The following is a list of presidents of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (Russian SFSR). It lists heads of state, heads of government, and heads of the local branch of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Commonly referred to as Soviet Russia or simply Russia,Declaration of Rights of the laboring and exploited people (original VTsIK variant, III Congress revision), article I the Russian SFSR was a sovereign state in 1917–1922, the largest, most populous, and most economically developed republic of the Soviet Union in 1922–1991, having its own legislation within the Union in 1990–91.The Free Dictionary Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic. Encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com. Retrieved on 22 June 2011.
List of presidents Portrait Name Term of office Political partyTook officeLeft office 1 Lev Kamenev 9 November 1917 21 November 1917 Communist Party 2 Yakov Sverdlov 21 November 1917 16 March 1919 Communist Party — Mikhail VladimirskyActing 16 March 1919 30 March 1919 Communist Party 5 Mikhail Kalinin 30 March 1919 15 July 1938 Communist Party 6 Andrei Zhdanov 15 July 1938 19 July 1938 Communist Party 7 Aleksei Badayev 19 July 1938 9 April 1943 Communist Party — Ivan VlasovActing 9 April 1943 4 March 1944 Communist Party 8 Nikolai Shvernik 4 March 1944 25 June 1946 Communist Party 9 Ivan Vlasov 25 June 1946 7 July 1950 Communist Party 10 Mikhail Tarasov 7 July 1950 16 April 1959 Communist Party 11 Nikolai Ignatov 16 April 1959 26 November 1959 Communist Party 12 Nikolai Organov 26 November 1959 20 December 1962 Communist Party (11) Nikolai Ignatov 20 December 1962 14 November 1966 Communist Party 13 Mikhail Yasnov 23 December 1966 26 March 1985 Communist Party 14 Vladimir Orlov 26 March 1985 3 October 1988 Communist Party 15 Vitaly Vorotnikov 3 October 1988 29 May 1990 Communist Party 16 Boris Yeltsin 29 May 1990 10 July 1991 Independent (16) Boris Yeltsin 10 July 1991 25 December 1991 Independent
Heads of government Portrait Name Term of Office Political PartyTook officeLeft office 1 Vladimir Lenin 8 November 1917 21 January 1924 Communist Party 2 Alexei Rykov 2 February 1924 18 May 1929 Communist Party 3 Sergei Syrtsov 18 May 1929 3 November 1930 Communist Party 4 Daniil Sulimov 3 November 1930 22 July 1937 Communist Party 5 Nikolai Bulganin 22 July 1937 17 September 1938 Communist Party 6 Vasily Vakhrushev 29 July 1939 2 June 1940 Communist Party 7 Ivan Khokhlov 2 June 1940 23 June 1943 Communist Party 8 Alexei Kosygin 23 June 1943 23 March 1946 Communist Party 9 Mikhail Rodionov 23 March 1946 9 March 1949 Communist Party 10 Boris Chernousov 9 March 1949 20 October 1952 Communist Party 11 Alexander Puzanov 20 October 1952 24 January 1956 Communist Party 12 Mikhail Yasnov 24 January 1956 19 December 1957 Communist Party 13 Frol Kozlov 19 December 1957 31 March 1958 Communist Party 14 Dmitry Polyansky 31 March 1958 23 November 1962 Communist Party 15 Gennady Voronov 23 November 1962 23 July 1971 Communist Party 16 Mikhail Solomentsev 28 July 1971 24 June 1983 Communist Party 17 Vitaly Vorotnikov 24 June 1983 3 October 1988 Communist Party 18 Aleksandr Vlasov 3 October 1988 15 June 1990 Communist Party 19 Ivan Silayev 18 June 1990 26 September 1991 Communist Party — Oleg LobovActing 26 September 1991 15 November 1991 Communist Party — Boris Yeltsin 6 November 1991 25 December 1991 Independent
Heads of party Portrait Name Term of Office Political PartyTook officeLeft office 1 Nikita Khrushchev 27 February 1956 16 November 1964 Communist Party 2 Leonid Brezhnev 16 November 1964 8 April 1966 Communist Party 3 Mikhail Gorbachev 9 December 1989 16 June 1990 Communist PartyOn June 16, 1990, the provision on the monopoly of the CPSU on power was excluded from Article 6 of the Constitution of the RSFSR
See also List of heads of state of Russia List of heads of government of Russia List of leaders of the Soviet Union List of heads of state of the Soviet Union Premier of the Soviet Union
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