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Council of Ministers of the USSR (tr.
Romanization of Russian

Romanization of the Russian alphabet is the process of transliteration the Russian language from the Cyrillic alphabet into the Latin alphabet. Such transliteration is necessary for writing Russian names and other words in the alphabet of one's own language....
: Soviet Ministrov SSSR; sometimes the abbreviation Sovmin was used) was the Soviet government
Government

Government is the body within any organization that has the authority to make and the power to enforce laws, regulations, or rules. Typically, the government refers to a civil government -- local, provincial, or national -- but commercial, academic, religious, or other formal organizations are also administered by governing bodies....
—the highest executive and administrative
Administration (government)

The term administration, as used in the Context of government, differs according to jurisdiction....
 body of the Soviet Union
Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.The name is a translation of the , romanization of Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated ????, SSSR....
. Between 1922 and 1946 it was named Council of People's Commissars of the USSR (tr.
Romanization of Russian

Romanization of the Russian alphabet is the process of transliteration the Russian language from the Cyrillic alphabet into the Latin alphabet. Such transliteration is necessary for writing Russian names and other words in the alphabet of one's own language....
: Sovet Narodnykh Komissarov SSSR, often abbreviated to Sovnarkom or SNK). The Council of Ministers of the USSR was formed by the Supreme Soviet of the USSR
Supreme Soviet

The Supreme Soviet of the USSR was the highest legislative body in the Soviet Union in the interim of the sessions of the Congress of Soviets, and the only one with the power to pass constitutional amendments....
 on the first session of each convocation
Convocation

A Convocation is a group of people formally assembled for a special purpose.In some Universities for example, the term "convocation" refers specifically to the entirety of the alumni of the university, which function as one of the university's representative bodies....
, i.e.






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Council of Ministers of the USSR (tr.
Romanization of Russian

Romanization of the Russian alphabet is the process of transliteration the Russian language from the Cyrillic alphabet into the Latin alphabet. Such transliteration is necessary for writing Russian names and other words in the alphabet of one's own language....
: Soviet Ministrov SSSR; sometimes the abbreviation Sovmin was used) was the Soviet government
Government

Government is the body within any organization that has the authority to make and the power to enforce laws, regulations, or rules. Typically, the government refers to a civil government -- local, provincial, or national -- but commercial, academic, religious, or other formal organizations are also administered by governing bodies....
—the highest executive and administrative
Administration (government)

The term administration, as used in the Context of government, differs according to jurisdiction....
 body of the Soviet Union
Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.The name is a translation of the , romanization of Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated ????, SSSR....
. Between 1922 and 1946 it was named Council of People's Commissars of the USSR (tr.
Romanization of Russian

Romanization of the Russian alphabet is the process of transliteration the Russian language from the Cyrillic alphabet into the Latin alphabet. Such transliteration is necessary for writing Russian names and other words in the alphabet of one's own language....
: Sovet Narodnykh Komissarov SSSR, often abbreviated to Sovnarkom or SNK). The Council of Ministers of the USSR was formed by the Supreme Soviet of the USSR
Supreme Soviet

The Supreme Soviet of the USSR was the highest legislative body in the Soviet Union in the interim of the sessions of the Congress of Soviets, and the only one with the power to pass constitutional amendments....
 on the first session of each convocation
Convocation

A Convocation is a group of people formally assembled for a special purpose.In some Universities for example, the term "convocation" refers specifically to the entirety of the alumni of the university, which function as one of the university's representative bodies....
, i.e. every four years.

History


Sovnarkom

According to the 1918 Constitution of the RSFSR, the govermnent of the Russian SFSR
Russian SFSR

The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic , also called the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic, the Russian SFSR and the RSFSR for short, was the largest and most populous of the fifteen Republics of the Soviet Union of the Soviet Union and became the Russian Federation after the collapse of the Soviet Union....
 was named Council of People's Commissars (informally abbreviated Sovnarkom); a government minister was named People's Commissar (narkom) and ministries were called People's Commissariat (narkomat). The Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars had a function similar to that of a prime minister
Prime minister

A prime minister is the most senior minister of Cabinet in the Executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. The position is usually held by, but need not always be held by, a politician....
.

This convention was established during the events of the Revolution of 1917, when the Congress of Soviets
Congress of Soviets

The Congress of Soviets was the supreme governing body of the Russian SFSR and the Soviet Union in two periods, from 1917 to 1936 and from 1989 to 1991....
 introduced the first Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Republic and elected Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Lenin

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin , born Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov and also known by the pseudonyms V.I. Lenin and N. Lenin, was a Russians revolutionary, a Bolshevik Communism politician, the principal leader of the October Revolution and the first head of the USSR....
 whe first Chairman of the Sovnarkom.

Upon the creation of the USSR in 1922, the Union's government was modelled after the Sovnarkom of the RSFSR; the role of the All-Union Sovnarkom was fixed in the Constitution of the USSR
1924 Soviet Constitution

The 1924 Soviet Constitution legitimized the December 1922 union of the Russian SFSR, the Ukrainian SSR, the Belarusian SSR, and the Transcaucasian SFSR to form the Soviet Union....
.

Sovmin

In 1946, the All-Union Sovnarkom was renamed as the Council of Ministers of the USSR (tr.: Sovet Ministrov SSSR), and the People's Commissars and People's Commissariats became Minister
Minister (government)

A minister is a politician who holds significant public office in a national or regional government. Senior ministers are members of the Cabinet , usually led by a monarch, Governor-General, or president....
s and ministries.

The Union Republics soon folowed suit, renaming their local govermnents and ministers accordingly.

Seat

The building of the Council of Ministers of the USSR was situated inside the Moscow Kremlin
Moscow Kremlin

The Moscow Kremlin usually referred to as simply The Kremlin, is a historic fortified complex at the heart of Moscow, overlooking the Moskva River , Saint Basil's Cathedral and Red Square and the Alexander Garden ....
, next to the building of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
Presidium of the Supreme Soviet

The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet was a Soviet Union government of the Soviet Union body. This body was of the all-Union level , as well as in all Soviet republics ....
.

See also

  • Premier of the Soviet Union
    Premier of the Soviet Union

    Premier of the Soviet Union is the commonly used English language term for the offices of Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR , who was the head of government in the Soviet Union....
  • Commissar
    Commissar

    Commissar is the English transliteration of an official title The title was mostly associated with a number of Cheka and military functions in many Bolshevik and Soviet government military forces during the Russian Civil War; the White Army widely used the collective term bolsheviks and commissars for their opponents....
  • Political commissar
    Political commissar

    A political commissar, or politruk, is an officer appointed by a government to oversee a unit of the military. They are used by the government to ensure that previously appointed officers and troops are loyal to the new regime....
  • Council of People's Deputies (Weimar Republic
    Weimar Republic

    The Weimar Republic was the democracy and republican period of Germany from 1919 to 1933. Following World War I, the republic emerged from the German Revolution in November 1918....
    )
  • Government of Russia
    Government of Russia

    The Government of the Russian Federation is an executive governmental body that brings together the principal officers of the Executive Branch of the Russian Federation government....
  • Politics of Russia
    Politics of Russia

    The politics of Russia take place in a framework of a federation presidential system republic. According to the Constitution of Russia, the President of Russia is head of state, and of a multi-party system with executive power exercised by the government, headed by the Prime Minister, who is appointed by the President with the parliament's a...


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