Council of People's Commissars of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
The Council of People's Commissars of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic was the government of Soviet Russia between 1917 and 1946. It was established by the Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets of Workers', Soldiers', and Peasants' Deputies on November 9, 1917 "as an interim workers' and peasants' government" under the name of the Council of People's Commissars, which was used before the adoption of the Constitution of the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic of 1918.
| Совет народных комиссаров Российской Советской Федеративной Социалистической Республики | |
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| Formed | November 9, 1917 |
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| Dissolved | March 15, 1946 |
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| Jurisdiction | Russian Soviet Republic (1917–1918) Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1918–1946) |
| Headquarters | Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
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| Parent agency | All-Russian Central Executive Committee (1918–1937), Supreme Council of the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic (1937–1946) |
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Territory of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1940–1944) | |
Since 1918, the formation of the Council of People's Commissars of the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic was the prerogative of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee, and since 1937, the Supreme Council of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. The Council of People's Commissars of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic was formed from the people's commissars – the leaders of the People's Commissariats of Soviet Russia – headed by the chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. Similar Councils of People's Commissars were created in other Soviet republics.
By the law of the Soviet Union of March 15, 1946 and the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic of March 23 of the same year, the Council of People's Commissars of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic was transformed into the Council of Ministers of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.