People's Commissariat of Defence Industry of the USSR

People's Commissariat of Defence Industry of the USSR (Народный комиссариат оборонной промышленности) was one of the central offices in the Soviet Union, the equivalent of the ministry, who oversaw production of the defense industry.

Appointed 8 December 1936 on the basis of the People's Commissariat of Heavy Industry of the USSR (Народный комиссариат тяжёлой промышленности).

January 11, 1939 decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, the People's Commissariat of Defence Industry of the USSR was divided into four departments:

Headquarters

The seat was located in Moscow at the Ulanski alley (Уланский переулок) 16 and 22 in the building (designed by DF Fridman) built in 1936 for the purpose of Metrostroy (Мосметрострой) tube building company. Since 1939 the building was the headquarters of the People's Commissariat of Aviation Industry (Народный комиссариат авиационной промышленности – Наркомавиапром). The phone book does not indicate the address of the Ministry.

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