Council of People's Commissars of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

Council of People's Commissars of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Совет народных комиссаров Российской Советской Федеративной Социалистической Республики
Agency overview
Formed	November 9, 1917
Preceding	Provisional Government of Russia;
Dissolved	March 15, 1946
Superseding agency	Council of Ministers of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1946–1992);
Jurisdiction	Russian Soviet Republic (1917–1918) ; Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1918–1946)
Headquarters	Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Agency executive	Vladimir Lenin (first), ; Alexei Kosygin (last);
Parent agency	All-Russian Central Executive Committee (1918–1937), ; Supreme Council of the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic (1937–1946)
Map
	Territory of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1940–1944)

The Council of People's Commissars of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic was the government of Soviet Russia between 1917 and 1946. It was established by the Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets of Workers', Soldiers', and Peasants' Deputies on November 9, 1917 "as an interim workers' and peasants' government" under the name of the Council of People's Commissars,^[1] which was used before the adoption of the Constitution of the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic of 1918.

Since 1918, the formation of the Council of People's Commissars of the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic was the prerogative of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee,^[2] and since 1937, the Supreme Council of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. The Council of People's Commissars of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic was formed from the people's commissars – the leaders of the People's Commissariats of Soviet Russia – headed by the chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. Similar Councils of People's Commissars were created in other Soviet republics.

By the law of the Soviet Union of March 15, 1946^[3] and the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic of March 23 of the same year,^[4] the Council of People's Commissars of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic was transformed into the Council of Ministers of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.

^ Decree on the Formation of the Council of People's Commissars
^ The Constitution of the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic of 1918: "The All-Russian Central Executive Committee of Soviets forms the Council of People's Commissars for the general management of the affairs of the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic and departments (People's Commissariats) for the management of individual branches of government".
^ The Law of the Soviet Union of March 15, 1946 "On the Transformation of the Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union into the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union and the Councils of People's Commissars of the Union and Autonomous Republics – into Councils of Ministers of the Union and Autonomous Republics" // Vedomosti of the Supreme Council of the Soviet Union: Collection – 1946 – No. 10
^ "The Supreme Bodies of State Power and Central Government Bodies of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1917–1967). Handbook (Based on Materials From State Archives)" (Prepared by the Central State Archive of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic), Chapter I, Section "Government of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic"

[1] Decree on the Formation of the Council of People's Commissars

[2] The Constitution of the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic of 1918: "The All-Russian Central Executive Committee of Soviets forms the Council of People's Commissars for the general management of the affairs of the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic and departments (People's Commissariats) for the management of individual branches of government".

[3] The Law of the Soviet Union of March 15, 1946 "On the Transformation of the Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union into the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union and the Councils of People's Commissars of the Union and Autonomous Republics – into Councils of Ministers of the Union and Autonomous Republics" // Vedomosti of the Supreme Council of the Soviet Union: Collection – 1946 – No. 10

[vogvspr-4] "The Supreme Bodies of State Power and Central Government Bodies of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1917–1967). Handbook (Based on Materials From State Archives)" (Prepared by the Central State Archive of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic), Chapter I, Section "Government of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic"

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