Leader of the Provisonal Government 1919[]
Picture | Name | Born - Died | Term | Notes |
Alexander Kerensky | May 4, 1881 - May 1, 1919 | January 9, 1919 - April 26, 1919 | Put together a democratic government to try to hold Russia together. His regime was toppled by Communists and he was later executed. |
Presidents of the Communist party of the Soviet Union 1919 - 1985[]
# | Picture | Name | Born - Died | Ruled | Notes |
1 | Vladimir Lenin | April 22, 1870 - February 21, 1922 | April 26, 1919 - February 21, 1922 | Formed Soviet Union and organised a Communist state. Suffered a series of strokes and died in 1922. | |
2 | Leon Trotsky | November 7, 1879 - June 27, 1935 | February 21, 1922 - November 14, 1926 | Seized power upon Lenin's death. Built up armed forces. Overthrown by Stalin and army. Later executed. | |
3 | Joseph Stalin | December 18, 1878 - December 4, 1940 | November 14, 1926 - December 4, 1940 | ||
4 | Vyacheslav Molotov | March 9, 1890 - March 30, 1983 | December 4, 1940 - March 29, 1966 | ||
6 | Leonid Brezhnev | December 19, 1906 - November 10, 1982 | March 29, 1966 - November 10, 1982 | ||
7 | Yuri Andropov | June 15, 1914 - December 10, 1983 | November 10, 1982 - December 10, 1983 | ||
8 | Konstantin Chernenko | September 24, 1911 - February 9, 1984 | December 10, 1983 - February 9, 1984 | ||
9 | Mikhail Gorbachev | March 2, 1931 - | February 9, 1984 - October 5, 1985 |
Premiers of the Soviet Union 1919-1985[]
Picture | Name | Born - Died | Term |
Presidents of Russia 1985 -[]
Picture | Name | Born - Died | Party | Vice President | Term |
Mikhail Gorbachev | March 2, 1931 - | Socialist | Nikolai Ryzhkov | October 5, 1985 - January 30, 1987 | |
Boris Yeltsin | February 1, 1931 - | Democratic | Alexander Rutskoy | January 30, 1987 - January 30, 1999 | |
Leonid Kuchma | August 9, 1938 - | Democratic | Vladimir Putin | January 30, 1999 - January 30, 2002 | |
Alexander Lebed | April 20, 1950 - April 28, 2002 | Democratic | January 30, 2002 - April 28, 2002 | ||
Vladimir Putin | October 7, 1952 - | Democratic | Sergei Ivanov | April 28, 2002 - January 30, 2005 | |
Yulia Tymoshenko | November 27, 1960 - | Democratic | Mikhail Prokhorov | January 30, 2005 - |
Prime Ministers of Russia 1985 -[]
Picture | Name | Born - Died | Party | Term | President | Notes |
Valentin Pavlov | September 27, 1937 - March 30, 2003 | October 5, 1985 - June 30, 1991 | ||||
Pavel Grachev | January 1, 1948 - | October 3, 1991 - June 30, 1992 | ||||
Viktor Chernomyrdin | April 9, 1938 - November 3, 2010 | June 30, 1992 - March 2, 1996 | ||||
Valentina Matviyenko | April 7, 1949 - | March 2, 1996 - August 14, 1998 | ||||
Vladimir Putin | October 7, 1952 - | August 14, 1998 - January 17, 1999 | ||||
Boris Gryzlov | December 15, 1950 - | January 17, 1999 - May 28, 2002 | ||||
Valentina Matviyenko | April 7, 1949 - | May 1, 2002 - June 30, 2006 | ||||
Boris Gryzlov | December 15, 1950 - | June 30, 2006 - February 16, 2008 | ||||
Dmitry Medvedev | September 14, 1965 - | February 16, 2008 |