People's Commissariat for Communications

People's Commissariat for Posts and Telegraphs of the USSR
Народный комиссариат связи СССР; (НКС СССР, Наркомсвязь СССР)
	Official emblem of the Commissariat; on a manhole in Kharkov
Agency overview
Formed	17 January 1932
Preceding agencies	People's Commissariat for Posts and Telegraphs of the RSFSR (since 8 November 1917); People's Commissariat for Posts and Telegraphs of the USSR (since 12 November 1923);
Dissolved	15 March 1946
Superseding agency	Ministry of Communications of the USSR;
Jurisdiction	Council of People's Commissars
Headquarters	7 Gorky Street, Moscow, RSFSR, Soviet Union; 55°45′26″N 37°36′53″E
Annual budget	varied
Agency executive	Alexey Rykov (1932–36), People's Commissar for Communications;
Child agency	several;
Map
	Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

The People's Commissariat for Communications of the USSR (Russian: Народный комиссариат связи СССР) was the central state agency of the Soviet Union for communications in the period 1932 to 1946. The Commissariat administered the postal, telegraph and telephone services.

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