Ministry of Radio Technology (Soviet Union)

The Ministry of Radio Technology (Minradioprom; Russian: Министерство радиопромышленности) was a government ministry in the Soviet Union.

Established as Ministry of Radiotechnical Industry in 1954, under present name since 1965; involved in research and production of television sets, radios, tape recorders, computers, radio instruments, and other electronic gear. In the 1980s it became a major producer of Soviet personal computers, including the Agat, ES-184x and PKSOxx.

List of ministers

Source:

• Valeri Kalmykov (21.1.1954 - 8.4.1974)
• Pjotr Pleshakov (8.4.1974 - 11.9.1987)
• Vladimir Shimko (14.11.1987 - 24.8.1991)

References

External links

• Works related to Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the USSR of 21.01.1954 on the formation of the Ministry of Radio Engineering Industry of the USSR at Wikisource