Kosygin's Fourth Government
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The former government
of Alexei Kosygin was dissolved following the Soviet legislative election of 1974
. Kosygin was once again elected Premier by the Politburo and the Central Committee following the election. His fourth government would lasted for nearly four years, until the 1979 Soviet election
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Kosygin's third government
The former government of Alexei Kosygin was dissolved following the Soviet legislative election of 1970. Kosygin was once again elected Premier by the Politburo and the Central Committee following the election...
of Alexei Kosygin was dissolved following the Soviet legislative election of 1974
Soviet Union legislative election, 1974
On 16 June 1974, elections were held to the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.The Supreme Soviet was made up of two chambers, each of 750 deputies: the Soviet of the Union and the Soviet of Nationalities .According...
. Kosygin was once again elected Premier by the Politburo and the Central Committee following the election. His fourth government would lasted for nearly four years, until the 1979 Soviet election
Soviet Union legislative election, 1979
On 4 March 1979, elections were held to the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.The Supreme Soviet was made up of two chambers, each of 750 deputies: the Soviet of the Union and the Soviet of Nationalities .According...
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Ministries
| Ministry | Minister | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Chairman Premier of the Soviet Union The office of Premier of the Soviet Union was synonymous with head of government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics . Twelve individuals have been premier... of the Council of Ministers |
Alexei Kosygin | 26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers | Kirill Mazurov Kirill Mazurov Kirill Trofimovich Mazurov was a Belarusian Soviet politician.-Political career:... |
26 July 1974 – 28 November 1978 |
| Nikolai Tikhonov Nikolai Tikhonov Nikolai Aleksandrovich Tikhonov was a Soviet Russian-Ukrainian statesman during the Cold War. He served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1980 to 1985, and as a First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers, literally First Vice Premier, from 1976 to 1980... |
2 September 1976 – 16 April 1979 | |
| Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers | Ivan Arkhipov Ivan Arkhipov Ivan Vasilyevich Arkhipov , – Moscow, 28 February 1998) was a Soviet-Russian statesman who was First Deputy of the Council of Ministers from 1980 to 1986.-Honours and awards:* Hero of Socialist Labour * Five Orders of Lenin... |
26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Nikolai Baibakov Nikolai Baibakov Nikolai Konstantinovich Baibakov was a Soviet statesman, economist and Hero of Socialist Labor. He finished secondary school in 1928 and entered the Azerbaijan Oil and Chemistry Institute, from which he graduated in 1931 as a mining engineer. In 1935, he was drafted into the armed forces... |
26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 | |
| Venyamin Dymshitz | 26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 | |
| Mikhail Lesetshko | 26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 | |
| Vladimir Kirillin | 26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 | |
| Ignati Novikov | 26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 | |
| Vladimir Novikov Vladimir Novikov (politician) Vladimir Nikolaevich Novikov was a Soviet-Russian statesman was Chairman of the State Planning Committee from 1960 to 1962 and Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the National Economy from 1962 to 1965.... |
26 July 1974 – 28 November 1978 | |
| Tikhon Kiselyov Tikhon Kiselyov Tikhon Yakovlevich Kiselyov was a Belarusian statesman in the Soviet Union, the leader of the Communist Party of Belorussia, i.e., the de-facto leader of the Byelorussian SSR... |
5 December 1978 – 16 April 1979 | |
| Ziya Nurijev | 26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 | |
| Pyotr Shelest | 26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 | |
| Ziya Nurijev | 26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 | |
| Leonid Smirnov Leonid Smirnov (politician) Leonid Vasil’evich Smirnov was director of the the missile factory at Dnepropetrovsk in the late 1950s, developing strategic missiles for the defence of the USSR... |
26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 | |
| Nikolai Tikhonov Nikolai Tikhonov Nikolai Aleksandrovich Tikhonov was a Soviet Russian-Ukrainian statesman during the Cold War. He served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1980 to 1985, and as a First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers, literally First Vice Premier, from 1976 to 1980... |
26 July 1974 – 2 September 1976 | |
| Nikolai Martynov | 25 June 1976 – 16 April 1979 | |
| Konstantin Katushev | 16 March 1977 – 16 April 1979 | |
| Minister of Aviation Industry Ministry of Aviation Industry (Soviet Union) The People's Commissariat of Aviation Industry of the USSR was the central office in the Soviet Union, the equivalent of a ministry, which oversaw production of the aviation industry.... |
Pyotr Dementev | 26 July 1974 – 14 May 1977 |
| Vasili Kazakov | 3 June 1977 – 16 April 1979 | |
| Minister of Instrument-Making, Automation and Control System | Konstantin Rudnev | 26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Automobile Industry | Aleksandr Tarasov Aleksandr Tarasov Aleksandr Tarasov was a Soviet modern pentathlete and Olympic Champion. He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, where he won a gold medal in the team competition Aleksandr Tarasov (March 23, 1927 – June 16, 1984) was a Soviet modern pentathlete and Olympic Champion. He competed... |
