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Ministry of Radio Technology (Soviet Union)

Ministry of Radio Technology (Soviet Union)

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The Ministry of Radio Technology (Minradioprom; Russian: Министерство радиопромышленности) was a government ministry in the Soviet Union.

Former Minradioprom building in Moscow

Established as Ministry of Radiotechnical Industry in 1954, under present name since 1965; involved in research and production of television sets, radios, tape recorders, computers, radio instruments, and other electronic gear.[1] In the 1980s it became a major producer of Soviet personal computers, including the Agat, ES-184x and PKSOxx.[2]

List of ministers

Source:[3][4]

  • Valeri Kalmykov (21.1.1954 - 8.4.1974)
  • Pjotr Pleshakov (8.4.1974 - 11.9.1987)
  • Vladimir Shimko (14.11.1987 - 24.8.1991)

References

  1. [1]
    Directory of Soviet officials. National organizations. National Foreign Assessment Center. February 1989. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  2. [2]
    Judy, Richard W.; Clough, Robert W. (1989). "Soviet Computers in the 1980s: A Review of the Hardware". Advances in Computers. 29: 251–330. doi:10.1016/S0065-2458(08)60535-5. ISBN 9780120121298.
  3. [3]
    "Governments of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 1917-1964". Archived from the original on 28 November 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  4. [4]
    "Governments of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 1964-1991". Archived from the original on 28 November 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
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