Gosplan

Gosplan (Russian: Π"оспла́н IPA: ) was the committee for economic planning in the Soviet Union. The word "Gosplan" is an Β­abbreviation for Gosudarstvennyi Komitet po Planirovaniyu (Π"осударствСнный ΠΊΠΎΠΌΠΈΡ‚Π΅Ρ‚ ΠΏΠΎ ΠΏΠ»Π°Π½ΠΈΡ€ΠΎΠ²Π°Π½ΠΈΡŽ, State Committee for Planning). One of its main duties was the creation of Five-Year Plans for the National Economy of the USSR.

The organization was created on February 22, 1921 by the decree of the Sovnarkom of the RSFSR under the name "RSFSR State Planning Commission". The prototype of its work was GOELRO plan. With the creation of the USSR, on August 21, 1923 the USSR State Planning Commission at the USSR Council of Labor and Defence (БВО Π‘Π‘Π‘Π , Π‘ΠΎΠ²Π΅Ρ‚ Π’Ρ€ΡƒΠ΄Π° ΠΈ ΠžΠ±ΠΎΡ€ΠΎΠ½Ρ‹ Π‘Π‘Π‘Π ) was established. The abbreviation "Gosplan" has been in use since 1921.

Initially Gosplan had an advisory role. Its goal was coordination of the plans of Union republics and the creation of the common Union plan. Since 1925 Gosplan started creating common yearly all-economy plans, known under the name of "control numbers" (ΠΊΠΎΠ½Ρ‚Ρ€ΠΎΠ»ΡŒΠ½Ρ‹Π΅ Ρ†ΠΈΡ„Ρ€Ρ‹).

Its work was coordinated with the USSR Central Statistical Directorate (Ρ†Π΅Π½Ρ‚Ρ€Π°Π»ΡŒΠ½ΠΎΠ΅ статистичСскоС ΡƒΠΏΡ€Π°Π²Π»Π΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ Π‘Π‘Π‘Π ), Narkomat of Finance and All-Union Council of State Economy (Π'БНΠ₯), and later with Gosbank and Gossnab.

With the introduction of five year plans in 1928 Gosplan became primarily responsible for their creation and supervision according to the outlines set by the Party.

In 1930 the Statistical Directorate was merged into the Gosplan, and on February 3, 1931 Gosplan was resubordinated to Sovnarkom.

In may 1955 Gosplan was split into two commissions: for perspective planning and for current planning: USSR Council of Ministers State Commission for Perspective Planning (Π"осударствСнная комиссия БМ Π‘Π‘Π‘Π  ΠΏΠΎ пСрспСктивному ΠΏΠ»Π°Π½ΠΈΡ€ΠΎΠ²Π°Π½ΠΈΡŽ) (USSR Gosplan) and USSR Council of Ministers Economical Commission for Current Planning of State Economy(Π"осударствСннaая экономичСская комиссия БМ Π‘Π‘Π‘Π  ΠΏΠΎ Ρ‚Π΅ΠΊΡƒΡ‰Π΅ΠΌΡƒ ΠΏΠ»Π°Π½ΠΈΡ€ΠΎΠ²Π°Π½ΠΈΡŽ Π½Π°Ρ€ΠΎΠ΄Π½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ хозяйства) (Π"осэкономкомиссия Π‘Π‘Π‘Π ). The work of the latter one was based on the five-year plans delivered by Gosplan, with Gosplan planning for 10-15 years ahead.

Gosplan was headquartered at the same building which is now occupied by the Federation Council of Russia, in Moscow.

Heads of Gosplan

* Gleb Krzhizhanovsky (1921-1923)
* Alexander Tsuryupa (1923-1925)
* Gleb Krzhizhanovsky (1925-1930)
* Valerian Kuibyshev (1930-1934)
* Valery Mezhlauk (1934-1937)
* Gennady Smirnov (February 25 - September 17 1937)
* Nikolai Voznesensky (1938-1941)
* Maksim Saburov (1941-1942)
* Nikolai Voznesensky (1942-1949)
* Maksim Saburov (1949-1953)
* Grigory Kosyachenko (March 5-June 29 1953)
* Maksim Saburov (1953-1955)
* Nikolai Baibakov (1955-1958)
* Iosif Kuzmin (1958-1959)
* Aleksei Kosygin (1959-1960)
* Vladimir Novikov (1960-1962)
* Veniamin Dymshits (July 17-November 24 1962)
* Pyotr Lomako (1962-1965)
* Nikolai Baibakov (1965-1985)
* Nikolai Talyzin (1985-1988)
* Yury Maslyukov (1988-1991)

See also

*Planned economy