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	Topics President of the Soviet Union Topic Home The President of the Soviet Union was the Head of StateHead of State Head of State or Chief of State is the generic term for the individual or collective office that serves as the chief p... of the USSR from March 15, 1990 to December 25, 1991. Mikhail GorbachevMikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachyov was leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991.... was the first and only person to occupy the office. Gorbachev was also General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet UnionGeneral Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union The General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the title synonymous with leader of the Soviet Union af... (a position that he had held since March 1985) between March 1990 and August 1991. He derived an increasingly greater share of his power from his position as President until he finally resigned as General Secretary after the Soviet coup attempt of 1991Soviet coup attempt of 1991 During the Soviet Coup of 1991 also known as the August Putsch, Vodka Putsch or August Coup, a group of ha... . The office had not existed until 1990; previously the head of Soviet state had been the Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR (Chairman of the All-Union Executive Committee, ????) from 1922-1938, the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme SovietPresidium of the Supreme Soviet The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR was a Soviet governmental body.... from 1938-1989, then the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet in 1989-90. From the mid-1920s on, all effective executiveExecutive (government) Summary The executive is the branch of a government charged with implementing, or executing, the law and running the day-to-day ... political power was in the hands of the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet UnionCommunist Party of the Soviet Union The Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the name used by the successors of the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social-... , with the Chairman exercising largely symbolic and figureheadFigurehead A figurehead is a carved wooden decoration, often female or bestiary, found at the prow of ships of the 16th to the 19th cen... duties. Starting with Leonid BrezhnevLeonid Brezhnev Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev ; – November 10, 1982) was the effective ruler of the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1982, though a... in 1977, the last four General Secretaries simultaneously served as Chairmen of the Supreme Soviet during their time in office. President of the Soviet Union Mikhail GorbachevMikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachyov was leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991.... (office abolished with the dissolution of the USSR) Gennady YanayevGennady Yanayev Gennady Ivanovich Yanayev, Russian politician and statesman.... (acting; in opposition) See also USSR Heads of State Premier of the Soviet UnionPremier of the Soviet Union Premier of the Soviet Union is the commonly used English term for the offices of Chairman of the Council of People's Comm... General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet UnionGeneral Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union The General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the title synonymous with leader of the Soviet Union af...