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This is a list of rulers of Kievan Rus', the Tsardom of Russia, the Russian Empire, the Russian Republic, the Soviet Union, and the modern Russian Federation.It does not include regents, acting rulers, rulers of the separatist states in the territory of Russia, persons who applied for the post of ruler, but did not become one, rebel leaders who did not control the capital, and the nominal ...
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Alexei Rykov succeeded Lenin as chairman of the Sovnarkom, and although he was de jure the most powerful person in the country, in fact, all power was concentrated in the hands of the "troika" – the union of three influential party figures: Grigory Zinoviev, Joseph Stalin, and Lev Kamenev.
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 22ndPeople also ask
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Two months later, Admiral Alexander Kolchak headed the Russian State as a Supreme Ruler. After Kolchak's defeat in 1920, the White movement started to decline, with most of its members leaving Russia in November 1920 under the command of General Pyotr Wrangel. Various social-democratic governments continued to function until June 1923, when the ...
