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.[1]

History

The VPK was officially formed in December 1957.[2]

Chairmen of the VPK

See also

  • People's Commissariat of Defence Industry of the USSR
  • People's Commissariat of Arms of the USSR

Footnotes

  1. Odom, The Collapse of the Soviet Military, p20.
  2. Chertok, Rockets and People, Volume III: Hot Days of the Cold War, p2
  3. Encyclopedia Astronautica, Ustinov
  4. Encyclopedia Astronautica, Smirnov

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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