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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546">Map</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Soviet_Union_Map.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="{{{map_alt}}}" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Soviet_Union_Map.png/220px-Soviet_Union_Map.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Soviet_Union_Map.png/330px-Soviet_Union_Map.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Soviet_Union_Map.png/440px-Soviet_Union_Map.png 2x" data-file-width="1356" data-file-height="928" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Union of Soviet Socialist Republics</div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>People's Commissariat for Communications of the USSR</b> (<a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a>: <span lang="ru">Народный комиссариат связи СССР</span>) was the central state agency of the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> for <a href="/wiki/Communications" class="mw-redirect" title="Communications">communications</a> in the period 1932 to 1946. The <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Commissariat" title="People's Commissariat">Commissariat</a> administered the <a href="/wiki/Mail" title="Mail">postal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Telegraph" class="mw-redirect" title="Telegraph">telegraph</a> and <a href="/wiki/Telephone" title="Telephone">telephone</a> services. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=People%27s_Commissariat_for_Communications&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Commissariat was organised on 17 January 1932 by renaming from the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Commissariat_for_Posts_and_Telegraphs_of_the_USSR" title="People's Commissariat for Posts and Telegraphs of the USSR">People's Commissariat for Posts and Telegraphs of the USSR</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Over the years of the pre-World War II five-year plans (1929–1940), there was a rapid development of the Soviet communication system and industry. High-frequency equipment was introduced for long-distance communication. Use of such equipment allowed to transmit three, four, or 12 telephone calls over a pair of wires or 16 telegrams over a single telephone channel. In 1939, construction of a high-frequency three-channel line between Moscow and <a href="/wiki/Khabarovsk" title="Khabarovsk">Khabarovsk</a> (8,600 km) provided dependable communication between the USSR central regions and the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Far_East" title="Russian Far East">Far East</a>. By late 1940, the Moscow <a href="/wiki/Central_Telegraph" title="Central Telegraph">Central Telegraph</a> Office had 22 <a href="/wiki/Fax#Wire_transmission" title="Fax">facsimile</a> lines. In 1941, a 12-channel line between Moscow and <a href="/wiki/Leningrad" class="mw-redirect" title="Leningrad">Leningrad</a> was put into operation that meant the concurrent transmission of 12 telephone calls over a single pair of wires.<sup id="cite_ref-GSE_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GSE-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 1930s, the rural (intraraion) telephone communication was first set up. In 1940, it reached 70% of the areas under rural soviets, 76.3% of the <a href="/wiki/Sovkhoz" title="Sovkhoz">sovkhozes</a>, and 9.2% of the <a href="/wiki/Kolkhoz" title="Kolkhoz">kolkhozes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GSE_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GSE-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Radio_broadcasting_network" class="mw-redirect" title="Radio broadcasting network">radio broadcasting network</a> experienced significant expansion. In the early 1930s, the <a href="/wiki/Comintern" class="mw-redirect" title="Comintern">Comintern</a> Radio Station, with a power of 500 kW, was constructed along with a number of other stations with a power of 100 kW each. The receiving network was augmented, while a system for wired broadcasting via rebroadcasting centres was arranged. Regular <a href="/wiki/Television_programming" class="mw-redirect" title="Television programming">television programming</a> was initiated in 1939.<sup id="cite_ref-GSE_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GSE-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Great_Patriotic_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Patriotic War">Great Patriotic War</a> of 1941–1945, steady communication was organised between the General Headquarters of the Supreme Command and the fronts. Soviet postal service administered by the People's Commissariat for Communications of the USSR delivered billions of <a href="/wiki/Letter_(message)" title="Letter (message)">letters</a> via the postal network and the military postal units of the army in the field.<sup id="cite_ref-GSE_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GSE-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Up to 70 million <a href="/wiki/Parcel_(package)" class="mw-redirect" title="Parcel (package)">parcels</a> per month were delivered to the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Army" title="Soviet Army">Soviet Army</a> front from the rear under extremely difficult and often very dangerous conditions. </p><p>Because of the war time, almost half the telephone offices became inoperative but were restored soon after the war. By 1948, telephone system capacity and number of installed telephone sets exceeded the pre-war level.<sup id="cite_ref-GSE_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GSE-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the post-war times, mail service had undergone quantitative and qualitative changes. In 1946, the People's Commissariat for Communications of the USSR was transformed into the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Communications_(Soviet_Union)" title="Ministry of Communications (Soviet Union)">Ministry of Communications of the USSR</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Philatelic_policy">Philatelic policy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=People%27s_Commissariat_for_Communications&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Philatelic policy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The People's Commissariat for Communications of the USSR was responsible for issuing <a href="/wiki/Postage_stamp" title="Postage stamp">postage stamps</a>. It also sold stamps to <a href="/wiki/Philatelic" class="mw-redirect" title="Philatelic">philatelic</a> organisations and collectors. By 1939–1940, the <a href="/wiki/Revenue" title="Revenue">revenue</a> from stamp sales through philatelic organisations was significant. In that same year, it secured over 85% of the total income of the Commissariat (or 17.28 million rubles of 19.833 million rubles). The <a href="/wiki/Soviet_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Soviet government">Soviet government</a> was not an exception among the other states in terms of deriving a profit from the postage stamp trade. In fact, many governments around the world developed similar policies for issuing stamps:<sup id="cite_ref-Grant_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Grant-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Most stamps, particularly in the 1920s and afterwards, lost their purely postal character in favour of other ends. Some countries began to give philatelic issues their special attention in order to derive a sizable part of the national income from the sale of stamps.