1922–1991

Formal heads of state

The formal state offices from the Soviet presidium to the presidency.

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Leadership Timeline

  1. 1922–1946 Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin CEC chairman, then Presidium chairman
  2. 1946–1953 Nikolai Mikhailovich Shvernik Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
  3. 1953–1960 Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
  4. 1960–1964 Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
  5. 1964–1965 Anastas Ivanovich Mikoyan Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
  6. 1965–1977 Nikolai Viktorovich Podgorny Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
  7. 1977–1982 Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
  8. 1983–1984 Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
  9. 1984–1985 Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
  10. 1985–1988 Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
  11. 1988–1991 Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev Chairman of the Supreme Soviet, then President