Council of Ministers of the USSR (tr.: Soviet Ministrov SSSR; sometimes the abbreviation Sovmin was used) was the Soviet government—the highest executive and administrative body of the Soviet Union. Between 1922 and 1946 it was named Council of People's Commissars of the USSR (tr.: Sovet Narodnykh Komissarov SSSR, often abbreviated to Sovnarkom or SNK). The Council of Ministers of the USSR was formed by the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on the first session of each convocation, for example ev… (More on Narkomat)