Government of the USSR, the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR. V M Molotov, Chairman of the Council of Peoples Commissars of the USSR. V Y Chubar, Vice Chairman of the Council of peoples Commissars of the USSR, A I Mikoyan, Vice Chairman of the Council of Peoples Commissars of the USSR. S V Kosior, Vice Chairman of the Council of Peoples Commissars of the USSR and Chairman of the Soviet Control Commission (Purge Vicims), N A Voznesensky, Chairman of the State Planning Commission, Third row, M M Litvinov, Peoples Commissar of Foreign Affairs, N I Yezhov Peoples Commissar of Peoples Affairs, K Y Voroshilov, Peoples Commisar of Defense, P A Smirnov, Peoples Commissar of the Navy. L M Kaganovich, Peoples Commissar of Heavy Industry, A D Bruskin, Peoples Commissar of the Machine Building Industry, M M Kagabovich, Peoples Commissar of Defense Industry, A L Gilinsky, Peoples Commissar of the Food Industry. Supplied By: SCRSS - Society for Co-operation in Russian & Soviet Studies