The Central Statistical Administration (or Board or Directorate) (), abbreviated TsSU (), 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 (), 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 () 1926-1930 — Central Statistical Administration of the USSR () 1930-1931 — Economic-Statistical Sector of Gosplan () 1931 — Sector of Economic Accounting of Gosplan () 1931-1941 — Central Administration of Economic Accounting of Gosplan () 1941-1948 — Central Statistical Administration of Gosplan () 1948-1987 — Central Statistical Administration of the Council of Ministers of the USSR () References Government of the Soviet Union 1922 establishments in Russia 1987 disestablishments