The Ministry of General Machine-Building Industry of the USSR (MOM) (

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: ''Министерство общего машиностроения СССР'') was a

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of the

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. The Ministry headquarters was located in

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, on Miusskaya Sq. (''Миусская пл.'') 3.

History

The Ministry of General Machine Building was established by the provisions of the

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Central Committee and USSR

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no. 126-47 on 2 March 1965, who oversaw all issues related to

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in the

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. At the beginning the ministry consisted of 55 organizational units - companies, firms and research institutes: in 1966 there were 134, in 1991, 160. On September 17, 1991, the Ministry was wound up, passing on their duties to the newly established Federal Space Agency Roskosmos (''Федеральное космическое агентство'' - Роскосмос).

List of ministers

''Source'': *

Sergey Afanasyev Sergey Afanasyev may refer to: *Sergey Afanasyev (engineer) (1918–2001), Soviet engineer and space and defense industry executive * Sergey Afanasyev (athlete) (born 1964), Russian middle-distance runner, in 1989 European Athletics Indoor Champio ...

(2.3.1965 - 8.4.1983) *

Oleg Baklanov Oleg Dmitriyevich Baklanov (russian: Олег Дмитриевич Бакланов; 17 March 1932 – 28 July 2021) was a Soviet politician, and high functionary in government and industry. He was a scientist and businessman. As Minister of Ge ...

(8.4.1983 - 26.3.1988) *

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(26.3.1988 - 17.7.1989) * Oleg Shushkin (17.7.1989 - 24.12.1991)

References

{{Departments of the USSR Space program of the Soviet Union

History

List of ministers

See also

References