The ministries of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic were central bodies of state administration of the Ukrainian SSR (for brevity Ukraine) as republican ministries of the Soviet Union.
After World War II in 1946 ministries uniformly as throughout the rest of the Soviet Union replaced the existing People's Commissariats.
Ministries of the Ukrainian SSR were categorized in union-republican and republican, such division existed until May 13, 1991.
[2] Supposedly republican ministries were administered by the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR, while union-republican ministries had double subordination to the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR as well as to their respective union-republican ministries of the Soviet Union or in some instances - state committees of the Soviet Union.
Additionally each ministry has its own statute that defines its tasks, powers, and legal status.