The Ministry of Defense Industry (Minoboronprom; russian: Министерство оборонной промышленности СССР) was a

government ministry Ministry or department (also less commonly used secretariat, office, or directorate) are designations used by first-level executive bodies in the machinery of governments that manage a specific sector of public administration." Энцикло ...

in the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

, established 8 December 1936.

History

It was originally established on 8 December 1936 as the People's Commissariat of Defence Industry of the USSR on the basis of the People's Commissariat of Heavy Industry of the USSR. On 11 January 1939, a decree of the

Presidium of the Supreme Soviet 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 Aviation Industry, People's Commissariat of the Shipbuilding Industry, People's Commissariat of Arms and People's Commissariat of Munitions. The ministry was re-established on 2 March 1965 from the State Committee for Defense Technology. It was responsible for conventional ground forces weapons, solid propellant missiles and optical systems.

Headquarters

The seat was located in Moscow at the Ulanski alley (''Уланский переулок'') 16 and 22 in the building (designed by DF Fridman) built in 1936 for the purpose of Metrostroy (''Мосметрострой'') tube building company. Since 1939 the building was the headquarters of the People's Commissariat of Aviation Industry (''Народный комиссариат авиационной промышленности'' – Наркомавиапром). The phone book does not indicate the address of the Ministry.

List of ministers

''Source'': * Dmitri Ustinov (6 March 1953 - 14 December 1957) * Sergei Zverev (2 October 1963 - 17 December 1978) * Pavel Finogenov (29 January 1979 - 17 July 1989) * Boris Belousov (17 July 1989 - 24 October 1991)

References

{{Departments of the USSR Defence industry of the Soviet Union