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The president of the Soviet Union (Russian: Президент Советского Союза, romanized: Prezident Sovetskogo Soyuza), officially the president of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Президент Союза Советских Социалистических Республик), abbreviated as president of the USSR ...
- Mikhail Gorbachev
- None (USSR dissolved)
- Kremlin Senate, Moscow
The President of the Soviet Union, an office created in March 1990, replaced the general secretary as the highest Soviet political office.
PortraitName (lifespan)PeriodDurationVladimir Lenin (1870–1924) [32]30 December 1922 [32] ↓ 21 January 1924 † ...1 year, 22 days1st – 10th [a] 11th 12thJoseph Stalin (1878–1953) [13]21 January 1924 [13] ↓ 5 March 1953 † ...29 years, 43 days13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19thGeorgy Malenkov (1902–1988) [37]5 March 1953 [38] [39] ↓ 7 September 1953 ...186 days—Nikita Khrushchev (1894–1971) [43]7 September 1953 [40] ↓ 14 October 1964 ...11 years, 37 days20th 21st 22nd- Becky Little
- Vladimir Lenin (1922-1924) Vladimir Lenin was the founder of the Russian Communist Party and the first Soviet head of state. Following the February Revolution that ousted the Russian monarchy and ended the Russian Empire in 1917, Lenin helped lead the October Revolution (or Bolshevik Revolution) that established a new Soviet government.
- Joseph Stalin (1924-1953) Joseph Stalin (at left) seated with U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. During World War II, the three leaders formed an uneasy alliance.
- Georgy Malenkov (1953-1953) The first to take control of the Soviet Union was Stalin’s heir apparent Georgy Malenkov, who had helped facilitate Stalin’s purges in the 1930s.
- Nikita Khrushchev (1953-1964) Nikita Khrushchev became first secretary of the Soviet Union’s Communist Party and, in 1958, its premier. His rule was characterized by his attempts at de-Stalinization and improving the Soviet Union’s international relationships.
The Presidency was the highest state office, and was the most important office in the Soviet Union by influence and recognition, eclipsing that of Premier and, with the deletion of Article 6 of the Soviet Constitution, General Secretary.
No. [note 1]PortraitName (birth–death)Term(took Office)1Mikhail Kalinin (1875–1946) [13]30 December 192212 January 19381Mikhail Kalinin (1875–1946) [13]17 January 193819 March 19462Nikolai Shvernik (1888–1970) [14]19 March 194615 March 19533Kliment Voroshilov (1881–1969) [15]15 March 19537 May 1960Apr 15, 2024 · Mikhail Gorbachev, general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1985–91) and president of the Soviet Union (1990–91). His efforts to democratize his country’s political system and decentralize its economy led to the downfall of communism and the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Nov 13, 2009 · Mikhail Gorbachev elected president of the Soviet Union. The Congress of People’s Deputies elects General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev as the new president of the Soviet Union.
Mikhail Gorbachev, (born March 2, 1931, Privolye, Stavropol region, Russia, U.S.S.R.—died August 30, 2022, Moscow, Russia), Soviet official and last president of the Soviet Union (1990–91).
