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| The '''People's Commissariat for Finance''' ({{lang-ru|Народный комиссариат финансов}} – ''Narodnyi komissariat finansov'', or shortly Narkomfin) was formed in 1917 following the ] seizure of power. | |||
| The ] was adopted on July 10, 1918, formalising Narkomfin as handling the finances of the ]. Following the ], signed on 6 July 1923 the People's Commissariat for Finance of the ] became that of the ]. | |||
| ==History== | |||
| ] | publisher = Academy Edition | year = 1985 | volume = | pages = 71 | url = http://books.google.no/books?id=ru5PAAAAMAAJ&q | isbn = }}</ref>]] | |||
| The People's Commissariat for Finance of the RSFSR (Narkomfin) was established by a decree of the II convocation of the ] on {{OldStyleDate|8 November|1917|26 October}} and was a part of ]. ] was the first Commissar, appointed in 1917. However, following the introduction of the ], Narkomfin was made responsible for ],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cbr.ru/eng/today/history/gosbank.asp|title=The State Bank of the USSR|publisher=]|language=|accessdate=26 July 2008}}</ref> the State Bank of the RSFSR and, then, the ]. On 26 November 1921, ] issued a note calling for the appointment of ], who took control of the organisation in 1922, although his formal position was not ratified until November 1922<ref> accessed 26 July 2008</ref> In 1946 the ] was renamed ], hence, the People's Commissariat for Finance was renamed ].<ref>{{Harnvb|Huskeu|1992|p=146|ref=LCitSU1992}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | author = Law, David A. | title = Russian civilization | location = | publisher = Ardent Media | year = 1975 | volume = | pages = 185 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=f3ky9qBavl4C&dq | isbn = 0842205292 }}</ref> | |||
| The ] took over the responsibilities of ]'s ].<ref>{{Harnvb|Huskeu|1992|p=130|ref=LCitSU1992}}</ref> During its early days, the main task of the People's Commissariat of Finance were: ], robbery and ]; printing and creating money; and ].<ref name="hundredthirtyone">{{Harnvb|Huskeu|1992|p=131|ref=LCitSU1992}}</ref> | |||
| In the ] (RSFSR), and later the USSR, confiscating property or the forcible taking of resources was the primary means of which the government supported their own operations. After the ] of the 1920s, printing of money nearly ceased, and confiscation of goods became harder; after years of confiscating there was simply not enough property left to fund government operations anymore. Therefor, the primary means of which to yield ] became taxation.<ref name="hundredthirtyone"/> | |||
| In the 1928 the ] on the orders of the ], started a building project which would ] employees of the People's Commissariat for Finance, it was therefor known under the name ]. The building was designed by ] and ], the building has posthumously become a well-known example of Soviet ]. The building was constructed to give a ] feel to its inhabitants. When the building was finished in 1932, it was denounced as a remnant of "leftist utopianism" by ]'s regime. Unlike many other Soviet constructivist buildings, there is an ongoing campaign to save it.<ref>{{cite book | author = ] | title = Militant Modernism | publisher = O Books | year = 2009 | volume = | pages = 54–5 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=snS75NLRUg8C&dq | isbn = 1846941768 }}</ref> | |||
| ==Commissars and ministers== | |||
| ], arrested and executed in 1938, during the ]]] | |||
| The following persons headed the Commissariat/Ministry as commissars (narkoms), ministers, and deputy ministers of the Soviet time:<ref name=libr>{{Cite book|editor-first=V.I.|editor-last=Ivkin|title=Государственная власть СССР. Высшие органы власти и управления и их руководители. 1923—1991 гг. Историко-биографический справочник|trans_title=State Power of the USSR. Supreme Organs of Power and Administration, and Their Heads. 1923-1991. Historical and Biographical Handbook|url=http://www.az-libr.ru/Persons/000/Src/0000/index.shtml|accessdate=29 September 2010|year=1999|publisher=Russian Political Encyclopedia (ROSSPEN)|location=Moscow|language=Russian|isbn=5-8243-0014-3|pages=639}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bonistika.net/library.php?par=3&id=453|title=Руководители главного банка страны с 1860 г. до наших дней (окончание)|work=Articles|publisher=Notaphily Club|language=Russian|trans_title=Heads of the main bank of the country since 1860 till these days (end)|accessdate=29 September 2010}}</ref> | |||
| {|class="wikitable sortable" | |||
| ! Name !! Took office !! Left office !! Duration | |||
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| !colspan=4|People's Commissar for Finance of the RSFSR (Narkom) | |||
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| | {{sortname|Ivan|Skvortsov-Stepanov}} || {{dts|format=dmy|1917|10|27}} || {{dts|format=dmy|1917|10|30}} || {{age in years and days|1917|10|27|1917|10|30}} | |||
| |- | |||
| | {{sortname|Vyacheslav|Menzhinsky}} || {{dts|format=dmy|1917|10|30}} || {{dts|format=dmy|1918|3|21}} || {{age in years and days|1917|10|30|1918|3|21}} | |||
| |- | |||
| | {{sortname|Isidore|Gukovsky}} || {{dts|format=dmy|1918|3|21}} || {{dts|format=dmy|1918|8|16}} || {{age in years and days|1918|3|21|1918|8|16}} | |||
| |- | |||
| | {{sortname|Nikolay|Krestinsky}} || {{dts|format=dmy|1918|8|16}} || {{dts|format=dmy|1922|11|22}} || {{age in years and days|1918|8|16|1922|11|22}} | |||
| |- | |||
| | {{sortname|Grigory|Sokolnikov}} || {{dts|format=dmy|1922|11|22}} || {{dts|format=dmy|1923|7|6}} || {{age in years and days|1922|11|22|1923|7|6}} | |||
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| !colspan=4|People's Commissar for Finance of the USSR | |||
| |- | |||
| | {{sortname|Grigory|Sokolnikov}} || {{dts|format=dmy|1923|7|6}} || {{dts|format=dmy|1926|1|16}} || {{age in years and days|1923|7|6|1926|1|16}} | |||
| |- | |||
| | {{sortname|Nikolai|Bryukhanov}} || {{dts|format=dmy|1926|1|16}} || {{dts|format=dmy|1930|10|18}} || {{age in years and days|1926|1|16|1930|10|18}} | |||
| |- | |||
| | {{sortname|Hryhoriy|Hrynko}} || {{dts|format=dmy|1930|10|18}} || {{dts|format=dmy|1937|8|16}} || {{age in years and days|1930|10|18|1937|8|16}} | |||
| |- | |||
| | {{sortname|Vlas|Chubar}} || {{dts|format=dmy|1937|8|16}} || {{dts|format=dmy|1938|1|19}} || {{age in years and days|1937|8|16|1938|1|19}} | |||
| |- | |||
| | {{sortname|Arseny|Zverev}} (1st) || {{dts|format=dmy|1938|1|19}} || {{dts|format=dmy|1946|3|15}} || {{age in years and days|1938|1|19|1946|3|15}} | |||
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| |} | |||
| ==References== | |||
| {{reflist}} | |||
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