1929–1991

Agriculture

The agricultural administration line behind collectivization, virgin lands, procurement and the agro-industrial complex.

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Leadership Timeline

  1. 1929–1934 Yakov Arkadyevich Yakovlev Agriculture commissar and collectivization administrator
  2. 1938–1955 Ivan Alexandrovich Benediktov Agriculture commissar, then Minister of Agriculture
  3. 1955–1960, 1965–1973 Vladimir Vladimirovich Matskevich Minister of Agriculture after the virgin-lands drive
  4. 1973–1976 Dmitry Stepanovich Polyansky Minister of Agriculture
  5. 1976–1985 Valentin Karpovich Mesyats Minister of Agriculture
  6. 1985–1989 Vsevolod Serafimovich Murakhovsky Chairman of Gosagroprom