History
Development Timeline
September 8, 1802 ─ written reporting of ministries introduced
September 19, 1802 ─ the reporting procedure of the provinces determined
November 1, 1802 ─ the community of noble men obliged to report statistics to the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs
November 20, 1811 ─ Statistics Division of the Ministry of Police
November 4, 1819 ─ Statistics Division of the Office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs
May 12, 1823 ─ Statistics Division of the Executive Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs
December 20, 1834 ─ Statistical Division under the Council of the Minister of Internal Affairs, provincial statistical committees established
December 22, 1852 ─ Statistical Committee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs
March 4, 1858 ─ Central Statistical Committee under the Ministry of Internal Affairs
April 30, 1863 ─ Statistical Council and Central Statistical Committee under the Ministry of Internal Affairs
July 25, 1918 ─ Central Statistical Office
May 11, 1927 ─ Central Statistical Office of the USSR
January 23, 1930 ─ Economic and Statistical Sector of the USSR State Planning Committee
December 17, 1931 ─ Central Administration of Economic Accounting of the USSR State Planning Committee
August 10, 1948 ─ Central Statistical Office under the Council of Ministers of the USSR
July 5, 1978 ─ Central Statistical Office of the USSR
July 17, 1987 ─ Goskomstat of the USSR
November 18, 1991 ─ Goskomstat of Russia
May 25, 1999 ─ Russian Statistical Agency (Rosstatagentstvo)
December 6, 1999 ─ State Statistics Committee of the Russian Federation (Goskomstat of Russia)
March 9, 2004 ─ Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat)
May 2008 ─ May 2010 ─ Rosstat is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation
May 2012 – April 2017 ─ Rosstat is under the jurisdiction of the Government of the Russian Federation
Since April 2017, Rosstat has been under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation