Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union

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executive body government cabinet state organ of the Soviet Union

The Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union was the highest executive and administrative authority of the USSR, responsible for implementing state policies and managing the government’s day-to-day operations.

Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form	Occurrences
Council of Ministers of the USSR	18
Government of the Soviet Union	3
Cabinet of Ministers of the Soviet Union	2
Council of Ministers of the RSFSR	1
Soviet leadership collective	1
Sovmin	1
USSR Council of Ministers	1
executive branch of the Soviet Union	1
state administration of the Soviet Union	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	executive body ⓘ government cabinet ⓘ state organ of the Soviet Union ⓘ
accountableTo	Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Soviet government ⓘ Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union ⓘ surface form: Sovmin
componentOf	state apparatus of the Soviet Union ⓘ
country	Soviet Union ⓘ
dateDissolved	1991 ⓘ
dateFormed	1946 ⓘ
formedFrom	Council of People's Commissars ⓘ surface form: Council of People’s Commissars of the Soviet Union
function	drafting and executing economic plans ⓘ implementation of foreign and domestic policy decisions ⓘ management of agriculture ⓘ management of industry ⓘ management of transport and communications ⓘ
governedByParty	Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
hadChairman	Alexei Kosygin ⓘ Georgy Malenkov ⓘ Joseph Stalin ⓘ Nikolai Bulganin ⓘ Nikolai Ryzhkov ⓘ Nikolai Tikhonov ⓘ Valentin Pavlov ⓘ
hadJurisdictionOver	Union republics of the Soviet Union ⓘ
hadMember	chairmen of state committees of the Soviet Union ⓘ ministers of the Soviet Union ⓘ
headedBy	Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union ⓘ
jurisdiction	Soviet Union ⓘ surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
legalBasis	1977 Constitution of the Soviet Union ⓘ surface form: Constitution of the Soviet Union
location	Moscow ⓘ
oversaw	ministries of the Soviet Union ⓘ state committees of the Soviet Union ⓘ
parentOrganization	Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: state administration of the Soviet Union
politicalSystem	one-party socialist state ⓘ
precededBy	Council of People's Commissars ⓘ surface form: Council of People’s Commissars of the Soviet Union
replaced	Council of People's Commissars ⓘ surface form: Council of People’s Commissars of the Soviet Union
replacedBy	Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Cabinet of Ministers of the Soviet Union Government of the Russian Federation ⓘ Government of the Russian Federation ⓘ surface form: Government of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
reportedTo	Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ
role	highest administrative authority of the Soviet Union ⓘ highest executive authority of the Soviet Union ⓘ implementation of state policy ⓘ management of day-to-day administration of the USSR ⓘ
seat	Moscow ⓘ
subordinateTo	Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ
succeededBy	Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Cabinet of Ministers of the Soviet Union Government of the Russian Federation ⓘ

Referenced by (42)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Five-Year Plans for the National Economy of the Soviet Union → administeredBy → Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Nikolai Tikhonov → affiliation → Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Ministers of the USSR

Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union → alsoKnownAs → Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sovmin

Lenin Prize → awardingBody → Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Ministers of the USSR

Soviet Border Troops → controlledBy → Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Ministers of the USSR

Soviet Internal Troops → controlledBy → Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Ministers of the USSR

Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union → deFactoSupremacyOver → Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Constitutional Oversight Committee of the USSR → distinctFrom → Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: USSR Council of Ministers

Alexei Kosygin → employer → Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Government of the Soviet Union

Alexei Kosygin → employer → Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Nikolai Ryzhkov → employer → Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Nikolai Tikhonov → employer → Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union ⓘ

KGB → establishedBy → Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union ⓘ

1977 Constitution of the Soviet Union → establishes → Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Ministers of the USSR

Constitution of the Soviet Union → establishes → Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Ministers of the USSR

Soviet Union → executiveBody → Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Soviet government → executiveBody → Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Ministers of the USSR

Five-Year Plans for the National Economy of the Soviet Union → government → Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Government of the Soviet Union

Nikolai Tikhonov → governmentBranch → Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: executive branch of the Soviet Union

Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Russian SFSR → memberOf → Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Ministers of the USSR

Head of Government of the Soviet Union → officeHolderLeads → Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Kuntsevo Dacha → owner → Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Government of the Soviet Union

Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union → parentOrganization → Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: state administration of the Soviet Union

Ministry of Defense of the USSR → partOf → Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Ministers of the USSR

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union → partOf → Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Nikolai Tikhonov → partOf → Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet leadership collective

Government of the Russian Federation → precededBy → Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Ministers of the RSFSR

Stalin Prize → presentedBy → Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Ministers of the USSR

Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union → replacedBy → Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cabinet of Ministers of the Soviet Union

Council of People's Commissars → replacedBy → Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Ministers of the USSR

Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union → subordinateBody → Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Russian SFSR → subordinateTo → Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Ministers of the USSR

Council of Ministers of the Russian SFSR → subordinateTo → Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Ministers of the USSR

Gosplan → subordinateTo → Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Ministers of the USSR

MGB → subordinateTo → Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Ministers of the USSR

MVD → subordinateTo → Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Ministers of the USSR

Ministry of Defense of the USSR → subordinateTo → Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Ministers of the USSR

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union → subordinateTo → Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union ⓘ

Soviet armed forces → subordinateTo → Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union ⓘ

State Bank of the USSR → subordinateTo → Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Ministers of the USSR

Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union → succeededBy → Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cabinet of Ministers of the Soviet Union

KGB → supervisedBy → Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union ⓘ