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.[1]
History edit
The VPK was officially formed in December 1957.[2]
Chairmen of the VPK edit
- 1957-63: Dmitriy Ustinov (Russian: Дми́трий Усти́нов)[3]
- 1963-85: Leonid Smirnov (Russian: Леонид Смирнов)[4]
- 1985-91: Yuri Maslyukov (Russian: Юрий Маслюков)
See also edit
Footnotes edit
- ^ Odom, The Collapse of the Soviet Military, p20.
- ^ Chertok, Rockets and People, Volume III: Hot Days of the Cold War, p2
- ^ Encyclopedia Astronautica, Ustinov
- ^ Encyclopedia Astronautica, Smirnov
References edit
- 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.