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Rykov's fourth government

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Rykov's Fourth government

5th government of the Soviet Union
Date formed26 April 1927 (1927-04-26)
Date dissolved29 May 1929 (1929-05-29)
People and organisations
Head of stateMikhail Kalinin
Head of governmentAlexei Rykov
Deputy head of governmentSergo Ordzhonikidze
No. of ministers15
History
PredecessorRykov III
SuccessorRykov V

The Fourth Rykov Government was the cabinet of the Soviet Union established on April 26th, 1927, with Aleksei Rykov as the head of government, serving as the President of the Council of People's Commissars.

It ended on May 29th, 1929, when the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union approved a new composition of the Sovnarkom.

Composition

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People's Commissar Incumbent Party
Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union Aleksei Rykov CPSU (b)
Administrator of Affairs of the Council of People's Commissars Nikolai Gorbunov CPSU (b)
Vice Chairmen of the Council of People's Commissars Sergo Ordzhonikidze CPSU (b)
Janis Rudzutaks CPSU (b)
Alexander Tsiurupa CPSU (b)
Vasili Schmidt CPSU (b)
People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs of the USSR Georgy Chicherin CPSU (b)
People's Commissar for War and Naval Affairs Kliment Voroshilov CPSU (b)
People's Commissar of Foreign Trade Anastas Mikoyan[1] CPSU (b)
People's Commissar of Communication Routes of the Soviet Union Janis Rudzutaks CPSU (b)
People's Commissar for Posts and Telegraphs Ivan Smirnov CPSU (b)
Artemi Liubovich (1927-1928)[2] CPSU (b)
Nikolai Antipov (1928-1929) CPSU (b)
Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the National Economy Valerian Kuibyshev CPSU (b)
People's Commissar for Labor Vasili Schmidt (1927-1928) CPSU (b)
Nikolai Uglanov (1928-1929) CPSU (b)
People's Commissar for Inspection of Workers and Peasants Sergo Ordzhonikidze[3] CPSU (b)
People's Commissar for Finance Nikolai Bryukhanov CPSU (b)

References

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  1. ^ Միկոյան, Անաստաս Հովհաննեսի [Mikoyan, Anastas Hovhannesi] (in Armenian). Vol. vii. Yerevan: Armenian Academy of Sciences. 1981. p. 542.
  2. ^ Artemy Lyubovich (Hrono)
  3. ^ Khlevniuk 2009, p. 22

Sources

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