26 July 1974 – 28 June 1975 |
| Viktor Poljakov | 17 July 1975 – 16 April 1979 | |
| Minister of Chemical Industry | Leonid Kostandov | 26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Constrcution of Petrochemical Machinery | Konstantin Brekhov | 26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Civil Aviation | Boris Bugajev | 26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Construction of Oil and Gas Industry | Boris Shcherbina | 26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Defence Industry | Sergei Sverov | 26 July 1974 – 17 December 1970 |
| Pavel Finogenov | 2 January – 16 April 1979 | |
| Minister of Electrical Engineering | Aleksei Antonov Aleksei Antonov Aleksei Innokentievich Antonov was a General of the Soviet Army, awarded the Order of Victory for his efforts in World War II.-Career:... |
26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Electronic Industry | Aleksandr Shokin | 26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Gas Industry | Sabit Orudzhev | 26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Heavy and Transport Machines Construction | Vladimir Zhigalin | 26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Machine Building | Vjatsheslav Yeljutin | 26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Construction, Road Building and Communal Machines | Jefim Novosjelov | 26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Machine Building for Light and Food Industries | Vasili Doyenin | 26 July 1974 – 23 February 1977 |
| Ivan Pudkov | 28 March 1977 – 16 April 1979 | |
| Minister of Machinery for Stock Raising and Feeding | Konstantin Beljak | 26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of General Machine Building Ministry of General Machine Building (Soviet Union) The Ministry of General Machine-Building Industry of the USSR was one of the central offices in the Soviet Union, established by the provisions of the CPSU Central Committee and USSR Council of Ministers no... |
Sergei Afanasjev | 26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Medium Machine Building | Yefim Slavski | 26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Machine-Tool and Instrument Making | Anatoli Kostousov | 26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Manufacture of Communication Media | Erien Pervyshin | 26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Medical Industry | Pyotr Gusenko | 26 July 1974 – 28 January 1975 |
| Afanasi Melnitshenko | 23 May 1975 – 16 April 1979 | |
| Minister of Merchant Marine | Timofei Guzenko | 26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Oil Industry | Valentin Shashin | 26 July 1974 – 22 March 1977 |
| Nikolai Maltsev | 5 April 1977 – 16 April 1979 | |
| Minister of Pulp and Paper Industry | Konstantin Galantshin | 26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Radio Industry | Pyotr Pleshakov | 26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Railways Ministry of Railways (Soviet Union) The Ministry of Railways oversaw the railways of the Soviet Union. It was subdivided into 32 different railway agencies, which between them had millions of employees... |
Boris Beshchev | 26 July 1974 – 14 January 1977 |
| Ivan Pavlovski | 14 January 1977 – 16 April 1979 | |
| Minister of Shipbuilding | Boris Butoma | 26 July 1974 – 19 July 1977 |
| Mikhail Yegorov | 19 July 1977 – 16 April 1979 | |
| Minister of Tractors and Agricultural Machines | Ivan Sinizyn | 26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Foreign Trade | Nikolai Patolitshev | 26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Transport Construction | Yevgeni Kozhevnikov | 26 July 1974 – 5 March 1975 |
| Ivan Sosnov | 5 March 1975 – 16 April 1979 | |
| Minister of Agriculture | Dmitri Poljanski | 26 July 1974 – 6 March 1976 |
| Valentin Mesyats | 6 March 1976 – 16 April 1979 | |
| Minister of Agricultural Production | Stepan Khitrov | 26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Agricultural Products Procurement | Grigori Zolotukhin | 26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Heavy and Transport Machines Construction | Fuad Jakubowski | 26 July 1974 – 27 March 1975 |
| Boris Bakin | 22 May 1975 – 16 April 1979 | |
| Minister of Construction, Road Building and Communal Machines | Jefim Novosjelov | 26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Building Materials Industry | Ivan Grishmanov | 26 July 1974 – 4 January 1979 |
| Aleksei Jasin | 24 January – 16 April 1979 | |
| Minister of Coal Industry | Boris Bratshenko | 26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Communications Ministry of Communications (Soviet Union) The Ministry of Communications of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was the central state administration body on communications in the Soviet Union from 1946 to 1991... |
Nikolai Psurtshev | 26 July 1974 – 4 September 1975 |
| Nikolai Talyshin | 4 September 1975 – 16 April 1979 | |
| Minister of Construction | Georgi Karavajev | 26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Construction of Heavy Industry | Nikolai Goldin | 26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Culture Ministry of Culture (Soviet Union) The Ministry of Culture of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , formed in 1936, was one of the most important government offices in the Soviet Union. It was formerly known as the State Committee on the Arts . The Ministry, at the all-Union level, was established in 1953, after existing as a... |
Jekaterina Furtzeva | 26 July – 25 October 1974 |
| Pyotr Demichev Pyotr Demichev Pyotr Nilovich Demichev was a Soviet-Russian political figure; First Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet from 1986 to 1988 and Minister of Culture from 1974 to 1986.... |
