Ministry of Agricultural Machine Building

On 11 January 1939 the People's Commissariat of Defence Industry of the USSR (Народный комиссариат оборонной промышленности) was divided into several departments, among which was the People's Commissariat of Munitions (shortened to NKB in Russian).

It oversaw the work of 53 production plants and 12 design offices, five construction companies, 5 universities and 11 technical schools.

A law of 29 August 1937 lists the main Administration of Agricultural Machine Building among the main administrations to be transferred from the People's Commissariat of Heavy Industry to the People's Commissariat of Machine Building.

This main administration was next transferred to the People's Commissariat of Medium Machine Building on 5 February 1939.

[1] By the law of 15 March 1946 which reorganized the Council of People's Commissariats into the Council of Ministers USSR, the People's Commissariat of Agricultural Machine Building became the Ministry of Agricultural Machine Building.