The Ministry of Defense Industry (Minoboronprom; ) was a
government
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In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive (government), execu ...
ministry in the
Soviet Union
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, 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
The People's Commissariat of Heavy Industry (Narkomtiazhprom; ) was a government ministry in the Soviet Union in the 1930s. which operated the electric power system in the Soviet Union was subordinated to the commissariat.
Brief overview
The Peop ...
of the USSR. On 11 January 1939, a decree of the
Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet () was the standing body of the highest organ of state power, highest body of state authority in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).The Presidium of the Soviet Union is, in short, the legislativ ...
of the USSR divided the People's Commissariat of Defence Industry of into four departments: the
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'':
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Dmitry Ustinov (6 March 1953 – 14 December 1957)
*
Sergei Zverev (2 October 1963 – 17 December 1978)
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Pavel Finogenov (29 January 1979 – 17 July 1989)
*
Boris Belousov (17 July 1989 – 24 October 1991)
References
Defence industry of the Soviet Union
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