People's Commissariat for Communications

People's Commissariat for Posts and Telegraphs of the USSR
Народный комиссариат связи СССР
(НКС СССР, Наркомсвязь СССР)
Official emblem of the Commissariat
on a manhole in Kharkov
Agency overview
Formed17 January 1932 (1932-01-17)
Preceding agencies
Dissolved15 March 1946 (1946-03-15)
Superseding agency
  • Ministry of Communications of the USSR
JurisdictionCouncil of People's Commissars
Headquarters7 Gorky Street, Moscow, RSFSR, Soviet Union
55°45′26″N 37°36′53″E / 55.75722°N 37.61472°E / 55.75722; 37.61472
Annual budgetvaried
Agency executive
  • Alexey Rykov (1932–36), People's Commissar for Communications
Child agency
  • several
Map
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

The People's Commissariat for Communications of the USSR (Russian: Народный комиссариат связи СССР) was the central state agency of the Soviet Union for communications in the period 1932 to 1946. The Commissariat administered the postal, telegraph and telephone services.

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