads of state committees (along with ministers) formed the government (
cabinet) such as 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 ...
(1922–1946),
Council of Ministers (1946–1991) or the
Cabinet of Ministers
A cabinet is a body of high-ranking state officials, typically consisting of the executive branch's top leaders. Members of a cabinet are usually called cabinet ministers or secretaries. The function of a cabinet varies: in some countrie ...
(1991).
List of committees
;All-Union State Committee
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State Defense Committee
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State Committee on Science and Technology
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State Committee for Standards and Product Quality Management
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State Committee for Computer Science Informatics
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State Committee for Hydrometeorology
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State Committee for Foreign Economic Relations
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State Committee for Inventions and Discoveries
;Union-Republican state committees
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State Planning Committee
The State Planning Committee, commonly known as Gosplan ( rus, Госплан, , ɡosˈpɫan),
was the agency responsible for economic planning, central economic planning in the Soviet Union. Established in 1921 and remaining in existence until ...
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State Committee for Construction
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State Committee for Defense Technology
State may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Literature
* '' State Magazine'', a monthly magazine published by the U.S. Department of State
* ''The State'' (newspaper), a daily newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina, United States
* '' Our ...
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State Committee for Metallurgy
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State Committee for Transport Construction
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State Committee for Fuel Industry
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State Committee for Material and Technical Supply
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State Committee for Labour and Social Problems Goskomtrud (russian: Госкомтруд) was the State Committee for Labour and Social Issues in the Soviet Union. It dealt with labour relations and wage issues. A 1991 western (American) review of the institution claimed over-emphasis on wage po ...
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State Committee for Prices
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State Committee on Statistics
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State Committee on National Issues
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State Committee for Vocational and Technical Education
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State Committee on Television and Radio
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State Committee for Cinematography
Goskino USSR (russian: link=Yes, Госкино СССР) is the abbreviated name for the USSR State Committee for Cinematography (Государственный комитет по кинематографии СССР) in the Soviet Union. It w ...
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State Committee for Publishing, Printing and Book Trade
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State Committee for Forestry
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State Committee for Nature Protection
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State Committee for Physical Culture and Sport
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State Committee for Supervision over Safety Works in Industry and Atomic Energy
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Committee for State Security
See also
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State Council of the Soviet Union (August-December 1991)
References
{{Departments of the USSR