Council of People's Commissars (Ukraine)

Council of People's Commissars of the Ukrainian SSR
Рада Народних Комісарів УРСР
Agency overview
FormedJanuary 28, 1919
Preceding agency
Dissolved1946
Superseding agency
JurisdictionUkrainian SSR
HeadquartersSudzha (1918-19)
Kharkiv (1919, 1920-34)
Homel (1919-20)
Kiev (1934-41, 1944-46)
Samara (1941-44)
Politics of Ukraine
Constitution
Government
Elections

Council of People's Commissars of the Ukrainian SSR (Ukrainian: Рада Народних Комісарів УРСР) or the Radnarkom (Ukrainian: Раднарком) was the highest governing body of executive power in Ukrainian SSR from January 1919 to 1946. Until 1937 it was also a legislative body as well. The council replaced the Temporary Workers-Peasants Government of Ukraine in January 1919. In 1919 during the advance of the Denikin's Army (Armed Forces of South Russia) the role of the council was suspended and for a short period it was merged with the Central Executive Committee of Ukraine and leadership of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Ukraine forming the All-Ukrainian Revolutionary Committee.

List of governments

Return of Bolsheviks to Ukraine

Government Building in Kiev

After liberation of Ukraine from Denikin's Army in February 1920 was introduced the new composition of the council.

Composition (Feb. 1920)
  • Rakovsky, Narkom of Internal Affairs
  • Manuilsky, Narkom of Land Affairs
  • Hrynko, Narkom of Enlightenment
  • Vladymirov, Narkom of Provision
  • Terletsky, Narkom of Justice
  • Paderin, Narkom of Social Security
  • Kost, Narkom of Health Care
  • Chubar, representative of the Higher Council of National Economy of RSFSR

In December 1920 after signing a friendship treaty with the RSFSR the council also included several united ministries with the RSFSR that were guided from Moscow. On July 13, 1923, Rakovsky was replaced with Vlas Chubar and reassigned on a diplomatic mission. In 1920 there was created the Ukrainian Economical council that in 1923 was included into the Council of People's Commissars.

See also