Ministry of Radio Technology (Soviet Union)

The Ministry of Radio Technology (Minradioprom; Russian: Министерство радиопромышленности) was a government ministry in the Soviet Union.

Ministry of Justice of the USSR
Министерство юстиции СССР
All ministry seals of the Soviet Union used the State Emblem

Former Minradioprom building in Moscow
Agency overview
Formed21 January 1954
Dissolved24 August 1991
JurisdictionGovernment of the Soviet Union
HeadquartersMoscow

Established as Ministry of Radiotechnical Industry in 1954, under present name since 1965; involved in research and production of television sets, radios, tape recorders, computers, radio instruments, and other electronic gear. In the 1980s it became a major producer of Soviet personal computers, including the Agat, ES-184x and PKSOxx.