1932–1991

Heavy industry and military industry

The production administrators and military-industrial complex behind industrialization, armaments, atomic energy and missiles.

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Leadership Timeline

  1. 1932–1937 Grigory Konstantinovich Ordzhonikidze People’s Commissar for Heavy Industry
  2. 1940–1953 Ivan Fyodorovich Tevosian Metallurgy, shipbuilding and transport-machine industry leadership
  3. 1941–1953 Vyacheslav Alexandrovich Malyshev Tank, transport-machine and medium-machine industry leadership
  4. 1941–1953 Boris Lvovich Vannikov Ammunition and atomic-administration leadership
  5. 1957–1986 Yefim Pavlovich Slavsky Minister of Medium Machine-Building and nuclear industry
  6. 1965–1983 Sergey Alexandrovich Afanasyev Minister of General Machine-Building and missile/space industry
  7. 1976–1984 Dmitry Fyodorovich Ustinov Defence minister and military-industrial elder