Ministry of Agriculture (Russia)
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The Russian Federation Ministry of Agriculture, headquartered at Orlikov pereulok, 1/11, in Moscow, is the cabinet-level agency responsible for support of agricultural production, soil conservation, rural development, agricultural market regulation, and financial stabilization of the farm sector.
The current Minister of Agriculture is Yelena Borisovna Skrynnik
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In addition to being subdivided into functional departments, the Ministry of Agriculture supervises two subcabinet agencies, the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor) and the Federal Forestry Agency (Rosleskhoz).
The current Minister of Agriculture is Yelena Borisovna Skrynnik
Yelena Skrynnik
Elena Borisovna Skrynnik is the Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation since March 2009.-Early years and education:Skrynnik was born on August 30, 1961 in Chelyabinsk, Russia. Her father was a mining engineer...
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In addition to being subdivided into functional departments, the Ministry of Agriculture supervises two subcabinet agencies, the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor) and the Federal Forestry Agency (Rosleskhoz).
History
The first Imperial Russian ministry to deal with agricultural and rural issues was the Ministry of State Assets of the Russian Empire, formed in 1837. Successor ministries were:| Ministry of Cultivation and State Property of the Russian Empire (1894–1905) |
| Main Directorate for Land Use and Cultivation of the Russian Empire (1905–1915) |
| Ministry of Cultivation of the Russian Empire (1915–1917) |
| Ministry of Cultivation of the Provisional Government of Russia (1917) |
| People's Commissariat of Cultivation of the RSFSR (1917–1931) |
| People's Commissariat of Cultivation of the USSR (1929–1946) |
| People's Commissariat of Grain and Livestock State Farms of the USSR (1932–1946) |
| People's Commissariat of Procurement of the USSR (1938–1946) |
| People's Commissariat of Industrial Crops of the USSR (1945–1946) |
| Ministry of Cultivation of the USSR (1946–1947) |
| Ministry of Procurement of the USSR (1946–1953, 1953–1956, 1969–1985) |
| Ministry of Industrial Crops of the USSR (1946–1947) |
| Ministry of Livestock of the USSR (1946–1947) |
| Ministry of Agriculture of the USSR (1947–1953) |
| Ministry of State Farms of the USSR (1947–1953, 1953–1957) |
| Ministry of Cotton of the USSR (1950–1953) |
| Ministry of Agriculture and Procurement of the USSR (1953) |
| Ministry of Agriculture of the USSR (1953–1985) |
| Ministry of Grain Products of the USSR (1956–1958, 1985–1989) |
| State Committee of the Council of Ministers of the USSR for Grain Products (1958–1961) |
| State Committee of Procurement of the Council of Ministers of the USSR (1961–1969) |
| Ministry of Fruit and Vegetables of the USSR (1980–1985) |
| State Agroindustrial Committee (Gosagroprom) (1985–1989) |
| Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the USSR (1991) |
| Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the RSFSR (1990–1991) |
| Ministry of Agriculture of the RSFSR (1991) |
| Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation (1991–1992, 1994) |
| Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Russian Federation (1992–1993, 1994–2000) |
See also
- People's Commissariat for AgriculturePeople's Commissariat for AgricultureThe Soviet Ministry of Agriculture and Food was established in 1923 and known prior to 1946 as the People's Commissariat for Agriculture - Narkomzem). It took over the Narkomzem offices located at Orlikov Pereulok, 1, Moscow, designed by Aleksey Shchusev. This building is currently occupied by the...
- Agriculture in Russia
- Agriculture in the Russian Empire