State Committee of the Soviet Union

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A USSR State Committee was a central government body within the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Unlike a ministry, which was responsible for the management of the country's economic and social resources within a particular field of development or activity, a state committee was acting on an inter-agency level.

State committees were not directly subordinate to the Soviet Government—rather the heads of state committees (along with ministers) formed the government (cabinet) such as the Council of People's Commissars (1922–1946), Council of Ministers (1946–1991) or the Cabinet of Ministers (1991).

List of committees

All-Union State Committee

State Defense Committee

State Committee on Science and Technology

State Committee for Standards and Product Quality Management

State Committee for Computer Science Informatics

State Committee for Hydrometeorology

State Committee for Foreign Economic Relations

State Committee for Inventions and Discoveries

Union-Republican state committees

State Planning Committee

State Committee for Construction

State Committee for Defense Technology

State Committee for Metallurgy

State Committee for Transport Construction

State Committee for Fuel Industry

State Committee for Logistics

State Committee for Material and Technical Supply

State Committee for Labour and Social Problems

State Committee for Prices

State Committee on Statistics

State Committee on National Issues

State Committee for Vocational and Technical Education

State Committee on Television and Radio

State Committee for Cinematography

State Committee for Publishing, Printing and Book Trade

State Committee for Forestry

State Committee for Nature Protection

State Committee for Physical Culture and Sport

State Committee for Supervision over Safety Works in Industry and Atomic Energy

Committee for State Security

References

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