The Ministry of State Farms (russian: Министерство совхозов 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 transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...
.
History
The People's Commissariat of Grain and Animal Husbandry State Farm USSR (Nukemat Sovkhozov SSSR) was separated from the
People's Commissariat of Agriculture USSR on 1 October 1932, and established as an
all-union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...
people's commissariat. This commissariat was reorganized as a
union-republic people's commissariat by the
Stalin Constitution
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held power as General Secretar ...
in 1936.
On 15 March 1946, all people's commissariats became ministries, and the People's Commissariat of Grain and Animal Husbandry State Farm USSR became the Ministry of State Farms USSR, retaining its union-republic status.
The People's Commissariat of Grain and Animal Husbandry State Farms USSR had jurisdiction over grain, dairy, meat, swine-raising, livestock-raising, sheep-raising, and reindeer-raising
sovkhoz
A sovkhoz ( rus, совхо́з, p=sɐfˈxos, a=ru-sovkhoz.ogg, abbreviated from ''советское хозяйство'', "sovetskoye khozyaystvo (sovkhoz)"; ) was a form of state-owned farm in the Soviet Union.
It is usually contrasted wit ...
es. This jurisdiction was exercised directly with regard to sovkhozes of union subordination and indirectly (through republic commissariats) with regard to sovkhozes of republic subordination.
[ ]
List of ministers
''Source'':
*
Tikhon Turkin (1.1.1931 - 4.4.1934)
*
Moisei Kalmanovitsh (4.4.1934 - 12.4.1937)
*
Nikolai Demtshenko (12.4.1937 - 22.7.1937)
*
Tikhon Turkin (22.7.1937 - 12.12.1938)
*
Pavel Lobanov
Pavel Pavlovich Lobanov (January 15, 1902, Staro, Dmitrovsky District, Moscow Oblast, Dmitrovsky District, Moscow Governorate – August 13, 1984, Moscow) was a Soviet statesman and economic leader. Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Unio ...
(12.12.1938 - 11.11.1945)
*
Nikolai Skvorcov (4.2.1947 - 15.3.1953)
* (15.3.1953 - 2.3.1955)
*
Ivan Benediktov
Ivan Benediktov (russian: Ива́н Бенеди́ктов; 1902–1983) was a Soviet official who served in different posts, including people's commissars for agriculture, then minister of agriculture and Soviet ambassador to India and to Yugo ...
(2.3.1955 - 30.5.1957)
References
External links
*
State Farms
State may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Literature
* ''State Magazine'', a monthly magazine published by the U.S. Department of State
* ''The State'' (newspaper), a daily newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina, United States
* ''Our S ...
1931 establishments in the Soviet Union
1957 disestablishments in the Soviet Union
Agriculture in the Soviet Union
{{USSR-stub