Gosplan

State Planning Committee of the USSR
(Gosplan)
Gosudarstvenny komitet po planirovaniyu; Государственный комитет по планированию
	; Soviet Gosplan headquarters in Moscow; (later Russian State Duma building)
State committee overview
Formed	22 February 1921
Preceding State committee	RSFSR State Planning Committee;
Dissolved	1 April 1991
Jurisdiction	Government of the Soviet Union
Headquarters	Moscow, RSFSR; 55°45′27″N 37°36′55″E / 55.75750°N 37.61528°E
Parent department	Council of Ministers
Child State committee	Central Statistical Directorate;

The State Planning Committee, commonly known as Gosplan (Russian: Госплан, IPA: [ɡosˈpɫan]),^[1] was the agency responsible for central economic planning in the Soviet Union. Established in 1921 and remaining in existence until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Gosplan had as its main task the creation and administration of a series of five-year plans governing the economy of the USSR.

^ The word "Gosplan" is an abbreviation of Gosudarstvenniy Komitet po Planirovaniyu (Государственный комитет по планированию, "State Committee for Planning".)

State committee overview
Gosudarstvenny komitet po planirovaniyu Государственный комитет по планированию
Soviet Gosplan headquarters in Moscow (later Russian State Duma building)
Formed	22 February 1921 (1921-02-22)
Preceding State committee	RSFSR State Planning Committee
Dissolved	1 April 1991
Jurisdiction	Government of the Soviet Union
Headquarters	Moscow, RSFSR 55°45′27″N 37°36′55″E / 55.75750°N 37.61528°E / 55.75750; 37.61528
Parent department	Council of Ministers
Child State committee	Central Statistical Directorate