List of leaders of the Russian SFSR - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

This is a list of leaders of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic , commonly referred to as Soviet Russia, Bolshevik Russia, or simply Russia, was the largest, most populous and economically developed republic in the former Soviet Union....

(RSFSR) from 1917 to 1991.

Heads of government

Name	Term start	Term end
Chairmen of the Council of People's Commissars of the Russian SFSR (1917–1946)
Vladimir Lenin Vladimir Lenin Vladimir Ilyich Lenin was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and communist politician who led the October Revolution of 1917. As leader of the Bolsheviks, he headed the Soviet state during its initial years , as it fought to establish control of Russia in the Russian Civil War and worked to create a...	9 November 1917	21 January 1924
Alexey Rykov	2 February 1924	18 May 1929
Sergei Syrtsov Sergei Syrtsov Sergei Ivanovich Syrtsov was a Soviet-Russian statesman who was the Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Russian SFSR from 1929 to 1930....	18 May 1929	3 November 1930
Daniil Sulimov Daniil Sulimov Daniil Sulimov was a Soviet-Russian statesman who was from 1930 to 1937 the Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Russian SFSR, literally meaning Premier or Prime Minister....	3 November 1930	22 July 1937
Nikolai Bulganin Nikolai Bulganin Nikolai Alexandrovich Bulganin was a prominent Soviet politician, who served as Minister of Defense and Premier of the Soviet Union . The Bulganin beard is named after him.-Early career:...	22 July 1937	17 September 1938
Vasiliy Vakhrushev Vasiliy Vakhrushev Vasiliy Vasilyevich Vakhrushev was a Soviet-Russian statesman who was from 1939 to 1940 the Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Russian SFSR, literally meaning Premier or Prime Minister....	29 July 1939	2 June 1940
Ivan Khokhlov Ivan Khokhlov Ivan Sergeyevich Khokhlov was a Soviet-Russian statesman who was from 1940 to 1943 the Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Russian SFSR, literally meaning Premier or Prime Minister....	2 June 1940	23 June 1943
Alexei Kosygin	23 June 1943	23 March 1946
Chairmen of the Council of Ministers of the Russian SFSR (1946–1978)
Mikhail Rodionov Mikhail Rodionov Mikhail Ivanovich Rodionov was a Soviet-Russian statesman who was from 1946 to 1949 the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Russian SFSR, literally meaning Premier or Prime Minister. He was executed in the aftermath of the Leningrad Affair....	23 March 1946	9 March 1949
Boris Chernousov	9 March 1949	20 October 1952
Alexander Puzanov Alexander Puzanov Alexander M. Puzanov was a Soviet-Russian statesman who was from 1952 to 1956 the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Russian SFSR, literally meaning Premier or Prime Minister....	20 October 1952	24 January 1956
Mikhail Yasnov Mikhail Yasnov Mikhail Alekseyevich Yasnov was a Soviet politician. He was Chairman of Moscow City Executive Committee and head of Moscow in 1950–1956.In 1956–1957 he was the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Russian SFSR...	24 January 1956	19 December 1957
Frol Kozlov Frol Kozlov Frol Romanovich Kozlov was a Soviet politician, Hero of Socialist Labor .He was elected a candidate member of the Presidium on 14 February 1957 and served as a full member from 29 June 1957 until he was relieved of his duties on 16 November 1964, following the ousting of his...	19 December 1957	31 March 1958
Dmitry Polyansky Dmitry Polyansky Note: There is also a Russian triathlete with the same name, transliterated also as Dmitry Polyanski.Dmitry Stepanovich Polyansky , – Moscow, 8 October 2001) was a Soviet-Russian statesman who was First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union from 1965 to 1973...	31 March 1958	23 November 1962
Gennady Voronov Gennady Voronov Gennady Ivanovich Voronov was a Soviet-Russian statesman who was from 1962 to 1971 the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Russian SFSR, literally meaning Premier or Prime Minister....	23 November 1962	23 July 1971
Mikhail Solomentsev Mikhail Solomentsev Mikhail Sergeyevich Solomentsev was a high-ranking Soviet politician. He was born near Yelets and graduated from the Leningrad Technological Institute in 1940. Solomentsev was a leading Communist party functionary in Kazakhstan in 1962–1964 and was in charge of the Rostov-on-Don obkom in 1964–1966...	28 July 1971	12 April 1978
Chairmen of the Council of Ministers — Government of the Russian SFSR (1978–1991)
Mikhail Solomentsev Mikhail Solomentsev Mikhail Sergeyevich Solomentsev was a high-ranking Soviet politician. He was born near Yelets and graduated from the Leningrad Technological Institute in 1940. Solomentsev was a leading Communist party functionary in Kazakhstan in 1962–1964 and was in charge of the Rostov-on-Don obkom in 1964–1966...	12 April 1978	24 June 1983
Vitaly Vorotnikov Vitaly Vorotnikov Vitaly Ivanovich Vorotnikov was a Soviet-Russian statesman who was from 1983 to 1988 the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR, and from 1988 to 1990 Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR.-References:...	24 June 1983	3 October 1988
Alexander Vlasov	3 October 1988	15 June 1990
Ivan Silayev Ivan Silayev Ivan Stepanovich Silayev is a former Soviet official who became a Russian politician following the dissolution of the Soviet Union. He served as Premier of the Soviet Union through the offices of Chairman of the Interstate Economic Committee and Chairman of the Committee on the Operational...	15 June 1990	26 September 1991
Oleg Lobov Oleg Lobov Oleg Ivanovich Lobov is a Russian politician who served as acting First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic) from 19th April 1991 - 15th November 1991 and also was acting Chairman of the Council of Ministers – Government of the Russian...	26 September 1991	6 November 1991
Boris Yeltsin Boris Yeltsin Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin was the first President of the Russian Federation, serving from 1991 to 1999.Originally a supporter of Mikhail Gorbachev, Yeltsin emerged under the perestroika reforms as one of Gorbachev's most powerful political opponents. On 29 May 1990 he was elected the chairman of...	6 November 1991	26 December 1991

