Ministry of Medium Machine Building (Soviet Union)
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Ministry of Medium Machine-Building Industry of the USSR (Министерство среднего машиностроения СССР - Минсредмаш СССР, МСМ СССР) was one of the central offices in the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

, established by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet was a Soviet governmental institution – a permanent body of the Supreme Soviets . This body was of the all-Union level , as well as in all Soviet republics and autonomous republics...

 of 26 June 1953, who supervised the Soviet nuclear industry, including production of nuclear warheads.

The basis of the ministry was established since September 1942 the First Chief Directorate (nuclear industry), the Third Chief Directorate (development in the area controlled missiles, aircraft, rockets and long range missiles) of the Council of Ministers of the USSR and the Central Board of Industrial Building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR (Главпромстрой МВД) charged with construction of nuclear installations.

On September 11, 1989 the Ministry of Medium Machine Building was renamed into the Ministry of Atomic Energy and Industry of the USSR (Министерство атомной энергетики и промышленности СССР).

Headquarters

Ministry headquarters was located in Moscow
Moscow
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 in the building at Bolshaya Ordynka St. (Большая Ордынка) 24-26, currently occupied by the corporation Rosatom. In Soviet times, the phone book does not indicate the address of the Ministry.

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