Ministry of Communication Equipment Industry (Soviet Union)

The Ministry of Communications Equipment Industry (MPSS; Russian: Министерство промышленности средств связи СССР) was a government ministry in the Soviet Union.

Ministry of Communications Equipment Industry

Министерство промышленности средств связи СССР
All ministry seals of the Soviet Union used the Soviet coat of arms
Agency overview
Formed	1946
Preceding agency	5th Main Directorate of the People's Commissariat of Defense Industry of the USSR (1937–1940) People's Commissariat of Electrical Industry of the USSR (1940–1946)
Dissolved	1989
Superseding agency	Ministry of Communications
Jurisdiction	Government of the Soviet Union
Headquarters	Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

History

By ukase of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of 28 June 1946, the Ministry of Electrical Industry was divided into the Ministry of Electrical Industry and the Ministry of Communications Equipment Industry. The Ministry of Communications Equipment Industry was given jurisdiction over enterprises and organizations producing radar, radio engineering, and telephone and telegraph equipment, vacuum tubes, storage batteries, battery cells and carbon electrical products.^[1]

The ministry was re-established on 30 March 1974; had overall responsibility for production of communication equipment (including radio and television, telegraph and telephone, and satellite communications equipment), and for overall construction of a country-wide unified communications network.^[2]

List of ministers

• Erien Pervyshin (11.4.1974 - 17.7.1989)^[3]