The Ministry of Transport Construction (Mintransstroy; russian: Министерство транспортного строительства СССР) was a

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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 ...

. Originally established in 1954 as Ministry of Transport Construction as the successor to the

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; renamed State Production Committee for Transport Construction in 1957 and renamed Ministry of Transport Construction in 1965. Responsible for overseeing the construction of railroads, large bridges, tunnels and subways in seaports and river ports, construction of national highways and airfields.

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Yevgeni Kozhevnikov Yevgeni, Yevgeny, Yevgenii or Yevgeniy (russian: Евгений), also transliterated as Evgeni, Evgeny, Evgenii or Evgeniy, is the Russian form of the masculine given name Eugene (given name), Eugene. People with the name include: :''Note: Occasion ...

(8.2.1955 - 10.5.1957; 2.10.1965 - 5.3.1975) *

Ivan Sosnov Ivan () is a Slavic languages, Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John (given name), John) from Hebrew language, Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. T ...

(5.3.1975 - 8.5.1985) *

Vladimir Brezhnev Vladimir Brezhnev (March 5, 1935 – March 20, 1996) was an ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for HC CSKA Moscow. He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1965. He was born and died i ...

(8.5.1985 - 24.8.1991)

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