A USSR State Committee was a
central government
A central government is the government that is a controlling power over a unitary state. Another distinct but sovereign political entity is a federal government, which may have distinct powers at various levels of government, authorized or dele ...
body within the
Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
The Government of the Soviet Union ( rus, Прави́тельство СССР, p=prɐˈvʲitʲɪlʲstvə ɛs ɛs ɛs ˈɛr, r=Pravítelstvo SSSR, lang=no), formally the All-Union Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, commonly ab ...
. Unlike a
ministry
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Government
* Ministry (collective executive), the complete body of government ministers under the leadership of a prime minister
* Ministry (government department), a department of a government
Religion
* Christian ...
, which was responsible for the management of the country's economic and social resources within a particular field of development or activity, a state committee was acting on an inter-agency level.
State committees were not directly subordinate to the
Soviet Government
The Government of the Soviet Union ( rus, Прави́тельство СССР, p=prɐˈvʲitʲɪlʲstvə ɛs ɛs ɛs ˈɛr, r=Pravítelstvo SSSR, lang=no), formally the All-Union Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, commonly ab ...
—rather the heads of state committees (along with ministers) formed the government (
cabinet
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) such as the
Council of People's Commissars
The Councils of People's Commissars (SNK; russian: Совет народных комиссаров (СНК), ''Sovet narodnykh kommissarov''), commonly known as the ''Sovnarkom'' (Совнарком), were the highest executive authorities of ...
(1922–1946),
Council of Ministers
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(1946–1991) or the
Cabinet of Ministers
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(1991).
List of committees
;All-Union State Committee
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State Defense Committee
The State Defense Committee (russian: Государственный комитет обороны - ГКО, translit=Gosudarstvennyĭ komitet oborony - GKO) was an extraordinary organ of state power in the USSR during the German-Soviet War (Grea ...
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State Committee on Science and Technology
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State Committee for Computer Science Informatics
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State Committee for Hydrometeorology
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State Committee for Foreign Economic Relations
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State Committee for Inventions and Discoveries
;Union-Republican state committees
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State Planning Committee
The State Planning Committee, commonly known as Gosplan ( rus, Госплан, , ɡosˈpɫan),
was the agency responsible for central economic planning in the Soviet Union. Established in 1921 and remaining in existence until the dissolution of ...
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State Committee for Construction
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State Committee for Defense Technology
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 ...
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State Committee for Metallurgy
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State Committee for Transport Construction
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 ...
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State Committee for Fuel Industry
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State Committee for Material and Technical Supply
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State Committee for Labour and Social Problems Goskomtrud (russian: Госкомтруд) was the State Committee for Labour and Social Issues in the Soviet Union. It dealt with labour relations and wage issues. A 1991 western (American) review of the institution claimed over-emphasis on wage po ...
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State Committee for Prices
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State Committee on Statistics
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State Committee on National Issues
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State Committee for Vocational and Technical Education
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State Committee on Television and Radio
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State Committee for Cinematography
Goskino USSR (russian: link=Yes, Госкино СССР) is the abbreviated name for the USSR State Committee for Cinematography (Государственный комитет по кинематографии СССР) in the Soviet Union. It w ...
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State Committee for Publishing, Printing and Book Trade
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State Committee for Forestry
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State Committee for Nature Protection
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State Committee for Physical Culture and Sport
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State Committee for Supervision over Safety Works in Industry and Atomic Energy
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Committee for State Security
See also
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State Council of the Soviet Union (August-December 1991)
References
{{Departments of the USSR