page_title: Ministry of Finance (Soviet Union)
section_title: Commissars and ministers
hierarchical_section_title: Ministry of Finance (Soviet Union) / Commissars and ministers
caption_attribution_description: English: Nikolay Bryuhanov, narkom USSR, executed in 1938 Русский: Николай Павлович Брюханов, нарком СССР, расстрелянный в 1938 году
context_page_description: The Ministry of Finance of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, formed on 15 March 1946, was one of the most important government offices in the Soviet Union. Until 1946 it was known as the People's Commissariat for Finance. Narkomfin, at the all-Union level, was established on 6 July 1923 after the signing of the Treaty on the Creation of the USSR, and was based upon the People's Commissariat for Finance of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic formed in 1917. The Ministry was led by the Minister of Finance, prior to 1946 a Commissar, who was nominated by the Chairman of the Council of Ministers and then confirmed by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet. The minister was a member of the Council of Ministers.
  During the Russian Civil War, and immediately afterwards, the Commissariat usually confiscated property to support government operations. Following a short period of stability after the civil war the Commissariat introduced several governmental taxes on the population.
context_section_description: The following persons headed the Commissariat/Ministry as commissars (narkoms), ministers, and deputy ministers:
caption: One of the Soviet Narkoms of Finance, Nikolai Bryukhanov, arrested and executed in 1938, during the Great Purge
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