Ministry of Agricultural Engineering

Ministry of Agricultural Engineering of the USSR, earlier known as the People's Commissariat of Munitions of the USSR (Народный комиссариат боеприпасов - НКБ), was one of the central ministries of the Soviet Government, who oversaw production of the armaments industry, mainly ammunition and explosives.

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 Munitions.

Resort oversaw the work of 53 production plants and 12 design offices, five construction companies, 5 universities and 11 technical schools. In 1939 it employed 337,141 workers.

January 7, 1946 the commissariat was renamed People's Commissariat of Agricultural Engineering of the USSR (Наркомат сельскохозяйственного машиностроения CCCP), before being transformed into a Ministry later that year.

Headquarters
The seat was located in Moscow at Kirov St. (ул. Кирова) 29 (now of Miasnickaya St. - Мясницкая). The phone book does not indicate the address of the Ministry.

Ministers

 * Ivan P. Sergeev (? - May 1941)
 * Peter Goremykin (May 1941 - February 1942)
 * Boris Vannikov (7 January 1946 - 26 June 1946)
 * Georgy Popov (14 March 1951 - 31 December 1951)
 * Sergey Stepanov (31 December 1951 - 5 March 1953)