The Ministry of Agricultural Machine Building (Minselmash; ) was a

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in the

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. It was charged with the manufacture of agricultural vehicles and tractors and other machines related to the agricultural industry.

History

On 11 January 1939 the

People's Commissariat of Defence Industry of the USSR The Ministry of Defense Industry (Minoboronprom; ) was a Government of the Soviet Union, government Ministries of the Soviet Union, ministry in the Soviet Union, established 8 December 1936. History It was originally established on 8 December 1936 ...

(''Народный комиссариат оборонной промышленности'') was divided into several departments, among which was the People's Commissariat of Munitions (shortened to NKB in Russian). It oversaw the work of 53 production plants and 12 design offices, five construction companies, 5 universities and 11 technical schools. In 1939 it employed 337,141 workers. The Ministry of Agricultural Machine Building stems from the Main Administration of Agricultural Machine Building (Glavsel'mash). A law of 29 August 1937 lists the main Administration of Agricultural Machine Building among the main administrations to be transferred from 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 ...

to the People's Commissariat of Machine Building. This main administration was next transferred to the People's Commissariat of Medium Machine Building on 5 February 1939. A ukase of the

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USSR of 7 January 1946 reorganized the

People's Commissariat of Munitions The People's Commissariat of Munitions of the USSR ( - НКБ), was one of the central ministries of the Soviet Government, who oversaw production of the armaments industry, mainly ammunition and explosives. The seat was located in Moscow at Kirov ...

and its enterprises, tractor plants of the People's Commissariat of Medium Machine Building and the People's Commissariat of Transport Machine Building, and agricultural machine building plants of the

People's Commissariat of Mortar Armament People's, branded as ''People's ViennaLine'' until May 2018, and legally ''Altenrhein Luftfahrt GmbH'', is an Austro-Swiss airline headquartered in Vienna, Austria. It operates scheduled and charter passenger flights mainly from its base at St. ...

into the People's Commissariat of Agricultural Machine Building. By the law of 15 March 1946 which reorganized the Council of People's Commissariats into the

Council of Ministers USSR The Council of Ministers of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ( rus, Совет министров СССР, r=Sovet Ministrov SSSR, p=sɐˈvʲet mʲɪˈnʲistrəf ˌɛsˌɛsˌɛsˈɛr), sometimes abbreviated as Sovmin or referred to as the ...

, the People's Commissariat of Agricultural Machine Building became the Ministry of Agricultural Machine Building.

List of ministers

''Source'': :People's Commissar for Munitions: * Ivan P. Sergeev (11.1.1939 - 8.3.1941) *

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(8.3.1941 - 16.2.1942) *

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(16.2.1942 - 7.1.1946) :Ministers of Agricultural Machines: *

(7.1.1946 - 26.6.1946) *

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(26.6.1946 - 14.3.1951) * Georgi Popov (14.3.1951 - 15.3.1953) :Ministers of Tractors and Agricultural Machines: *

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(2.10.1965 - 10.10.1980) * Aleksandr Yezhevski (10.10.1980 - 19.10.1988)

References

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