The People's Commissariat of Heavy Industry (), known as Narkomtiazhprom () was a government ministry in the Soviet Union in the 1930s. which operated the electric power system in the Soviet Union was subordinated to the commissariat.
Brief overview The People's Commissariat of Heavy Industry, known by the initialism NKTP (), was founded in 1932 out of the Supreme Soviet of the National Economy and was responsible for all heavy industrial goods, including mining, machinery and defense goods.
The defense industry assets were separated in December 1936, with the creation of the People's Commissariat of the Defense Industry, and in August 1937 there was set up the People's Commissariat for Mechanical Engineering. In early 1939 the NKTP was divided into six separate commissariats.
Succeeding commissariats People's Commissariat of the Defense Industry People's Commissariat for Mechanical Engineering People's Commissariat of Fuel Industry People's Commissariat of Ferrous Metallurgy People's Commissariat of Non-Ferrous Metallurgy People's Commissariat of Power Plants and Power Generating Industry People's Commissariat of Chemical Industry People's Commissariat of Construction Materials Industry
List of people's commissars (ministers) Source: Sergo Ordzhonikidze (5.1.1932 – 25.2.1937) Valery Mezhlauk (25.2.1937 – 23.8.1937) Lazar Kaganovich (23.8.1937 – 24.1.1939)
Research institutes Organisations they took responsibility for include: Leningrad Military Mechanical Institute Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology Reactive Scientific Research Institute
See also Narkomtiazhprom Building
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