The DerzhPlan of the Ukrainian SSR (, {{langx, ru, Госплан УССР) or State Planning Committee of the Ukrainian SSR was a union-republican authority that conducted state planning of economical and social development of the

Ukrainian SSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, abbreviated as the Ukrainian SSR, UkrSSR, and also known as Soviet Ukraine or just Ukraine, was one of the Republics of the Soviet Union, constituent republics of the Soviet Union from 1922 until 1991. ...

and controlled execution of national economical plans. The committee was created on September 28, 1921 as the Ukrainian Commonly-planned Economic Commission as part of the Ukrainian Economical Conference. Later it was subordinated to the Council of People's Commissars (since 1946 - Council of Ministers) of the Ukrainian SSR and the

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(until 1922 - of the

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) of the USSR. The base of its organization and activities was the principle of

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Purpose

Derzhplan was developing perspective and annual state plans of economical and social development of the Ukrainian SSR in accordance with program of the

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, statements of the party's congresses and the

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, decisions of the

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and the

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, the Central Committee of Communist Party of Ukraine and Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR and instructions of the

of the USSR. The plans ensure a proportional development of national economy of the republic, a continuous growth and increase efficiency of public production, a rapid growth of national income, a further scientific-technical progress and a labor productivity growth. Those plans also provide a rational use of based funds and production capacities, material, labor, natural and financial resources, improving product quality, specialization of economy of the Ukrainian SSR in the All-Union division of labor in order to increase contribution in creation of the material-technical base of communism, steady increase of the living standards of the people. Developing plans, the committee provides a rational allocation of productive forces on a territory of the republic based on specialization and cooperation in production and integrated development of regional economies and economic districts.

Chairman of Derzhplan

Unlike the rest of members of the committee who were elected by the Council of Ministers, the chairman of Derzhplan was appointed by the Central Executive Committee of the Ukrainian SSR (since 1937 -

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). * November 1922 - November 1923

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* 1923 - 1924

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* June 1925 - December 1926

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* 1933 - November 1934 Yuri Kotsyubynsky * 1935 - May 1938 Kyrylo Sukhomlyn * July 1938 - May 28, 1940 Oleksiy Usykov * May 28, 1940 - 1941

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* 1943 - 1950 Volodymyr Valuyev * 1950 - 1952 Vasyl Harbuzov * 1954 - 1957

* 1957 - 1959

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* 1959 - 1963 Petro Rozenko * March 1963 - December 14, 1966 Anton Kochubei * 1966 - 1967 I.Starovoitenko * March 1967 - 1979 Petro Rozenko * January 1979 - July 1987

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* July 1987 - 1990

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* Rozenko, P.
State Planning Committee of the Ukrainian SSR
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Statement of the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR on Derzhplan
* Movchan, O.
State Planning Committee at the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR
'. Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine. "Naukova dumka". Kiev, 2004.
Decision of Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR
''On transformation of Derzhplan structure''. August 9, 1988.
Decision of Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR
''On approval of regulations about the Derzhplan''. November 16, 1982. Soviet phraseology Economy of the Soviet Union State Committees of the Soviet Union Economic planning 1921 establishments in Ukraine Government of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic 1990 disestablishments in Ukraine

Purpose

Chairman of Derzhplan

See also

Further reading

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