Council of Ministers of the USSR

**The Council of Ministers of the USSR** (the abbreviated name **Council of Ministers** is also used) is the highest collegial body of executive and administrative state power of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. In the Crisis in the Kremlin game, the player can change the daily buffs by changing ministers in the Council of Ministers.

All ministers in the game are people who really existed in the USSR as of 1985-1991.

## Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR

In each of these sections, all available ministers, the conditions for obtaining them and buffs from them will be presented.

* Eduard Shevardnadze (New Political Thinking) - available initially. If Shevardnadze left politics, then Anatoly Kovalev takes his place.

- Increases relations with USA and France by increasing the level of liberalization.

* Anatoly Kovalev (New political thinking) - appears if Shevardnadze left politics.

- The buffs are the same as those of Shevardnadze.

* Andrey Gromyko (Deterrence US) - available initially and costs as the default Minister of Foreign Affairs. If Gromyko left politics or you play for him, Semyon Kozyrev takes his place.

- Lowers military strength US, liberalization and relations with France, China and US.

* Semyon Kozyrev (Deterrence US) - appears if Gromyko retired from politics or you play as Gromyko.

- The buffs are the same as those of Gromyko.

* Alexander Bessmertnykh (Coexistence) - available initially.
* Nikita Ryzhov (Improving relations with USA) - available initially.

- Improves relations with USA by increasing liberalization.

* Boris Pankin (Friendship with USA) - becomes available if the foreign policy doctrine is "New Political Thinking" or "Cooperation with the West"

- Increases relations with USA and liberalization more than Ryzhov.

* Oleg Troyanovsky (Friendship with PRC) - becomes available if the foreign policy doctrine is not "New Political Thinking" or "Cooperation with the West". Replaces Boris Pankin.

- Improves relations with China with money from the budget.

## Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR

* Vitaliy Fedorchuk (Unsubsidized policy) - available initially and costs as the default Minister of Internal Affairs.

- Increases the flow of money to the budget by lowering the loyalty of the republics.

* Vadim Bakatin (Subsidy policy) - available initially.

- Increases the loyalty of the republics at the expense of money from the budget.

* Viktor Barannikov (Introduction of market relations) - available initially.

- Gives an increase in competitiveness due to money from the budget and an increase in the level of corruption.

* Boris Pugo (Hard lane) - available initially.

- Reduces the level of corruption by lowering the loyalty of the republics.

* Alexander Vlasov (Civil Security) - available initially.

- Increases the fight against crime by increasing the liberalization of the masses.

## USSR Ministry of Defense

* Sergey Sokolov (Improving the life of soldiers) - available initially and costs as the default Minister of Defense.

- Increases the loyalty of soldiers by reducing the strength of the army.

* Evgeny Shaposhnikov (Non-intervention) - available initially.

- Improves relations with USA and France by lowering army strength.

* Dmitry Yazov (Party Line) - available initially.

- Depending on the leading faction, all ministers who adhere to the Party Line give a moderate version of another minister who acts like a faction.

* Vladislav Achalov (Militarization) - available initially.

- Increases the strength and size of the army, by reducing its loyalty and relations with USA.

* Mikhail Moiseev (Occultism) - becomes available if in the Ministry of Internal Affairs "Attitude towards religion" section there are doctrines below "Atheism in state bodies".

- Increases spiritual contentment by reducing the strength of the army.

## State Planning Committee

* Nikolai Baibakov (Party Line) - available initially and by default.

- Depending on the leading faction, all ministers who adhere to the Party Line give a moderate version of another minister who acts like a faction.

* Yuri Maslyukov (Maximum income) - available initially.

- Increases the flow of money to the budget by lowering the loyalty of the republics.

* Nikolai Talyzin (Economic self-government) - becomes available if your economy is below the planned one.

- Increases competitiveness by lowering the military-industrial complex, heavy industry and light industry.

