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
How the Stalos were Tricked How the Stalos were Tricked How the Stalos were Tricked is a Lapp fairy tale collected by J. C. Poestion in "Lapplandische Märchen". Andrew Lang included it in "The Orange Fairy Book". A boy saw a giant man in the woods, and his mother identified it as a Stalo, a man-eater. Soon after, Patto's children began to vanish. One day, a boy told him how he had seen his youngest daughter caught in the Stalo's trap and drowned. Patto went to the trap and made it catch him without drowning him. The Stalo carried him off. Patto stole his ax,