Presidents of the Russian SFSR
Emblem of the Russian SFSR
Formation9 November 1917; 106 years ago (1917-11-09)
First holderLev Kamenev
Final holderBoris Yeltsin
Abolished25 December 1991; 32 years ago (1991-12-25)

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,[1] 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.[2]

List of presidents

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Political party
Took office Left office
Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the
All-Russian Congress of Soviets (1917–1938)
1 Lev Kamenev
(1883–1936) 		9 November 1917 21 November 1917 Communist Party
2 Yakov Sverdlov
(1885–1919) 		21 November 1917 16 March 1919 Communist Party
— Mikhail Vladimirsky
(1874–1951)
Acting 		16 March 1919 30 March 1919 Communist Party
5 Mikhail Kalinin
(1875–1946) 		30 March 1919 15 July 1938 Communist Party
Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR (1938)
6 Andrei Zhdanov
(1896–1948) 		15 July 1938 19 July 1938 Communist Party
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the
Russian SFSR (1938–1990)
7 Aleksei Badayev
(1883–1951) 		19 July 1938 9 April 1943 Communist Party
— Ivan Vlasov
(1903–1969)
Acting 		9 April 1943 4 March 1944 Communist Party
8 Nikolai Shvernik
(1888–1970) 		4 March 1944 25 June 1946 Communist Party
9 Ivan Vlasov
(1903–1969) 		25 June 1946 7 July 1950 Communist Party
10 Mikhail Tarasov
(1899–1970) 		7 July 1950 16 April 1959 Communist Party
11 Nikolai Ignatov
(1901–1966) 		16 April 1959 26 November 1959 Communist Party
12 Nikolai Organov
(1901–1982) 		26 November 1959 20 December 1962 Communist Party
(11) Nikolai Ignatov
(1901–1966) 		20 December 1962 14 November 1966 Communist Party
13 Mikhail Yasnov
(1906–1991) 		23 December 1966 26 March 1985 Communist Party
14 Vladimir Orlov
(1921–1999) 		26 March 1985 3 October 1988 Communist Party
15 Vitaly Vorotnikov
(1926–2012) 		3 October 1988 29 May 1990 Communist Party
Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR (1990–1991)
16 Boris Yeltsin
(1931–2007) 		29 May 1990 10 July 1991 Independent
President of the Russian SFSR (1991)
(16) Boris Yeltsin
(1931–2007) 		10 July 1991 25 December 1991 Independent

Heads of government

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of Office Political Party
Took Office Left Office
Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the
Russian SFSR (1917–1946)
1 Vladimir Lenin
(1870–1924) 		8 November 1917 21 January 1924 Communist Party
2 Alexei Rykov
(1881–1938) 		2 February 1924 18 May 1929 Communist Party
3 Sergei Syrtsov
(1893–1937) 		18 May 1929 3 November 1930 Communist Party
4 Daniil Sulimov
(1890–1937) 		3 November 1930 22 July 1937 Communist Party
5 Nikolai Bulganin
(1895–1975) 		22 July 1937 17 September 1938 Communist Party
6 Vasily Vakhrushev
(1902–1947) 		29 July 1939 2 June 1940 Communist Party
7 Ivan Khokhlov
(1895–1973) 		2 June 1940 23 June 1943 Communist Party
8 Alexei Kosygin
(1904–1980) 		23 June 1943 23 March 1946 Communist Party
Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the
Russian SFSR (1946–1991)
9 Mikhail Rodionov
(1907–1950) 		23 March 1946 9 March 1949 Communist Party
10 Boris Chernousov
(1908–1978) 		9 March 1949 20 October 1952 Communist Party
11 Alexander Puzanov
(1906–1998) 		20 October 1952 24 January 1956 Communist Party
12 Mikhail Yasnov
(1906–1991) 		24 January 1956 19 December 1957 Communist Party
13 Frol Kozlov
(1908–1965) 		19 December 1957 31 March 1958 Communist Party
14 Dmitry Polyansky
(1917–2001) 		31 March 1958 23 November 1962 Communist Party
15 Gennady Voronov
(1910–1994) 		23 November 1962 23 July 1971 Communist Party
16 Mikhail Solomentsev
(1913–2008) 		28 July 1971 24 June 1983 Communist Party
17 Vitaly Vorotnikov
(1926–2012) 		24 June 1983 3 October 1988 Communist Party
18 Aleksandr Vlasov
(1932–2002) 		3 October 1988 15 June 1990 Communist Party
19 Ivan Silayev
(1930–2023) 		18 June 1990 26 September 1991 Communist Party
— Oleg Lobov
(1937–2018)
Acting 		26 September 1991 15 November 1991 Communist Party
President of the Russian SFSR
as extraordinary head of the Government (1991)
— Boris Yeltsin
(1931–2007) 		6 November 1991 25 December 1991 Independent

Heads of party

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of Office Political Party
Took Office Left Office
Chairman of the Bureau of the CPSU Central Committee for the RSFSR (1956–1966)[3]
1 Nikita Khrushchev
(1894–1971) 		27 February 1956 16 November 1964 Communist Party
2 Leonid Brezhnev
(1906–1982) 		16 November 1964 8 April 1966 Communist Party
Chairman of the Russian Bureau of the CPSU Central Committee (1989–1990)[4]
3 Mikhail Gorbachev
(1931–2022) 		9 December 1989 16 June 1990 Communist Party
On 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

References

  1. ^ Declaration of Rights of the laboring and exploited people (original VTsIK variant, III Congress revision), article I
  2. ^ The Free Dictionary Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic. Encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com. Retrieved on 22 June 2011.
  3. ^ Бюро ЦК КПСС по РСФСР
  4. ^ Российское бюро ЦК КПСС
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