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Also known as State Planning Committee of the USSR

The State Planning Committee, commonly known as Gosplan ( ), was the agency responsible for central economic planning in the Soviet Union. Established in 1921 and remaining in existence until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Gosplan had as its main task the creation and administration of a series of five-year plans governing the economy of the USSR.

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Government agency.agency_name
State Planning Committee of the USSR(Gosplan)
Government agency.type
State committee
Government agency.picture
Stalinist architecture (19780328909).jpg
Government agency.picture_caption
Soviet Gosplan headquarters in Moscow(later Russian State Duma building)
Government agency.preceding1
RSFSR State Planning Committee
Government agency.dissolved
1 April 1991
Government agency.jurisdiction
Government of the Soviet Union
Government agency.headquarters
Moscow, RSFSR
Government agency.parent_department
Council of Ministers
Government agency.child1_agency
Central Statistical Directorate

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inception
1921-00-00
native label
Государственный плановый комитет Совета Министров СССР
dissolved, abolished or demolished date
1991-00-00
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Contents
  • History
  • Economic background
  • Establishment
  • Emergence
  • Five-year plan
  • Method of material balances
  • Directors of Gosplan
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

The State Planning Committee, commonly known as Gosplan ( ), was the agency responsible for central economic planning in the Soviet Union. Established in 1921 and remaining in existence until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Gosplan had as its main task the creation and administration of a series of five-year plans governing the economy of the USSR.

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