List of communications ministers of Russia

The Postal Department of the Ministry of the Interior of the Russian Empire was formed by the Highest registered decree on November 9, 1819.

On March 9, 1868, it was abolished, the Postal and Telegraph Departments were created as part of the Ministry of the Interior.

On March 16, 1881, it was again divided into the Postal and Telegraph Departments, which became part of the Ministry of the Interior.

It was abolished in 1963 (Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic of April 18, 1963 "On the Abolition of the Union–Republican Ministry of Communications of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic" and the Law of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic of December 25, 1963 "On the Approval of Decrees of the Presidium Supreme Council of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and on Amendments and Additions to Articles 47, 54 and 55 of the Constitution (Basic Law) of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic").

On July 14, 1990, it was transformed into the Ministry of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic for Communications, Informatics, and Space.

On November 10, 1991, the Ministry of Communications of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic was restored.

Established on November 10, 1991, on the basis of the Ministry of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic for Communications, Informatics and Space (Decree of the President of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic of November 10, 1991, No.

[3] On April 21, 1992, the Congress of People's Deputies of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic approved the renaming, introducing corresponding amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, which entered into force on May 16, 1992.

It was formed on January 17, 1932, by renaming the People's Commissariat of Posts and Telegraph of the Soviet Union.

On March 17, 1997, it was transformed into the State Committee of the Russian Federation for Communications and Informatization.

On May 15, 2018, it was renamed the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media (Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of May 15, 2018, No.