Ministry of the Gas Industry

The Ministry of the Gas Industry (Mingazprom; Russian: Министерство газовой промышленности СССР) was a government ministry in the Soviet Union responsible for the Soviet oil industry and related sectors.

It was created in 1957 as the Main Administration for the Gas Industry; renamed State Production Committee for the Gas Industry in 1963. It received its ministerial title in 1965.^[1] In 1989 Gazprom was established as a successor to the ministry.^[2] After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, assets outside of Russia were transferred to national companies such as Ukrgazprom and Turkmengazprom.^[3]

List of ministers[]

Source:^[4]^[5]

(2.10.1965 - 20.9.1972)
Sabit Orujov (20.9.1972 - 10.5.1981)
(10.5.1981 - 13.2.1985)
Viktor Chernomyrdin (13.2.1985 - 17.7.1989)

References[]

^ Directory of Soviet officials. National organizations. National Foreign Assessment Center. February 1989. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
^ Vavilov, A.; Nicholls, David (2016). Gazprom: An Energy Giant and Its Challenges in Europe. Springer. p. 16. ISBN 9781137461100.
^ Islam, M. Rafiqul (2014). Unconventional Gas Reservoirs: Evaluation, Appraisal, and Development. Elsevier. p. 35. ISBN 9780128005941.
^ "Governments of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 1917-1964". Archived from the original on 28 November 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
^ "Governments of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 1964-1991". Archived from the original on 28 November 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2017.

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[directory-1] Directory of Soviet officials. National organizations. National Foreign Assessment Center. February 1989. Retrieved 19 November 2017.

[2] Vavilov, A.; Nicholls, David (2016). Gazprom: An Energy Giant and Its Challenges in Europe. Springer. p. 16. ISBN 9781137461100.

[3] Islam, M. Rafiqul (2014). Unconventional Gas Reservoirs: Evaluation, Appraisal, and Development. Elsevier. p. 35. ISBN 9780128005941.

[4] "Governments of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 1917-1964". Archived from the original on 28 November 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2017.

[5] "Governments of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 1964-1991". Archived from the original on 28 November 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2017.

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