Ministry of the Maritime Fleet (Soviet Union) 1922 and was collapsed in 1991. But Minforflot has more short history. Until 25 May 1939, functions of the Ministry of Maritime Fleet USSR were carried out by the People's Commissariat of Water Transport of the USSR, which was responsible for both maritime and river fleets of the USSR. The structure of the People's Commissariat of Maritime Fleet USSR as a separate people's commissariat was confirmed by a decree of the Council of Ministers USSR on 25 May 1939. On 15 March 1946, the People's Commissariat of Maritime Fleet USSR was changed to the Ministry of Maritime Fleet USSR by
Russia and the United Nations collapsed in late 1991. Eleven of the twelve members of the Commonwealth of Independent States signed a declaration on December 21, 1991, agreeing that "Member states of the Commonwealth support Russia in taking over the USSR membership in the UN, including permanent membership in the Security Council." One day before the resignation of Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, Ambassador Y. Vorontsov transmitted to the UN Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar a letter from President of the Russian Federation Boris Yeltsin stating that: The Secretary-General circulated the request among the UN membership. There being no objection, the Russian Federation took the USSR's