The Central Statistical Directorate (or Board or Administration, ), abbreviated TsSU (), was the main statistical organization of the former Soviet Union; it was dissolved in 1987, replaced by Goskomstat.
The Administration had the following names:
1918âÂÂ1923 â Central Statistical Administration of the RSFSR (), created by a decree of the Council of People's Commissars dated July 25, 1918
1923âÂÂ1926 â Central Statistical Administration of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR ()
1926âÂÂ1930 â Central Statistical Administration of the USSR ()
1930âÂÂ1931 â Economic-Statistical Sector of Gosplan ()
1931 â Sector of Economic Accounting of Gosplan ()
1931âÂÂ1941 â Central Administration of Economic Accounting of Gosplan ()
1941âÂÂ1948 â Central Statistical Administration of Gosplan ()
1948âÂÂ1987 â Central Statistical Administration of the Council of Ministers of the USSR ()
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