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TheState Committee of the Soviet Union was acentral government body within theGovernment of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Unlike aministry, which was responsible for the management of the country's economic and social resources within a particular field of development or activity, a state committee was acting on an inter-agency level.
State committees were not directly subordinate to theSoviet Government—rather the heads of state committees (along with ministers) formed the government (cabinet) such as theCouncil of People's Commissars (1922–1946),Council of Ministers (1946–1991) or theCabinet of Ministers (1991).[1]