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data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"><span class="mw-redirectedfrom">(Redirected from <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Armament&redirect=no" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Armament">Ministry of Armament</a>)</span></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Soviet government agency</div> <p>The <b>Ministry of Armament</b> (<a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a>: <span lang="ru">Министерство вооружения СССР</span>) was a <a href="/wiki/Government_ministry" class="mw-redirect" title="Government ministry">government ministry</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>. Before 1946 it was known as the <b>People's Commissariat of Armament of the USSR</b> (<i>Народный комиссариат вооружения СССР</i>). </p><p>The Ministry of Armaments was subordinate to the <a href="/wiki/USSR_Council_of_Ministers" class="mw-redirect" title="USSR Council of Ministers">USSR Council of Ministers</a> and was located on Mayakovskogo Street in Moscow.<sup id="cite_ref-cia_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cia-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </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=Ministry_of_Armaments_(Soviet_Union)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On January 11, 1939 the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Commissariat_of_Defence_Industry_of_the_USSR" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Commissariat of Defence Industry of the USSR">People's Commissariat of Defence Industry of the USSR</a> (<i>Народный комиссариат оборонной промышленности</i>) was divided into several departments, among which was the People's Commissariat of Armament. </p><p>It oversaw the work of 28 manufacturing plants and eight design offices. In 1939 it employed 204,458 workers.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>It played a leading role in the whole complex of arms which devotes major attention to the head of <a href="/wiki/Lavrenty_Beria" class="mw-redirect" title="Lavrenty Beria">Lavrenty Beria</a>. In 1946 the office was renamed the <b>Ministry of Arms of the USSR</b> (<i>Министерство вооружения СССР</i> – МВ). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Responsibilities">Responsibilities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Armaments_(Soviet_Union)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Responsibilities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The ministry was in charge of the production of weapons equipment and ammunition for the <a href="/wiki/USSR_Armed_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="USSR Armed Forces">USSR Armed Forces</a>; it had under its administration all plants factories and workshops manufacturing any armaments or ammunition, regardless whether this production represented the main or secondary occupation of such plants.<sup id="cite_ref-cia_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cia-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There were few plants in the Soviet Union that were strictly military plants, and since the tendency was to keep the production of war materials as secret as possible, it was customary to assign some peacetime production line to any plant manufacturing armaments. All such plants, even though they were concerned with the production of peacetime goods, were put under the administration of the Ministry of Armaments. Each plant working for the Ministry of Armaments was assigned a number that was used in official correspondence, e.g., Kirov Plant 304 and Plant 707.<sup id="cite_ref-cia_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cia-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_ministers">List of ministers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Armaments_(Soviet_Union)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: List of ministers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Source</i>:<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><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> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Moisey_Rukhimovich" title="Moisey Rukhimovich">Moses Rukhimovitsh</a> (8.12.1936 - 16.10.1937)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mikhail_Kaganovich" title="Mikhail Kaganovich">Mikhail Kaganovich</a> (16.10.1937 - 11.1.1939)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boris_Vannikov" title="Boris Vannikov">Boris Vannikov</a> (11.1.1939 - 9.6.1941)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dmitri_Ustinov" class="mw-redirect" title="Dmitri Ustinov">Dmitri Ustinov</a> (9.6.1941 - 6.3.1953)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Armaments_(Soviet_Union)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-cia-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-cia_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cia_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cia_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170123191656/https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP82-00047R000100240010-2.pdf">"Organization Of The Ministry of Armament USSR"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. 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