The People's Commissariat is the highest stateadministrative body. He was intended to distribute the management of individual branches of the national economy between the people's commissars (now ministers) and other public servants.
Initially, the People's Commissariats were created in 1917 at the All-Russian Congress of Soviets. All newly created organizations were part of the Soviet government, which at that time was headed by Lenin VI.
In 1918 in the Constitution of the RSFSR was fixedthe system of People's Commissariats, which also explained what the "People's Commissariat" is, deciphering the abbreviation, goals, functional, etc. Then there were 18 people's commissariats in all branches of the state.
Already in 1922, when the USSR was formed in thisthe system made many changes. The number of commissariats was reduced to ten, but they covered the entire Soviet Union completely. Half of them became all-Union, and the other half - united. In 1923, the Regulations on People's Commissariats were issued, where points were written concerning the interaction of the People's Commissariats of all the Union republics. The People's Commissariat, whose definition presupposed full management of its industry, was henceforth vested with the authority to issue decrees, orders and instructions.
In 1936 the next changes in the constitutionalThe narcotics were also affected by the transformation of the joint commissariats into union-republican ones. So ten Union republican and eight all-Union commissariats were formed. The developing national economy in the next ten years exposes the People's Commissariats to another reshuffle. And in 1946, the new law changed the name of the commissariats, now the People's Commissariat is the Ministry.
The People's Commissariat was the main body instate management of each separately taken spheres of life of the USSR. At the head of the commissariat was the People's Commissar. All the commissars of the various People's Commissariats were combined in addition to the Council of People's Commissariats.
Each People's Commissariat consisted of departments:
- on management of affairs;
- training of employees;
- on the legislative part;
- on financial matters;
- encryption of classified information;
- on the management of educational institutions;
- On legal issues.
By the number of staff reached 150-170 people in each People's Commissariat.
Decree of 1917 defined the following areas of work of the People's Commissariats:
- internal affairs (or the NKVD);
- agriculture;
- labor education;
- military and naval affairs;
- enlightenment;
- Finance;
- relations with foreign states;
- Advocacy;
- food;
- post and telegraph;
- railway affairs.
In 1932, 3 more commissariats joined them: heavy, light and timber industry.
The People's Commissariat is part of the management systemby the state, therefore, the salaries of the top managers were to be high according to modern concepts. However, at that time things were different: in November 1917, Lenin signed a decree on the remuneration of the work of people's commissars and other civil servants.
Under this resolution, each People's Commissar receivedmonthly for 500 rubles. If his family included disabled citizens (children, pensioners or invalids), then for each such person, the addict was paid 100 rubles each month. By all accounts, the income of the family of the People's Commissar was equal to the income of the average worker.
The People's Commissariat is the definition of the "ancestors" of the existing and functioning ministries, the structure and work of which has been preserved for a century and undergoes only minor changes.
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