Kosygin's Third Government

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The former government of Alexei Kosygin was dissolved following the Soviet legislative election of 1970. Kosygin was once again elected Premier by the Politburo and the Central Committee following the election. His third government would last for four years, until the 1974 Soviet election.

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Ministries

MinistryMinisterPeriod
Chairman of the Council of Ministers Alexei Kosygin 14 July, 1970 26 July 1974
First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers Dmitry Polyansky 14 July, 1970 2 February 1973
Kirill Mazurov 14 July 1970 26 July 1974
Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers Ignati Novikov 14 July 1970 26 July 1974
Veniamin Dymshits 14 July 1970 26 July 1974
Mikhail Lesetshko 14 July 1970 26 July 1974
Leonid Smirnov 14 July 1970 26 July 1974
Nikolai Baibakov 14 July 1970 26 July 1974
Vladimir Kirillin 14 July 1970 26 July 1974
Nikolai Tikhonov 14 July 1970 26 July 1974
Mikhail Yefremov 14 July 1970 1 January 1971
Pyotr Shelest 19 May 1972 7 May 1973
Ziya Nuriyev 3 April 1973 1 January 1971
Ivan Arkhipov 14 March 1973 26 July 1974
Minister of Foreign Trade Nikolai Patolitshev 14 July 1970 26 July 1974
Minister of Railways Boris Beshchev 14 July 1970 26 July 1974
Minister of Merchant Marine Timofei Guzenko 14 July 1970 26 July 1974
Minister of Medium Machine Building Yefim Slavski 14 July 1970 26 July 1974
Minister of Transport Construction Yevgeni Kozhevnikov 14 July 1970 26 July 1974
Minister of Aviation Industry Pyotr Dementev 14 July 1970 26 July 1974
Minister of Shipbuilding Boris Butoma 14 July 1970 26 July 1974
Minister of Radio Industry Valeri Kalmykov 14 July 1970 8 April 1974
Pyotr Pleshakov 8 April 26 July 1974
Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrei Gromyko 14 July 1970 26 July 1974
Minister of Internal Affairs Nikolai Shchelokov 14 July 1970 26 July 1974
Minister of Culture Yekaterina Furtseva 14 July 1970 26 July 1974
Minister of Education Mikhail Prokofjev 14 July 1970 26 July 1974
Minister of Higher Education Vjatsheslav Yeljutin 14 July 1970 26 July 1974
Minister of Finance Vasily Garbuzov 14 July 1970 26 July 1974
Minister of Commerce Aleksandr Strujev 14 July 1970 26 July 1974
Minister of Defence Andrei Grechko 14 July 1970 26 July 1974
Minister of Communications Nikolai Psurtshev 14 July 1970 26 July 1974
Minister of Health Boris Petrovski 14 July 1970 26 July 1974
Minister of Agriculture Vladimir Matskevich 14 July 1970 2 February 1973
Dmitry Polyansky 2 February 1973 26 July 1974
Minister of Geology Aleksandr Sidorenko 14 July 1970 26 July 1974
Minister of Energy and Electrification Pyotr Neporozhny 14 July 1970 26 July 1974
Minister of Civil Aviation Yevgeni Loginov 14 July 1970 26 July 1974
Boris Bugajev 14 July 1970 26 July 1974
Minister of Ferrous Metallurgy Ivan Kazanetz 14 July 1970 26 July 1974
Minister of Coal Industry Boris Bratshenko 14 July 1970 26 July 1974
Minister of Chemical Industry Leonid Kostandov 14 July 1970 26 July 1974
Minister of Oil Industry Valentin Shashin 14 July 1970 26 July 1974
Minister of Oil and Petrochemical Industry Viktor Fjodorov 14 July 1970 26 July 1974
Minister of Timber and Wood Processing Industry Nikolai Timofjejev 14 July 1970 26 July 1974
Minister of Building Materials Industry Ivan Grishmanov 14 July 1970 26 July 1974
Minister of Light Industry 14 July 1970 26 July 1974
Minister of Food Industry Voldemar Lein 14 July 1970 26 July 1974
Minister of Fish Industry Aleksandr Ishkov 14 July 1970 26 July 1974
Minister of Meat and Dairy Industry Sergei Antonov 14 July 1970 26 July 1974
Minister of Heavy and Transport Machines Construction Vladimir Zhigalin 14 July 1970 26 July 1974
Minister of Construction of Tool-Machines Anatoli Kostousov 14 July 1970 26 July 1974
Minister of Construction, Road Building and Communal Machines Jefim Novosjelov 14 July 1970 26 July 1974
Minister of Tractors and Agricultural Machines Ivan Sinizyn 14 July 1970 26 July 1974
Minister of Automobile Industry Aleksandr Tarasov 14 July 1970 26 July 1974
Minister of Construction of Petrochemical Machinery Konstantin Brekhov 14 July 1970 26 July 1974
Minister of Electrical Engineering Aleksei Antonov 14 July 1970 26 July 1974
Minister of Instrument-Making, Automation and Control Systems Konstantin Rudnev 14 July 1970 26 July 1974
Minister of Machine Building for Light and Food Industries Vasili Doyenin 14 July 1970 26 July 1974
Minister of Assembling and Special Construction Fuad Jakubowski 14 July 1970 26 July 1974
Minister of Land Reclamation and Water Conservancy Yevgeni Aleksejevski 14 July 1970 26 July 1974
Minister of Gas Industry Aleksei Kortunov 14 July 1970 20 September 1972
Sabit Orudzhev 20 September 1972 26 July 1974
Minister of Construction of Oil and Gas Industry Aleksei Kortunov 14 July 1970 11 December 1973
Sabit Orudzhev 11 December 1973 26 July 1974
Minister of General Machine Building Sergei Afanasjev 14 July 1970 26 July 1974
Minister of Non-Ferrous Metallurgy Pyotr Lomako 14 July 1970 26 July 1974
Minister of Electronic Industry Aleksandr Shokin 14 July 1970 26 July 1974
Minister of Defence Industry Sergei Sverov 14 July 1970 26 July 1974
Minister of Housing and Architecture Mikhail Pozokhin 14 July 1970 26 July 1974
Minister of Construction of Heavy Industry Nikolai Goldin 14 July 1970 26 July 1974
Minister of Industrial Construction Aleksandr Tokarjev 14 July 1970 26 July 1974
Minister of Agricultural Construction Stepan Khitrov 14 July 1970 26 July 1974
Minister of Construction Georgi Karavajev 14 July 1970 26 July 1974
Minister of Medical Industry Pyotr Gusenko 14 July 1970 26 July 1974
Minister of Machine Building Vjatsheslav Bakhirov 14 July 1970 26 July 1974
Minister of Cellulose and Paper Industry Konstantin Galantshin 14 July 1970 26 July 1974
Minister of Machinery for Stock Raising and Feeding Konstantin Beljak 11 October 1973 26 July 1974
Minister of Production of Communication Media Erien Pervyshin 11 April 26 July 1974

Committees

CommitteeChairmanPeriod
Chairman of the People's Control Commission Pavel Kovanov 14 July 1970 23 July 1971
Gennady Voronov 23 July 1971 26 July 1974
Chairman of the State Planning Committee Nikolai Baibakov 14 July 1970 7 May 1973
Chairman of State Committee for State Security (KGB) Yuri Andropov 14 July 1970 26 July 1974

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