The Central Statistical Directorate (or Board or Administration, ), abbreviated TsSU (), was the main statistical organization of the former Soviet Union; it was dissolved in 1987, replaced by Goskomstat.
The Administration had the following names:
1918–1923 — Central Statistical Administration of the RSFSR (), created by a decree of the Council of People's Commissars dated July 25, 1918 1923–1926 — Central Statistical Administration of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR () 1926–1930 — Central Statistical Administration of the USSR () 1930–1931 — Economic-Statistical Sector of Gosplan () 1931 — Sector of Economic Accounting of Gosplan () 1931–1941 — Central Administration of Economic Accounting of Gosplan () 1941–1948 — Central Statistical Administration of Gosplan () 1948–1987 — Central Statistical Administration of the Council of Ministers of the USSR ()
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