In the USSR the problem of production standardization was faced only a few years after its founding. The first GOST certificate at the time called OST was issued on 7 May 1926 in response to the request before revealed a year by the Council of People's Committees through the creation of the first committee for the standardization of the Soviet Union.
The first dealt with GOST Agriculture and bore the name "Wheat: selection of varieties." After this first GOST certificate many others followed, a large structure consisting of more than 300 certificates were made during the next three years dealing with all the basic subjects of economics, certified standards were made for bread, salt, cooking oil and matches as well as for various materials essential for industry such as cotton, oil, chemicals and steel.
The first decade of the GOST standard was characterized by the decentralization of responsibilities to specific technical committees, by the beginning of the thirties each factory could count on an office for certification, as it was possible to run into an office of GOST standards in all commissariats of Soviet Socialist Republics.
The evolution of GOST took a drastic change of direction in 1936 when it was eliminated the central committee for the standardization of the Union and all the rights for approval passed to the government and committees.
The battle for a high level of quality of products and services do not end there: in order to ensure the safety of consumer products, the non-compliance with the GOST standard turn to be under criminal liability.
To June 9, 1940 was decentralization fully implemented, when the PKUS in accordance with the Council Committees uttered the standard rule "on the standard state of the union and its implementation." According to this document standardization work was entrusted to the Committee for the supervision of the standard. The committee immediately set to work and concentrated on what was the most active industry of the Soviet Union, the military.
The GOST standards followed the activities of the country and, once the war ended, moved to focus more on technology and then, in the late 70's, to deal with the companies in each sector and of every type. The moment of greatest glory certification in USSR grew to 15 offices, 226 national centers and occupy up to72 000 workers.