</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>Carlos Stoetzer, "Postage Stamps as Propaganda", Washington, D.C.: Public Affairs Press,1953, 2.</cite></div></blockquote> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed" style="text-align:center; font-size:78%"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 208.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 206.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Postcar.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Soviet postal truck in the 1930s"><img alt="Soviet postal truck in the 1930s" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Postcar.jpg/310px-Postcar.jpg" decoding="async" width="207" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Postcar.jpg/465px-Postcar.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/Postcar.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="339" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Soviet <a href="/wiki/Postal_truck" class="mw-redirect" title="Postal truck">postal truck</a> in the 1930s</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 198.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 196.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1944TelegramNKSKharkov.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Telegramme of the People's Commissariat for Communications sent to freed Kharkov, 1944"><img alt="Telegramme of the People's Commissariat for Communications sent to freed Kharkov, 1944" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/1944TelegramNKSKharkov.jpg/295px-1944TelegramNKSKharkov.jpg" decoding="async" width="197" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/1944TelegramNKSKharkov.jpg/442px-1944TelegramNKSKharkov.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/1944TelegramNKSKharkov.jpg/589px-1944TelegramNKSKharkov.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4363" data-file-height="3110" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Telegram" class="mw-redirect" title="Telegram">Telegramme</a> of the People's Commissariat for Communications sent to freed Kharkov, 1944</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 102.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 100.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:USSR_stamp_1945_CPA_978.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Stamp issued by the People's Commissariat for Communications to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the claimed invention of radio by A.S. Popov, 1945"><img alt="Stamp issued by the People's Commissariat for Communications to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the claimed invention of radio by A.S. Popov, 1945" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/USSR_stamp_1945_CPA_978.jpg/151px-USSR_stamp_1945_CPA_978.jpg" decoding="async" width="101" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/USSR_stamp_1945_CPA_978.jpg/226px-USSR_stamp_1945_CPA_978.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/USSR_stamp_1945_CPA_978.jpg/302px-USSR_stamp_1945_CPA_978.jpg 2x" data-file-width="643" data-file-height="894" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Stamp issued by the People's Commissariat for Communications to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the claimed <a href="/wiki/Invention_of_radio" title="Invention of radio">invention of radio</a> by <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Stepanovich_Popov" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexander Stepanovich Popov">A.S. Popov</a>, 1945</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 151.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 149.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1946_%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%87%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%82_%D1%83%D1%88.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Letterhead of the Kharkov City Post Office, People's Commissariat for Communications, 1946"><img alt="Letterhead of the Kharkov City Post Office, People's Commissariat for Communications, 1946" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/1946_%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%87%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%82_%D1%83%D1%88.jpg/224px-1946_%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%87%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%82_%D1%83%D1%88.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/1946_%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%87%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%82_%D1%83%D1%88.jpg/336px-1946_%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%87%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%82_%D1%83%D1%88.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/1946_%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%87%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%82_%D1%83%D1%88.jpg/448px-1946_%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%87%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%82_%D1%83%D1%88.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1296" data-file-height="1216" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Letterhead" title="Letterhead">Letterhead</a> of the Kharkov City Post Office, People's Commissariat for Communications, 1946</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_Commissars">List of Commissars</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=People%27s_Commissariat_for_Communications&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: List of Commissars"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Over the years, the Commissariat was headed by the following officers: </p> <table class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center"> <th>People's Commissar for Communications </th> <th>Term of office </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Alexey_Rykov" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexey Rykov">Alexey Rykov</a> </td> <td>17 January 1932 – 26 September 1936 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Genrikh_Yagoda" title="Genrikh Yagoda">Genrikh Yagoda</a> </td> <td>26 September 1936 – 5 April 1937 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Innokenty_Khalepsky" title="Innokenty Khalepsky">Innokenty Khalepsky</a> </td> <td>5 April 1937 – 17 August 1937 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Matvei_Berman" title="Matvei Berman">Matvei Berman</a> </td> <td>17 August 1937 – 1 July 1938 </td></tr> <tr> <td>(vacant) </td> <td>1 July 1938 – 7 May 1939 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ivan_Peresypkin" title="Ivan Peresypkin">Ivan Peresypkin</a> </td> <td>10 May 1939 – 20 July 1944 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Konstantin Sergeychuk </td> <td>20 July 1944 – 15 March 1946 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=People%27s_Commissariat_for_Communications&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_People%27s_Commissars" title="Council of People's Commissars">Council of People's Commissars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_trading_tax_stamp" title="International trading tax stamp">International trading tax stamp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Communications_(Soviet_Union)" title="Ministry of Communications (Soviet Union)">Ministry of Communications (Soviet Union)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Communications_and_Mass_Media_of_Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Communications