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First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia. (2005–2008) Vladimir Putin. (2) Vladimir Putin. Владимир Путин. Born 1952. (age 71) 7 May 2012 – present.
- Vladimir Lenin
- Joseph Stalin
- Georgy Malenkov
- Nikita Khrushchev
- Leonid Brezhnev
- Yuri Andropov
- Konstantin Chernenko
- Mikhail Gorbachev
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. The October Revolution sparked the Russ...
Joseph Stalinparticipated in the 1917 October Revolution and started working for the Soviet government during Lenin’s tenure. His concentration of power began in 1922 when he became secretary general of the Communist Party’s Central Committee—a position he held until his death in 1953. Lenin disapproved of Stalin and even sought to remove himas sec...
The first to take control of the Soviet Union was Stalin’s heir apparent Georgy Malenkov, who had helped facilitateStalin’s purges in the 1930s. Of all the Soviet leaders, Malenkov is the one who held power for the least amount of time. The day after Stalin died, Malenkov succeeded Stalin as the Soviet Union’s premier and de facto leader of the Com...
Nikita Khrushchevbecame 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. Khrushchev ruled the Soviet Union during the construction of the Berlin Wall, the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion (in wh...
Leonid Brezhnev was one of the longest-serving Soviet leaders, second only to Stalin. Brezhnev was 10 years old during the 1917 revolutions, which means that he was the first Soviet Union leader to come of age under the Soviet state. He joined the Community Party youth organization as a teen and served in the Soviet military during WWII. Brezhnev w...
Yuri Andropov was head of the KGB, the Soviet national security agency, between 1967 and 1982. When Brezhnev began to have health problems, Andropov left the KGB to compete to be Brezhnev’s successor. Andropov was successful—two days after Brezhnev died, he became the new general secretary of the Communist Party. The strained relationship that Brez...
Konstantin Chernenko, who had also competed to succeed Brezhnev in 1982, took over as the Communist Party’s general secretary in 1984. That year, the Soviet Union led a boycott of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympicsin retaliation for the United States boycott four years before. Like Andropov, Chernenko suffered from poor health during most of his tenure....
The last leader of the Soviet Union was Mikhail Gorbachev, who succeeded Chernenko as general secretary after Chernenko’s death in 1985. He initiated the period of perestroika and glasnost, or “openness,” in which the Soviet Union loosened restrictions on the press and personal expression, and began to reevaluate its Stalinist past. Gorbachev overs...
- Becky Little
On March 26, 2000, Vladimir Putin was elected President of Russia. He was re-elected to the presidency in 2004, serving four more years in his second term. Dmitry Medvedev (2008-2012)
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 ...
May 8, 2015 · 2004. On March 14, 2004, he was elected President of Russia for the second term. 2008. Since May 8, 2008, Vladimir Putin is a Prime Minister of Russia. 2012. On March 4, 2012, he was elected President of Russia and inaugurated on May 7, 2012. 2018. On March 18, 2018, he was re-elected President of Russia.
The table provides a chronological list of the leaders of Russia from 1276 onward. Leaders of Muscovy, Russia, the Russian Empire, and the Soviet Union. princes and grand princes of Moscow (Muscovy): Danilovich dynasty*. *The Danilovich dynasty is a late branch of the Rurik dynasty and is named after its progenitor, Daniel.
Since May 8, 2008, Vladimir Putin is a Prime Minister of Russia. 2012. On March 4, 2012, he was elected President of Russia and inaugurated on May 7, 2012. 2018. On March 18, 2018, he was re-elected President of Russia. Vladimir Putin has two daughters: Maria (1985), Katerina (1986).
