Central Statistical Directorate

The Central Statistical Administration (or Board or Directorate) (Центральное Статистическое Управление), abbreviated TsSU (ЦСУ), was the main statistical organization of the former Soviet Union; it was dissolved in the 1980s, replaced by Goskomstat.

The Administration had the following names:


 * 1918–1923 — Central Statistical Administration of the RSFSR (Центральное статистическое управление РСФСР (ЦСУ РСФСР)), created by a decree of the Council of People's Commissars dated July 25, 1918
 * 1923–1926 — Central Statistical Administration of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR (Центральное статистическое управление при Совете Народных Комиссаров СССР)
 * 1926–1930 — Central Statistical Administration of the USSR (Центральное статистическое управление СССР (ЦСУ СССР))
 * 1930–1931 — Economic-Statistical Sector of Gosplan (Экономико-статистический сектор (ЭСС) Госплана СССР)
 * 1931 — Sector of Economic Accounting of Gosplan (Сектор народно-хозяйственного учета Госплана СССР)
 * 1931–1941 — Central Administration of Economic Accounting of Gosplan (Центральное управление народнохозяйственного учета (ЦУНХУ) Госплана СССР)
 * 1941–1948 — Central Statistical Administration of Gosplan (Центральное статистическое управление (ЦСУ) Госплана СССР)
 * 1948–1987 — Central Statistical Administration of the Council of Ministers of the USSR (Центральное статистическое управление (ЦСУ) при Совете Министров СССР)