- Source: Military-Industrial Commission of the USSR
The Military-Industrial Commission of the USSR or VPK (Russian: военно-промышленная комиссия) commission under the Soviet Council of Ministers from 1957 to 1991. The VPK was a Commission of the Presidium of the Council of Ministers, and a deputy chairman of the Council headed it. The Soviet VPK's primary function was to facilitate plan fulfillment by easing bottlenecks, enforcing inter-ministerial cooperation, and overseeing the availability of resources.
History
The VPK was officially formed in December 1957.
Chairmen of the VPK
1957-63: Dmitriy Ustinov (Russian: Дми́трий Усти́нов)
1963-85: Leonid Smirnov (Russian: Леонид Смирнов)
1985-91: Yuri Maslyukov (Russian: Юрий Маслюков)
See also
People's Commissariat of Defence Industry of the USSR
People's Commissariat of Arms of the USSR
Military-Industrial Commission of Russia
Footnotes
References
Rockets and People, Volume III: Hot Days of the Cold War, by Boris Evseevich Chertok, pub Government Printing Office, 2005, ISBN 0-16-081733-1.
The Collapse of the Soviet Military, by General William E. Odom, pub Yale University Press, 1998, ISBN 0-300-07469-7.
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