* Peter Lomako (Emphasis on the arms race) - available initially.

- Increases the strength of the army by lowering the military-industrial complex, heavy industry and light industry.

* Lev Voronin (Emphasis on providing for the people) - available initially.

- Increases consumer goods and luxury at the expense of a minus to heavy industry, military-industrial complex and agriculture.

## Chairman of the Supreme Council

* Andrey Gromyko (Moderate reforms/Current ruler) - available initially. If Gromyko left politics or if you play for him, then Vasily Kuznetsov will take his place. Will be the default if you play as Gromyko, Gorbachev or Grishin.

- Promotes Moderates in Sun.

* Vasily Kuznetsov (Moderate Reforms) - Vasily Kuznetsov is available if Gromyko retired from politics or if you play as Gromyko.
* Valentin Pavlov (Party Line) - available initially.

- Promotes Moderates in Sun.
- Promotes the leading party to Sun.

* Anatoly Lukyanov (Democratic Socialism) - available initially.

- Promotes Reformers and Moderates (the latter not as active) in Sun.

* Ivan Laptev (Extensive reforms) - available initially.

- Promotes liberals in Sun.

* Grigory Romanov (Current Ruler) - available when playing as Romanov and will be the default.

- Promotes conservatives and Stalinists in Sun.

* Viktor Grishin (Current Ruler) - available when playing as Grishin.

- Actively promotes conservatives in Sun.

* Mikhail Gorbachev (Current Ruler) - available when playing as Gorbachev.

- Actively promotes reformers in the Sun.

* You (Current Ruler) is a player-created character. Available when playing as a created character and is the default.

- Will promote the leading party in Sun.

## Chairman of the Council of Ministers

* Nikolai Tikhonov (Pragmatic Approach) - available initially and by default. Once again, Tikhonov can be installed only if the moderates and the Stalinists together have a majority in the Supreme Soviet and both factions are allowed.

- Increases the flow of money to the budget.

* Nikolai Ryzhkov (General Reforms) - available initially.

- Increases the power of reformers and increases competitiveness due to the fall of the military-industrial complex, light industry and heavy industry.

* Heydar Aliyev (Supporter of partocracy) - available initially.

- Increases the power of the conservatives and lowers the liberalization of the masses by increasing the level of corruption.

* Ivan Arkhipov (Conservatism) - available initially.

- Promotes Conservatives in Sun.

* Leonid Abalkin (Personnel Rejuvenation) - available initially.

- Promotes reformers in VS.

## Ministry of Industry of the USSR

* Yuri Bespalov (Emphasis on the chemical industry) - available initially and is by default.

- Grows agriculture at the expense of the military-industrial complex and heavy industry.

* Sergey Afanasiev (Emphasis on heavy engineering) - available initially.

- Raises the military-industrial complex and the heavy industry at the expense of agriculture.

* Vladimir Velichko (Eco-friendly) - available initially.

- Increases the level of ecology by lowering the military-industrial complex, light industry and heavy industry.

* Efim Slavsky (Emphasis on production) - available initially.

- Increases the military-industrial complex, heavy industry and light industry, but reduces agriculture and services.

* Lev Ryabev (Emphasis on light industry) - available initially.

- Grows light industry at the expense of the military-industrial complex and heavy industry.

## Ministry of Education of the USSR

* Peter Demichev (Old Propaganda Methods) - available initially and by default.

- Lowers liberalization and the level of freedoms.

* Sergei Shcherbakov (Party Line) - available initially.
* Nikolay Gubenko (Introduction of Western Art) - available initially.

- Lowers the strength of the opposition by increasing liberalization.

* Gennady Yagodin (Simplification of education) - available initially.

- Lowers the level of education and liberalization, increases the unity of opinion.

* Anatoly Dumachev (Soviet methods of education) - available initially.

- Increases the level of education and the liberalization of minds.