14 November 1974 – 16 April 1979 | |
| Minister of Defence | Andrei Gretchko | 26 July 1974 – 26 April 1976 |
| Dmitriy Ustinov Dmitriy Ustinov Dmitriy Feodorovich Ustinov was Minister of Defense of the Soviet Union from 1976 until his death.-Early life:Dimitry Feodorovich Ustinov was born in a working-class family in Samara. During the civil war, when hunger became intolerable, his sick father went to Samarkand, leaving Dimitry as head... |
29 April – 16 April 1979 | |
| Minister of Education Ministry of Education (Soviet Union) Ministry of Education, founded as the People's Commissariat for Education but commonly called Narkompros , was the Soviet agency charged with the administration of public education and most of other issues related to culture. In 1946, it was renamed the Ministry of Education. Its first head was... |
Mikhail Prokofjev | 26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Ministry of Finance | Vasily Garbuzov | 26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Fish Industry | Aleksandr Ishkov | 26 July 1974 – 6 February 1978 |
| Vladimir Kamentsev | 14 February – 16 April 1979 | |
| Minister of Food Industry | Voldemar Lein | 26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Andrei Gromyko Andrei Gromyko Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko was a Soviet statesman during the Cold War. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet . Gromyko was responsible for many top decisions on Soviet foreign policy until he retired in 1987. In the West he was given the... |
26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Geology | Aleksandr Sidorenko Aleksandr Sidorenko Aleksandr Sidorenko is a former individual medley swimmer from the USSR. He won the 400 m individual medley at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.... |
26 July 1974 – 29 December 1975 |
| Jevgeni Kozlovski | 29 December 1975 – 26 July 1974 | |
| Minister of Health Ministry of Health (Soviet Union) The Ministry of Health of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , formed on 15 March 1946, was one of the most important government offices in the Soviet Union. It was formerly known as the People's Commissariat for Health... |
Boris Petrovski | 26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Higher Education | Vjatsheslav Yeljutin | 26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Industrial Construction | Aleksandr Tokarjev | 26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Internal Affairs | Nikolai Shchelokov | 26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Iron and Steel Industry | Ivan Kazanetz | 26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Justice Ministry of Justice (Soviet Union) The Ministry of Justice of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , formed on 15 March 1946, was one of the most important government offices in the Soviet Union. It was formerly known as the People's Commissariat for Justice... |
Vladimir Terebilov | 26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Land Reclamation and Water Conservancy | Yevgeni Aleksejevski | 26 July 1974 – 1 January 1979 |
| Nikolai Vasiljev | 13 April – 16 April 1979 | |
| Minister of Light Industry | Nikolai Tarasov | 26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Meat and Dairy Industry | Sergei Antonov Sergei Antonov Sergei Antonov was a Bulgarian airline representative who was accused of involvement in an assassination attempt against Pope John Paul II by Mehmet Ali Ağca in 1981.... |
26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Non-Ferrous Metallurgy | Pyotr Lomako Pyotr Lomako Pyotr Faddeyevich Lomako was a Soviet politician and economist, head of Gosplan between 1962 and 1965. During the Second World War, he was responsible for overseeing the evacuation of Soviet industry to the Ural mountains... |
26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Oil Processing and Petrochemical Industry | Viktor Fjodorov | 26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Electrical Power and Electrification | Pyotr Neporozhny | 26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Timber and Wood Processing Industry | Nikolai Timofjejev | 26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Trade, Home | Aleksandr Strujev | 26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Minister of Construction of Power Plants | Viktor Krotov | 26 May 1975 – 16 April 1979 |
Committees
| Committee | Chairman | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Chairman of the People's Control Commission | Aleksei Shkolnikov | 26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Chairman of the State Planning Committee Gosplan Gosplan or State Planning Committee was the committee responsible for economic planning in the Soviet Union. The word "Gosplan" is an abbreviation for Gosudarstvenniy Komitet po Planirovaniyu... |
Nikolai Baibakov Nikolai Baibakov Nikolai Konstantinovich Baibakov was a Soviet statesman, economist and Hero of Socialist Labor. He finished secondary school in 1928 and entered the Azerbaijan Oil and Chemistry Institute, from which he graduated in 1931 as a mining engineer. In 1935, he was drafted into the armed forces... |
26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |
| Chairman of State Committee for State Security KGB The KGB was the commonly used acronym for the . It was the national security agency of the Soviet Union from 1954 until 1991, and was the premier internal security, intelligence, and secret police organization during that time.The State Security Agency of the Republic of Belarus currently uses the... (KGB) |
Yuri Andropov Yuri Andropov Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov was a Soviet politician and the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 12 November 1982 until his death fifteen months later.-Early life:... |
26 July 1974 – 16 April 1979 |