# Kosygin's Third Government

The former government of Alexei Kosygin was dissolved following the Soviet legislative election of 1970. Kosygin was once again elected Premier by the Politburo and the Central Committee following the election. His third government would last for four years, until the 1974 Soviet election.

## Ministries

| Ministry | Minister | Period |
| Chairman of the Council of Ministers | Alexei Kosygin | 14 July, 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers | Dmitry Polyansky | 14 July, 1970 – 2 February 1973 |
| First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers | Kirill Mazurov | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers | Ignati Novikov | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers | Veniamin Dymshits | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers | Mikhail Lesetshko | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers | Leonid Smirnov | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers | Nikolai Baibakov | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers | Vladimir Kirillin | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers | Nikolai Tikhonov | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers | Mikhail Yefremov | 14 July 1970 – 1 January 1971 |
| Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers | Pyotr Shelest | 19 May 1972 – 7 May 1973 |
| Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers | Ziya Nuriyev | 3 April 1973 – 1 January 1971 |
| Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers | Ivan Arkhipov | 14 March 1973 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Foreign Trade | Nikolai Patolitshev | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Railways | Boris Beshchev | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Merchant Marine | Timofei Guzenko | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Medium Machine Building | Yefim Slavski | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Transport Construction | Yevgeni Kozhevnikov | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Aviation Industry | Pyotr Dementev | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Shipbuilding | Boris Butoma | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Radio Industry | Valeri Kalmykov | 14 July 1970 – 8 April 1974 |
| Minister of Radio Industry | Pyotr Pleshakov | 8 April – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Andrei Gromyko | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Internal Affairs | Nikolai Shchelokov | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Culture | Yekaterina Furtseva | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Education | Mikhail Prokofjev | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Higher Education | Vjatsheslav Yeljutin | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Finance | Vasily Garbuzov | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Commerce | Aleksandr Strujev | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Defence | Andrei Grechko | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Communications | Nikolai Psurtshev | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Health | Boris Petrovski | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Agriculture | Vladimir Matskevich | 14 July 1970 – 2 February 1973 |
| Minister of Agriculture | Dmitry Polyansky | 2 February 1973 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Geology | Aleksandr Sidorenko | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Energy and Electrification | Pyotr Neporozhny | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Civil Aviation | Yevgeni Loginov | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Civil Aviation | Boris Bugajev | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Ferrous Metallurgy | Ivan Kazanetz | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Coal Industry | Boris Bratshenko | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Chemical Industry | Leonid Kostandov | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Oil Industry | Valentin Shashin | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Oil and Petrochemical Industry | Viktor Fjodorov | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Timber and Wood Processing Industry | Nikolai Timofjejev | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Building Materials Industry | Ivan Grishmanov | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Light Industry | | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Food Industry | Voldemar Lein | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Fish Industry | Aleksandr Ishkov | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Meat and Dairy Industry | Sergei Antonov | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Heavy and Transport Machines Construction | Vladimir Zhigalin | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Construction of Tool-Machines | Anatoli Kostousov | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Construction, Road Building and Communal Machines | Jefim Novosjelov | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Tractors and Agricultural Machines | Ivan Sinizyn | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Automobile Industry | Aleksandr Tarasov | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Construction of Petrochemical Machinery | Konstantin Brekhov | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Electrical Engineering | Aleksei Antonov | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Instrument-Making, Automation and Control Systems | Konstantin Rudnev | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Machine Building for Light and Food Industries | Vasili Doyenin | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Assembling and Special Construction | Fuad Jakubowski | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Land Reclamation and Water Conservancy | Yevgeni Aleksejevski | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Gas Industry | Aleksei Kortunov | 14 July 1970 – 20 September 1972 |
| Minister of Gas Industry | Sabit Orudzhev | 20 September 1972 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Construction of Oil and Gas Industry | Aleksei Kortunov | 14 July 1970 – 11 December 1973 |
| Minister of Construction of Oil and Gas Industry | Sabit Orudzhev | 11 December 1973 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of General Machine Building | Sergei Afanasjev | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Non-Ferrous Metallurgy | Pyotr Lomako | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Electronic Industry | Aleksandr Shokin | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Defence Industry | Sergei Sverov | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Housing and Architecture | Mikhail Pozokhin | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Construction of Heavy Industry | Nikolai Goldin | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Industrial Construction | Aleksandr Tokarjev | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Agricultural Construction | Stepan Khitrov | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Construction | Georgi Karavajev | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Medical Industry | Pyotr Gusenko | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Machine Building | Vjatsheslav Bakhirov | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Cellulose and Paper Industry | Konstantin Galantshin | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Machinery for Stock Raising and Feeding | Konstantin Beljak | 11 October 1973– 26 July 1974 |
| Minister of Production of Communication Media | Erien Pervyshin | 11 April – 26 July 1974 |

## Committees

| Committee | Chairman | Period |
| Chairman of the People's Control Commission | Pavel Kovanov | 14 July 1970 – 23 July 1971 |
| Chairman of the People's Control Commission | Gennady Voronov | 23 July 1971 – 26 July 1974 |
| Chairman of the State Planning Committee | Nikolai Baibakov | 14 July 1970 – 7 May 1973 |
| Chairman of State Committee for State Security (KGB) | Yuri Andropov | 14 July 1970 – 26 July 1974 |