and Mass Media of Russia">Ministry of Communications and Mass Media of Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Commissariat_for_Posts_and_Telegraphs_of_the_RSFSR" title="People's Commissariat for Posts and Telegraphs of the RSFSR">People's Commissariat for Posts and Telegraphs of the RSFSR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Russia" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Russia">Postage stamps and postal history of Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soviet_and_post-Soviet_postage_rates" class="mw-redirect" title="Soviet and post-Soviet postage rates">Soviet and post-Soviet postage rates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union_stamp_catalogue" title="Soviet Union stamp catalogue">Soviet Union stamp catalogue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stamps_of_the_Soviet_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Stamps of the Soviet Union">Stamps of the Soviet Union</a></li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Cellulose and Paper Industry">Cellulose and Paper Industry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Civil_Aviation_(Soviet_Union)" title="Ministry of Civil Aviation (Soviet Union)">Civil Aviation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Coal_Industry" title="Ministry of Coal Industry">Coal Industry</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Commerce_(Soviet_Union)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ministry of Commerce (Soviet Union) (page does not exist)">Commerce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Communications_(Soviet_Union)" title="Ministry of Communications (Soviet Union)">Communications</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Communication_Equipment_Industry_(Soviet_Union)" title="Ministry of Communication Equipment Industry (Soviet Union)">Communication Equipment Industry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Construction_(Soviet_Union)" title="Ministry of Construction (Soviet Union)">Construction</a></li> <li><a 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Construction</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Installation_and_Special_Construction_Work&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ministry of Installation and Special Construction Work (page does not exist)">Installation and Special Construction Work</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Instrument-Making,_Automation_and_Control_Systems" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Instrument-Making, Automation and Control Systems">Instrument-Making, Automation and Control Systems</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Internal_Affairs_(Soviet_Union)" title="Ministry of Internal Affairs (Soviet Union)">Internal Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Iron_and_Steel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ministry of Iron and Steel (page does not exist)">Iron and Steel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Justice_(Soviet_Union)" title="Ministry of Justice (Soviet Union)">Justice</a></li> <li><a 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title="Ministry of Machine Building for Light and Food Industry (page does not exist)">Machine Building for Light and Food Industry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Machine_Tool_and_Tool_Building_Industry" title="Ministry of Machine Tool and Tool Building Industry">Machine Tool and Tool Building Industry</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Machinery_for_Stock_Raising_and_Feeding&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ministry of Machinery for Stock Raising and Feeding (page does not exist)">Machinery for Stock Raising and Feeding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Manufacture_of_Communication_Media" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Manufacture of Communication Media">Manufacture of Communication Media</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Meat_and_Dairy_Industry" title="Ministry of Meat and Dairy Industry">Meat and Dairy Industry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Medical_Industry" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Medical Industry">Medical Industry</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Medical_and_Microbiologiacal_Industry&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ministry of Medical and Microbiologiacal Industry (page does not exist)">Medical and Microbiologiacal Industry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Medium_Machine-Building" title="Ministry of Medium Machine-Building">Medium Machine-Building</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Merchant_Marine_(Soviet_Union)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ministry of Merchant Marine (Soviet Union) (page does not exist)">Merchant Marine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Mineral_Fertilizer_Production" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Mineral Fertilizer Production">Mineral Fertilizer Production</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Metallurgy_(Soviet_Union)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ministry of Metallurgy (Soviet Union) (page does not exist)">Metallurgy</a></li> <li><a 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and Electrification</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Pulp_and_Paper_Industry&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ministry of Pulp and Paper Industry (page does not exist)">Pulp and Paper Industry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Radio_Industry" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Radio Industry">Radio Industry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Railways_(Soviet_Union)" title="Ministry of Railways (Soviet Union)">Railways</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Rubber_Industry&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ministry of Rubber Industry (page does not exist)">Rubber Industry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Shipbuilding_(Soviet_Union)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Shipbuilding (Soviet Union)">Shipbuilding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_State_Farms" title="Ministry of State Farms">State Farms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_State_Security_(Soviet_Union)" title="Ministry of State Security (Soviet Union)">State Security</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Technical_Cultivation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ministry of Technical Cultivation (page does not exist)">Technical Cultivation</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Textile_Industry&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ministry of Textile Industry (page does not exist)">Textile Industry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Timber_Industry" title="Ministry of Timber Industry">Timber Industry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Timber,_Paper_and_Wood_Processing_Industry" title="Ministry of Timber, Paper and Wood Processing Industry">Timber, Paper and Wood Processing Industry</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Tool_and_Tool_Building_Industry&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ministry of Tool and Tool Building Industry (page does not exist)">Tool and Tool Building Industry</a></li> <li><a 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