The former government of Valentin Pavlov

Valentin Pavlov

Valentin Sergeyevich Pavlov was a Soviet official who became a Russian banker following the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Born in the city of Moscow, then part of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Pavlov began his political career in the Ministry of Finance in 1959...

 was dissolved following the failed August Coup against Mikhail Gorbachev

Mikhail Gorbachev

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev is a former Soviet statesman, having served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991, and as the last head of state of the USSR, having served from 1988 until its dissolution in 1991...

 and his supporters. Ivan Silayev

Ivan Silayev

Ivan Stepanovich Silayev is a former Soviet official who became a Russian politician following the dissolution of the Soviet Union. He served as Premier of the Soviet Union through the offices of Chairman of the Interstate Economic Committee and Chairman of the Committee on the Operational...

 took over the office of the Premier. The government was dissolved when Silayev, along with, Gorbachev officially resigned from their own respective posts on 26 December 1991 when the Soviet Union was formally dissolved.

Ministries

Ministry	Minister	Period
Prime Minister of the Economic Community Premier of the Soviet Union The office of Premier of the Soviet Union was synonymous with head of government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics . Twelve individuals have been premier...	Ivan Silayev Ivan Silayev Ivan Stepanovich Silayev is a former Soviet official who became a Russian politician following the dissolution of the Soviet Union. He served as Premier of the Soviet Union through the offices of Chairman of the Interstate Economic Committee and Chairman of the Committee on the Operational...	6 September – 25 December 1991
Deputy Premier	Arkady Volsky	24 August – 14 November 1991
	Yury Luzhkov	24 August – 14 November 1991
	Grigory Yavlinsky	24 August – 2 October 1991
	Gennady Kulik	18 November – 26 December 1991
	Amangeldy Bektemisov	29 November – 26 December 1991
Minister of Finance	Igor Lasarev	6 September – 25 December 1991
Minister of Economy	Jevgeni Saburov	6 September – 25 December 1991
Minister of Trade, Home	Aleksandr Khlystov	6 September – 25 December 1991
Minister of Foreign Economic Relations	Valeri Mangasejev	6 September – 25 December 1991
Minister of External Relations	Boris Pankin Boris Pankin Boris Dimitrievich Pankin was Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR for a brief period in 1991.-Earlier career:A reformer and journalist, Pankin was Soviet Ambassador to Sweden for eight years from 1982-1990...	6 September – 14 November 1991
	Eduard Shevardnadze Eduard Shevardnadze Eduard Shevardnadze is a former Soviet, and later, Georgian statesman from the height to the end of the Cold War. He served as President of Georgia from 1995 to 2003, and as First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party , from 1972 to 1985. Shevardnadze was responsible for many top decisions on...	19 November – 25 December 1991
Minister of Defence	Yevgeny Shaposhnikov Yevgeny Shaposhnikov Yevgeny Ivanovich Shaposhnikov is a Russian military leader and business figure, Marshal of Aviation .Shaposhnikov was born on a farm near Aksay in Rostov Oblast Russia...	6 September – 25 December 1991
Minister of Interior	Viktor Barannikov	6 September – 19 December 1991
Minister of Culture Ministry of Culture (Soviet Union) The Ministry of Culture of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , formed in 1936, was one of the most important government offices in the Soviet Union. It was formerly known as the State Committee on the Arts . The Ministry, at the all-Union level, was established in 1953, after existing as a...	Nikolai Gubenko Nikolai Gubenko Nikolai Nikolaevich Gubenko is a Soviet actor, film director and screenwriter. He appeared in twelve films between 1964 and 1977. He also directed eight films between 1970 and 1988. His film Wounded Game, was entered into the 1977 Cannes Film Festival...	6 September – 25 December 1991

Committees

Committee	Chairman	Period
Chairman of State Committee for State Security KGB The KGB was the commonly used acronym for the . It was the national security agency of the Soviet Union from 1954 until 1991, and was the premier internal security, intelligence, and secret police organization during that time.The State Security Agency of the Republic of Belarus currently uses the...  (KGB)	Vadim Bakatin Vadim Bakatin Vadim Viktorovich Bakatin was a Soviet politician who served as the last chairman of the KGB in 1991. He is the last surviving former chairman of this organization...	6 September – 25 December 1991