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A USSR State Committee was a central government body within the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Unlike a ministry, which was responsible for the management of the country's economic and social resources within a particular field of development or activity, a state committee was acting on an inter-agency level.

State committees were not directly subordinate to the Soviet Government—rather the heads of state committees (along with ministers) formed the government ( cabinet) such as the Council of People's Commissars (1922–1946), Council of Ministers (1946–1991) or the Cabinet of Ministers (1991). ^[1]

List of committees

All-Union State Committee

• State Defense Committee
• State Committee on Science and Technology
• State Committee for Standards and Product Quality Management
• State Committee for Computer Science Informatics
• State Committee for Hydrometeorology
• State Committee for Foreign Economic Relations
• State Committee for Inventions and Discoveries

Union-Republican state committees

• State Planning Committee
• State Committee for Construction
• State Committee for Defense Technology
• State Committee for Metallurgy
• State Committee for Transport Construction
• State Committee for Fuel Industry
• State Committee for Material and Technical Supply
• State Committee for Labour and Social Problems
• State Committee for Prices
• State Committee on Statistics
• State Committee on National Issues
• State Committee for Vocational and Technical Education
• State Committee on Television and Radio
• State Committee for Cinematography
• State Committee for Publishing, Printing and Book Trade
• State Committee for Forestry
• State Committee for Nature Protection
• State Committee for Physical Culture and Sport
• State Committee for Supervision over Safety Works in Industry and Atomic Energy
• Committee for State Security

See also

• State Council of the Soviet Union (August-December 1991)

References