People's Commissariat for Finance

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Soviet government ministry people's commissariat

The People's Commissariat for Finance was the Soviet government ministry responsible for managing state finances, budgeting, and fiscal policy in the early USSR.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Ministry of Finance of the USSR	3
Ministry of Finance of the Soviet Union	1
People's Commissariat for Finance canonical	1
People's Commissariat for Finance of the RSFSR	1
People's Commissariat of Finance	1
Народный комиссариат финансов	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1273812 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: People's Commissariat for Finance
Context triple: [Council of People's Commissars, hasPart, People's Commissariat for Finance]

A. Ministry of Finance
The Ministry of Finance is the Government of India’s key economic ministry responsible for managing public finances, taxation, economic policy, and the preparation of the national budget.
B. Ministry of Finance of the Russian Empire
The Ministry of Finance of the Russian Empire was the central government body responsible for managing imperial fiscal policy, taxation, state budgets, and overall financial administration from the early 19th century until the empire’s collapse in 1917.
C. Imperial Ministry of Finance
The Imperial Ministry of Finance was the central government department responsible for managing the fiscal and financial affairs of the German Empire prior to its replacement by the Reich Ministry of Finance.
D. Ministry of Finance (Japan)
The Ministry of Finance (Japan) is a central government ministry responsible for the country’s fiscal policy, public finance, and economic stability.
E. Secretariat for the Economy
The Secretariat for the Economy is a Vatican department responsible for overseeing and coordinating the Holy See’s economic and administrative affairs.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: People's Commissariat for Finance
Target entity description: The People's Commissariat for Finance was the Soviet government ministry responsible for managing state finances, budgeting, and fiscal policy in the early USSR.

A. Ministry of Finance
The Ministry of Finance is the Government of India’s key economic ministry responsible for managing public finances, taxation, economic policy, and the preparation of the national budget.
B. Ministry of Finance of the Russian Empire
The Ministry of Finance of the Russian Empire was the central government body responsible for managing imperial fiscal policy, taxation, state budgets, and overall financial administration from the early 19th century until the empire’s collapse in 1917.
C. Imperial Ministry of Finance
The Imperial Ministry of Finance was the central government department responsible for managing the fiscal and financial affairs of the German Empire prior to its replacement by the Reich Ministry of Finance.
D. Ministry of Finance (Japan)
The Ministry of Finance (Japan) is a central government ministry responsible for the country’s fiscal policy, public finance, and economic stability.
E. Secretariat for the Economy
The Secretariat for the Economy is a Vatican department responsible for overseeing and coordinating the Holy See’s economic and administrative affairs.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Soviet government ministry ⓘ people's commissariat ⓘ
appliesPolicy	Soviet budgetary policy ⓘ Soviet fiscal policy ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Soviet planned economy ⓘ
archivesAt	State Archive of the Russian Federation ⓘ
budget	state budget of the USSR ⓘ
coordinatesWith	Gosplan ⓘ People's Commissariat for Foreign Trade ⓘ linked to: Ministry of Foreign Trade of the Soviet Union State Bank of the USSR ⓘ
country	Soviet Union ⓘ
dissolved	1946 ⓘ
fieldOfWork	macroeconomic policy ⓘ public finance ⓘ state budgeting ⓘ taxation ⓘ
followedBy	Ministry of Finance of the USSR ⓘ linked to: People's Commissariat for Finance
governmentBranch	executive branch of the Soviet Union ⓘ
hasPart	central apparatus of Narkomfin ⓘ local financial inspectorates ⓘ regional financial departments ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Moscow ⓘ
inception	1917 ⓘ
industry	public administration ⓘ
jurisdiction	Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ⓘ linked to: Russian SFSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ⓘ linked to: Soviet Union
legalForm	state body ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Moscow Governorate ⓘ Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ⓘ linked to: Russian SFSR Soviet Union ⓘ
nativeName	Народный комиссариат финансов ⓘ linked to: People's Commissariat for Finance
nativeNameLanguage	Russian ⓘ
parentOrganization	Soviet government ⓘ
partOf	Council of People's Commissars ⓘ
precededBy	Ministry of Finance of the Russian Empire ⓘ
replacedBy	Ministry of Finance of the USSR ⓘ linked to: People's Commissariat for Finance
responsibleFor	fiscal policy in the Soviet Union ⓘ state budgeting in the Soviet Union ⓘ state finances of the Soviet Union ⓘ
shortName	Narkomfin ⓘ
significantEvent	creation after the October Revolution ⓘ transformation into the Ministry of Finance in 1946 ⓘ
subordinateTo	Council of Ministers of the USSR ⓘ linked to: Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union Council of People's Commissars ⓘ
use	Soviet ruble ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Council of People's Commissars → hasPart → People's Commissariat for Finance ⓘ

Ministry of Finance of the Russian Empire → followedBy → People's Commissariat for Finance of the RSFSR ⓘ