Soviet Government Purchasing Commission in the U.S.
January 01, 1970
The Soviet Government Procurement Commission in the United States (Советская Правительственная Закупочная Комиссия), also known as the Soviet Commission for Procurement (Советская закупочная комиссия), was appointed on February 24, 1942 by the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR, a Soviet government administration body to implement the provisions of the American Act of Supply during World War II of military equipment to 11 countries, including from the U.S. to the USSR based in Washington, D.C.
Soviet Government Procurement Commission in the United States * * * Советская Правительственная Закупочная Комиссия
Until the commission was established, the delivery of American military equipment to the USSR was carried out via the Soviet Amtorg trading company based in New York. After the Commission was established in Washington, it organizationally consisted of 18 branch offices and a number of delegations, e.g. in New York at 210 Madison Ave. (at Amtorg's headquarters), Portland at 233 Southwest Sixt Ave.,[1]Tacoma, Fairbanks, Philadelphia, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Baltimore, Miami, Vancouver and Montreal.
Deliveries to the Soviet Arctic region were coordinated by the Arctic Group (Арктическая группа). A number of representatives of economic organizations functioned at the commission, including Dalstroy (Дальстрой), Norilskstroy (Норильстрой), the Chief Directorate of the Northern Sea Route (Главсевморпут), the Soviet Red Cross, and a number of ministries, including maritime transport and the fishing industry. In the second half of 1942, the Management Board of the Commission Plenipotentiaries for the West Coast of the US and Canada was appointed (Управление уполномоченных ПЗК по порадного побережья США и Канады). It employed about 1,000 people, including citizens of U.S. Deliveries ended on September 20, 1945, the commission was liquidated on December 28, 1948.
Chairmansedit
1942-1943 - gen. Alexander Belyaev (1900–1963)
1943-1946 - gen. Leonid Rudenko (1906–2002)
1946-1948 - Ivan Eremin (1902-1963)
H.O.edit
The Commission was located in Washington, DC, in a 1939 residential home at 3355 Sixteenth Street, and at 1610 Park Road.
Bibliographyedit
Н. Бутенина: Нефтепродуктовый Ленд-Лиз
А.Ю. Комарков: Ленд-Лиз для СССР в первый год великой Отечественной: Особенности, Проблемы, Итоги
soviet, government, purchasing, commission, soviet, government, procurement, commission, united, states, Советская, Правительственная, Закупочная, Комиссия, also, known, soviet, commission, procurement, Советская, закупочная, комиссия, appointed, february, 194. The Soviet Government Procurement Commission in the United States Sovetskaya Pravitelstvennaya Zakupochnaya Komissiya also known as the Soviet Commission for Procurement Sovetskaya zakupochnaya komissiya was appointed on February 24 1942 by the Council of People s Commissars of the USSR a Soviet government administration body to implement the provisions of the American Act of Supply during World War II of military equipment to 11 countries including from the U S to the USSR based in Washington D C Soviet Government Procurement Commission in the United States Sovetskaya Pravitelstvennaya Zakupochnaya KomissiyaAgency overviewFormedFebruary 24 1942 82 years ago 1942 02 24 JurisdictionCouncil of People s Commissars of the USSRHeadquarters3355 Sixteenth Street Washington D C USEmployees1 000Agency executiveIvan Eremin Chairman Contents 1 History 2 Chairmans 3 H O 4 Bibliography 5 NotesHistory editUntil the commission was established the delivery of American military equipment to the USSR was carried out via the Soviet Amtorg trading company based in New York After the Commission was established in Washington it organizationally consisted of 18 branch offices and a number of delegations e g in New York at 210 Madison Ave at Amtorg s headquarters Portland at 233 Southwest Sixt Ave 1 Tacoma Fairbanks Philadelphia Seattle San Francisco Los Angeles Baltimore Miami Vancouver and Montreal Deliveries to the Soviet Arctic region were coordinated by the Arctic Group Arkticheskaya gruppa A number of representatives of economic organizations functioned at the commission including Dalstroy Dalstroj Norilskstroy Norilstroj the Chief Directorate of the Northern Sea Route Glavsevmorput the Soviet Red Cross and a number of ministries including maritime transport and the fishing industry In the second half of 1942 the Management Board of the Commission Plenipotentiaries for the West Coast of the US and Canada was appointed Upravlenie upolnomochennyh PZK po poradnogo poberezhya SShA i Kanady It employed about 1 000 people including citizens of U S Deliveries ended on September 20 1945 the commission was liquidated on December 28 1948 Chairmans edit1942 1943 gen Alexander Belyaev 1900 1963 1943 1946 gen Leonid Rudenko 1906 2002 1946 1948 Ivan Eremin 1902 1963 H O editThe Commission was located in Washington DC in a 1939 residential home at 3355 Sixteenth Street and at 1610 Park Road Bibliography editN Butenina Nefteproduktovyj Lend Liz A Yu Komarkov Lend Liz dlya SSSR v pervyj god velikoj Otechestvennoj Osobennosti Problemy ItogiNotes edit organizational chart Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Soviet Government Purchasing Commission in the U S amp oldid 1100466756, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
