People's Commissariat for Communications

People's Commissariat for Posts and Telegraphs of the USSR

Народный комиссариат связи СССР (НКС СССР, Наркомсвязь СССР)
Official emblem of the Commissariat on a manhole in Kharkov
Agency overview
Formed	17 January 1932; 92 years ago (1932-01-17)
Preceding agencies	People's Commissariat for Posts and Telegraphs of the RSFSR (since 8 November 1917) People's Commissariat for Posts and Telegraphs of the USSR (since 12 November 1923)
Dissolved	15 March 1946; 78 years ago (1946-03-15)
Superseding agency	Ministry of Communications of the USSR
Jurisdiction	Council of People's Commissars
Headquarters	7 Gorky Street, Moscow, RSFSR, Soviet Union 55°45′26″N 37°36′53″E / 55.75722°N 37.61472°E / 55.75722; 37.61472
Annual budget	varied
Agency executive	Alexey Rykov (1932–36), People's Commissar for Communications
Child agency	several
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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

The People's Commissariat for Communications of the USSR (Russian: Народный комиссариат связи СССР) was the central state agency of the Soviet Union for communications in the period 1932 to 1946. The Commissariat administered the postal, telegraph and telephone services.