Kosygin's third government
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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. His third government would last for four years, until the 1974 Soviet election
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Kosygin's second government
Alexei Kosygin's second government would last four years, until the 1970 Soviet election held on 14 June. It saw the creation of many new ministries.The former government of Alexei Kosygin was dissolved following the Soviet legislative election of 1966...
of Alexei Kosygin was dissolved following the Soviet legislative election
Soviet Union legislative election, 1970
On 14 June 1970, 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...
of 1970. Kosygin was once again elected Premier by the Politburo and the Central Committee following the election. His third government would last for four years, until the 1974 Soviet election
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...
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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 | 14 July, 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers | Dmitry Polyansky Dmitry Polyansky Note: There is also a Russian triathlete with the same name, transliterated also as Dmitry Polyanski.Dmitry Stepanovich Polyansky , – Moscow, 8 October 2001) was a Soviet-Russian statesman who was First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union from 1965 to 1973... |
14 July, 1970 – 2 February 1973 |
| Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers | Ignati Novikov | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Venyamin Dymshitz | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 | |
| Mikhail Lesetshko | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 | |
| 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... |
14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 | |
| 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... |
14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 | |
| Kirill Mazurov Kirill Mazurov Kirill Trofimovich Mazurov was a Belarusian Soviet politician.-Political career:... |
14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 | |
| Vladimir Kirillin | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 | |
| 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... |
14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 | |
| Mikhail Yefremov Mikhail Timofeyevich Yefremov Mikhail Timofeyevich Yefremov , was a Soviet politician and diplomat.... |
14 July 1970 – 1 January 1971 | |
| Pyotr Shelest | 19 May 1972 – 7 May 1973 | |
| Ziya Nurijev | 3 April 1973 – 1 January 1971 | |
| 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... |
14 March 1973 – 26 July 1974 | |
| Minister of Foreign Trade | Nikolai Patolitshev | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| 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 | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Merchant Marine | Timofei Guzenko | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Medium Machine Building | Yefim Slavski | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Transport Construction | Yevgeni Kozhevnikov | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Aviation Industry | Pyotr Dementev | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Shipbuilding | Boris Butoma | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Radio Industry | Valeri Kalmykov | 14 July 1970 – 8 April 1974 |
| Pyotr Pleshakov | 8 April – 26 July 1974 | |
| 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... |
14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Internal Affairs | Nikolai Shchelokov | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| 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 | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| 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 | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Higher Education | Vjatsheslav Yeljutin | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Finance | Vasily Garbuzov | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Commerce | Aleksandr Strujev | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Defence | Andrei Grechko Andrei Grechko Andrei Antonovich Grechko was a Soviet general, Marshal of the Soviet Union and Minister of Defense.-Biography:Born in a small town near Rostov-on-Don, the son of Ukrainian peasants, he joined the Red Army in 1919, where he was a part of the legendary “Budyonny Cavalry”... |
14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| 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 | 14 July 1970 – 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 | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Agriculture | Vladimir Matskevich | 14 July 1970 – 2 February 1973 |
| Dmitri Poljanski | 2 February 1973 – 26 July 1974 | |
| Minister of Geology | Aleksandr Sidorenko | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Energy and Electrification | Pyotr Neporozhny | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Civil Aviation | Yevgeni Loginov | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Boris Bugajev | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 | |
| Minister of Ferrous Metallurgy | Ivan Kazanetz | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Coal Industry | Boris Bratshenko | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Chemical Industry | Leonid Kostandov | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Oil Industry | Valentin Shashin | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Oil and Petrochemical Industry | Viktor Fjodorov | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Timber and Wood Processing Industry | Nikolai Timofjejev | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Building Materials Industry | Ivan Grishmanov | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Light Industry | Nikolai Tarasov | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Food Industry | Voldemar Lein | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Fish Industry | Aleksandr Ishkov | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Meat and Dairy Industry | Sergei Antonov | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Heavy and Transport Machines Construction | Vladimir Zhigalin | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Construction of Tool-Machines | Anatoli Kostousov | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Construction, Road Building and Communal Machines | Jefim Novosjelov | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Tractors and Agricultural Machines | Ivan Sinizyn | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Automobile Industry | Aleksandr Tarasov | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Construction of Petrochemical Machinery | Konstantin Brekhov | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Electrical Engineering | Aleksei Antonov | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Instrument-Making, Automation and Control Systems | Konstantin Rudnev | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Machine Building for Light and Food Industries | Vasili Doyenin | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Assembling and Special Construction | Fuad Jakubowski | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Land Reclamation and Water Conservancy | Yevgeni Aleksejevski | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Gas Industry | Aleksei Kortunov | 14 July 1970 – 20 September 1972 |
| Sabit Orudzhev | 20 September 1972 – 26 July 1974 | |
| Minister of Construction of Oil and Gas Industry | Aleksei Kortunov | 14 July 1970 – 11 December 1973 |
| Sabit Orudzhev | 11 December 1973 – 26 July 1974 | |
| Minister of General Machine Building | Sergei Afanasjev | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| 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... |
14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Electronic Industry | Aleksandr Shokin | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Defence Industry | Sergei Sverov | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Housing and Architecture | Mikhail Pozokhin | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Construction of Heavy Industry | Nikolai Goldin | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Industrial Construction | Aleksandr Tokarjev | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Agricultural Construction | Stepan Khitrov | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Construction | Georgi Karavajev | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Medical Industry | Pyotr Gusenko | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Machine Building | Vjatsheslav Bakhirov | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Cellulose and Paper Industry | Konstantin Galantshin | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Machinery for Stock Raising and Feeding | Konstantin Beljak | 11 October 1973– 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Production of Communication Media | Erien Pervyshin | 11 April – 26 July 1974 |
Committees
| Committee | Chairman | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Chairman of the People's Control Commission | Pavel Kovanov | 14 July 1970 – 23 July 1971 |
| Gennady Voronov Gennady Voronov Gennady Ivanovich Voronov was a Soviet-Russian statesman who was from 1962 to 1971 the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Russian SFSR, literally meaning Premier or Prime Minister.... |
23 July 1971 – 26 July 1974 | |
| 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... |
14 July 1970 – 7 May 1973 |
| 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:... |
14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |