People's Commissariat of Arms of the USSR

People's Commissariat of Arms of the USSR (Народный комиссариат вооружения СССР) - one of the central offices in the Soviet Union, the equivalent of the ministry, who oversaw production of the armaments industry.

January 11, 1939 the current People's Commissariat of Defence Industry of the USSR (Народный комиссариат оборонной промышленности) was divided into several departments, among which was the People's Commissariat of Arms.

Resort oversaw the work of 28 manufacturing plants and eight design offices. In 1939 it employed 204,458 workers.

Resort played a leading role in the whole complex of arms which devotes major attention to the head of Lavrenty Beria. In 1946 the office was renamed the Ministry of Arms of the USSR (Министерство вооружения СССР - МВ).

Headquarters
Ministry headquarters was located in Moscow at Gorky St (ул. Горького) 85 (now Tverskaya St. - Тверская). The phone book does not indicate the address of the Ministry.