Ministry of Transport Machine-Building Industry
government ministry of the Soviet Union
The Ministry of Transport Machine-Building Industry (Russian: Министерство транспортного машиностроения СССР) was one of the government ministries of the Soviet Union. Before 1946 it was known as the People's Commissariat of the Tank Industry of the USSR (Народный комиссариат танковой промышленности СССР).
The seat was located in Moscow at Ryazanskaya St. (Рязанская ул.) 8а, then evacuated to Chelyabinsk.
History
The People's Commissariat of the Tank Industry was created 11 September 1941 on the basis of People's Commissariat of Middle Engineering Industry in conjunction with those of large losses of tanks in World War II. Similar commissariats existed at that time in other areas of the defense industry, such as aviation and NKTP was organized similarly.
NKTP became one of the largest industrial ministries of the USSR. It consisted of a series of industrial giants, employing over 10,000 people each. In total, during the war in his factories employed thousands 200,000 – 250,000 people.
At the end of 1941, NKTP forming process has been completed.
In the first stage the main task was the sharp rise NKTP production of tanks.
During 1942 a significant reduction in the complexity of the production T-34.
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