Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union
The Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union was the highest collegial body of executive and administrative authority of the Soviet Union from 1923 to 1946.
| Совет народных комиссаров Советского Союза | |
The building of the Kremlin Senate, which housed the secretariat of the Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union | |
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| Formed | July 6, 1923 |
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| Dissolved | March 15, 1946 |
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| Jurisdiction | Soviet Union |
| Headquarters | Soviet Union, Moscow, Kremlin |
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| Parent agency | Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union, Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union |
As the government of the Soviet Union, the Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union and the People's Commissariats led by it played a key role in such significant events for the country and society as the economic recovery after the Civil War, the New Economic Policy, agricultural collectivization, electrification, industrialization, five-year plans for the development of national economy, censorship, the fight against religion, repression and political persecution, the Gulag, the deportation of peoples, the annexation of the Baltic States and other territories by the Soviet Union, the organization of the partisan movement, the organization of industrial production in the rear during the Great Patriotic War.
In 1946, it was transformed into the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union.