Heads of party

Name	Term start	Term end
Chairman Bureau of the Central Committee of the RSFSR (1956–1966)
Nikita Khrushchev Nikita Khrushchev Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev led the Soviet Union during part of the Cold War. He served as First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964, and as Chairman of the Council of Ministers, or Premier, from 1958 to 1964...	27 February 1956	16 November 1964
Leonid Brezhnev Leonid Brezhnev Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev – 10 November 1982) was the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union , presiding over the country from 1964 until his death in 1982. His eighteen-year term as General Secretary was second only to that of Joseph Stalin in...	16 November 1964	8 April 1966
Chairman of the Russian Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1989–1990)
Mikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev is a former Soviet statesman, having served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991, and as the last head of state of the USSR, having served from 1988 until its dissolution in 1991...	9 December 1989	19 June 1990
First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian SFSR (1990–1991)
Ivan Polozkov	23 June 1990	6 August 1991
Valentin Kuptsov	6 August 1991	23 August 1991

Heads of state

Name	Term start	Term end
Chairmen of the Central Executive Committee of the All-Russian Congress of Soviets (1917–1938)
Lev Kamenev Lev Kamenev Lev Borisovich Kamenev , born Rozenfeld , was a Bolshevik revolutionary and a prominent Soviet politician. He was briefly head of state of the new republic in 1917, and from 1923-24 the acting Premier in the last year of Lenin's life....	9 November 1917	21 November 1917
Yakov Sverdlov Yakov Sverdlov Yakov Mikhaylovich Sverdlov ; known under pseudonyms "Andrei", "Mikhalych", "Max", "Smirnov", "Permyakov" — 16 March 1919) was a Bolshevik party leader and an official of the Russian Soviet Republic.-Early life:...	21 November 1917	16 March 1919
Mikhail Vladimirsky Mikhail Vladimirsky Mikhail Fyodorovich Vladimirsky was a Soviet politician and for a short period of time, the Chairman of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee.He was in office from March 16, 1919 to March 30, 1919...	16 March 1919	30 March 1919
Mikhail Kalinin Mikhail Kalinin Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin , known familiarly by Soviet citizens as "Kalinych," was a Bolshevik revolutionary and the nominal head of state of Russia and later of the Soviet Union, from 1919 to 1946...	30 December 1922	15 July 1938
Chairmen of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR (1938–1990)
Alexey Badaev	19 July 1938	4 March 1944
Ivan Vlasov	9 April 1943	4 March 1944
Nikolai Shvernik	4 March 1944	25 June 1946
Ivan Vlasov	25 June 1946	7 July 1950
Mikhail Tarasov	7 July 1950	16 April 1959
Nikolai Ignatov	16 April 1959	26 November 1959
Nikolai Organov	26 November 1959	20 December 1962
Nikolai Ignatov	20 December 1962	14 November 1966
Mikhail Yasnov Mikhail Yasnov Mikhail Alekseyevich Yasnov was a Soviet politician. He was Chairman of Moscow City Executive Committee and head of Moscow in 1950–1956.In 1956–1957 he was the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Russian SFSR...	23 December 1966	26 March 1985
Vladimir Orlov	26 March 1985	3 October 1988
Vitaly Vorotnikov Vitaly Vorotnikov Vitaly Ivanovich Vorotnikov was a Soviet-Russian statesman who was from 1983 to 1988 the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR, and from 1988 to 1990 Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR.-References:...	3 October 1988	29 May 1990
President of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1990–1991)
Boris Yeltsin Boris Yeltsin Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin was the first President of the Russian Federation, serving from 1991 to 1999.Originally a supporter of Mikhail Gorbachev, Yeltsin emerged under the perestroika reforms as one of Gorbachev's most powerful political opponents. On 29 May 1990 he was elected the chairman of...	29 May 1990	10 July 1991

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