The Ministry of Aviation Industry of the USSR () was the
government ministry
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of the
Soviet Union
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which oversaw production of the aviation industry. Before 1946 it was known as the People's Commissariat of Aviation Industry of the USSR (''Народный комиссариат авиационной промышленности CCCP'' – Наркомавиапром).
History
A January 11, 1939 decree of the
Presidium
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of the
Supreme Soviet of the USSR
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created the People's Commissariat of Aviation Industry of the USSR from the I Board (aircraft) of the
People's Commissariat of Defence Industry of the USSR
The Ministry of Defense Industry (Minoboronprom; ) was a Government of the Soviet Union, government Ministries of the Soviet Union, ministry in the Soviet Union, established 8 December 1936.
History
It was originally established on 8 December 1936 ...
.
According to Decree No. 4C of the
Council of People's Commissars
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of 21 January 1939, the NCAP took over:
* Main Boards no. 1, 5, 10 and 18 of the former People's Commissariat of Defence Industry, which supported the production of aircraft, aircraft engines and equipment along with related businesses;
* assembly companies no. 18, 20, 30, 31, trust Orgoboronprom (''Оргоборонпром'') and trust Ostekhupravlenie (''Остехуправление'');
* design offices no. 1, 5, 10;
* aviation institutes in
Moscow
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,
Kazan
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,
Kharkov
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Rybinsk
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It was previously known as '' ...
, Kuibyshev Institute of Engineering and Construction in Novosibirsk, Moscow Department of Lenpromakademia, Institute of Training of Engineers and Aviation Management Personnel in Moscow;
* 15 technical schools (aviation in Moscow, and at the plant no. 24, engineering at the Ordzhonikidze plant, electro-radio in
Gorky and
Voronezh
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, mechanical in
Vladimir, and others);
* 2 evening departments (''Рабочий факультет'') – air in Moscow and industrial in
Perm;
* 99 plant-schools.
In September 1939 the Politburo of the
CPSU
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(b) adopted a resolution on "the reconstruction and building aircraft factories." It predicted a more than 50% increase in the production capacity of aircraft factories by the end of 1941 in comparison to 1939. A decision was made to build nine new aircraft manufacturing plants and reconstruct the existing nine.
On March 15, 1946, the Commissariat was transformed into the Ministry of Aviation Industry of the USSR (''Министерство авиационной промышленности СССР'').
Headquarters
Headquarters was located in
Moscow
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at the Ulansky Lane () in two buildings No. 16 and 22 (architect ) built in 1936 for headquarters of the
Metrostroy () company. Since 1939 the headquarters of the People's Commissariat of Aviation Industry () have been placed here.
List of ministers
''Source'':
*
Mikhail Kaganovich (11.01.1939 – 10.01.1940)
*
Aleksey Shakhurin (10.01.1940 – 15.03.1946)
*
Mikhail Khrunichev (19.03.1946 – 15.03.1953)
*
Pjotr Dementyev (24.08.1953 – 14.12.1957; 02.10.1965 – 14.05.1977)
*
Vasily Kazakov (03.06.1977 – 17.02.1981)
*
Ivan Silayev (21.2.1981 – 01.11.1985)
*
Apollon Systsov (01.11.1985 – 24.08.1991)
References
External links
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Aviation in the Soviet Union
Defence industry of the Soviet Union