## State Security Committee

* Viktor Chebrikov (Party Line) - available initially and by default.
* Vladimir Kryuchkov (Moderate interference) - available initially.

- Slightly lowers the level of liberalization of minds.

* Leonid Shebarshin (Soft Politics) - not available initially.

- Increases the liberalization of minds and the level of freedoms.

* Vadim Bakatin (Democratization) - not available initially.

- Increases the rule of law and the level of freedom by increasing the strength of the opposition and liberalization.

* Philip Bobkov (Direct Intervention) - available initially.

- Lowers corruption, opposition, liberalization and freedom levels.

## Main Intelligence Directorate

* Pyotr Ivashutin (Fighting the West) - available initially.

- Reduces the loyalty, strength of the army and the happiness of the people of USA at the expense of money from the budget.

* Vladlen Mikhailov (Strengthening the army) - available initially.

- Increases the strength of the USSR army by lowering relations with the USA.

* Evgeny Timokhin (Supporter of disarmament) - not available initially.

- Increases USA loyalty by reducing the strength of the army.

* Fedor Ladygin (Brezhnev Doctrine) - available initially and by default.

- Reduces liberalization in ATS countries.

* Valentin Meshcheryakov (Cooperation with the West) - not available initially.

- Increases the loyalty of USA and France by reducing the strength of the army and nuclear potential.

## Chairman of the Komsomol Central Committee

* Boris Pastukhov (Apolitical promotion) - not available initially.

- Promotes moderates and, to a lesser extent, reformers in the VS.

* Evgeny Tyazhelnikov (Party Line) - available initially and is by default.
* Guriy Marchuk (Cult of Science) - not available initially. Available after the "Cult of Cybernetics" event if you select the "Install Cult of Cybernetics" option.

- Increases science points, but increases the discontent of the left and right wing.

* Viktor Mironenko (Reformism) - not available initially.

- Promotes reformers in VS.

* Richard Kosolapov (Stalinism) - not available initially. It becomes available if, in the first game event, you rejuvenate the ranks of the party with the Stalinists and do not appoint Kosolapov to the post of Second Secretary.

- Promotes the Stalinists in the Sun.

* Alexander Tarasov (Trotskyism) - not available initially. It becomes available if, in the first game event, you rejuvenate the ranks of the party with Trotskyists and do not appoint Tarasov to the post of Second Secretary.

- Promotes Trotskyists in Sun.

* Vladimir Zyukin (Radical Reforms) - not available initially.

- Promotes liberals in Sun.

## Ministry of Agriculture of the USSR

* Grigory Zolotukhin (Additional agricultural supply) - not available initially.

- Grows agriculture at the expense of money from the budget.

* Alexander Budyka (Skewing towards the light industry) - available initially.

- At the expense of agriculture, the light industry is growing.

* Vsevolod Murakhovsky (Autonomy of farms) - available initially.

- Increases competitiveness by lowering agriculture.

* Dmitry Polyansky (Mechanization) - available initially.

- Increases competitiveness at the expense of money from the budget.

* Valentine Month (Skewing towards the heavy industry) - available initially and is by default.

- Grows the heavy industry at the expense of agriculture.

## Tips

The wiki provides a couple of tips for running the Council of Ministers:

* If the division of the branches of power is "Heading the Supreme Council. The Council of Ministers is free" or "Not the leader of the Supreme Council. The Council of Ministers is free", then all ministers (namely ministers, and not the chairman of the Central Committee of the Komsomol, the KGB, the GRU and the State Planning Commission) are appointed by the Chairman of the Council of Ministers .
* If you have the legislative right "The Supreme Council adopts laws", then the Chairman of the Council of Ministers is appointed by the Supreme Council every year.
* If you have the legislative right "The ruler makes laws" and the division of branches of power "At the head of the Supreme Council. The Council of Ministers without power" or "Generalissimo", then all ministers are available for appointment.
* Initial availability and default ministers in this article are for the 1985 launch scenario.