Soviet offices
Who held the formal posts of the Soviet party and state, and when. The Central Committee bodies have their own rosters by party congress.
Central Committee rosters
The Soviet Politburo 1917–1991
Membership of the Politburo and Presidium of the CPSU, 1917–1991, by era and by party congress.
The Central Committee Secretariat 1917–1991
The secretaries of the Central Committee of the CPSU, 1917–1991, by era and by party congress.
The Central Committee Orgburo 1919–1952
Membership of the Organisational Bureau of the Central Committee, from its creation in 1919 to its abolition in 1952, by era and by party congress.
Party leadership and ideology
Party leadership 1922–1991
General Secretary (1922–1953) · First Secretary (1953–1966) · General Secretary (1966–1991)
Party Secretariat and cadres 1919–1991
Responsible Secretary · Head of the department for organisation and cadres · Head of the RSFSR department
Control and inspection bodies 1918–1991
Party control commissions · State control
Ideology and propaganda 1920–1991
Heads of the Central Committee propaganda department
Culture and literary control 1917–1991
People’s Commissar of Education · Minister of Culture of the USSR · Head of the Union of Soviet Writers
State
Formal heads of state 1917–1991
Chairman of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee (VTsIK) · Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR · Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR · Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR · President of the USSR
Heads of government 1917–1991
Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the RSFSR · Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR · Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR · Prime Minister of the USSR · Interim economic bodies of 1991
State security agencies 1917–1991
Heads of the political police
Military and defence 1917–1991
People's Commissar for Military (and Naval) Affairs · People's Commissar of Defence · People's Commissar / Minister of the Armed Forces · Minister of War · Minister of Defence · People's Commissar / Minister of the Navy
Nationalities and federal management 1917–1991
People’s Commissar of Nationalities · Chairman of the Soviet of Nationalities
Economy and science
Central planning agencies 1921–1991
Chairman of Gosplan · Chairman of the State Economic Commission (1955–1957)
Economic management 1917–1991
People's Commissar / Minister of Finance · Chairman of the State Bank · People's Commissar / Minister of Foreign Trade
Heavy industry and military industry 1917–1991
Chairman of the VSNKh · People's Commissar of Heavy Industry · People's Commissar of Defence Industry · Chairman of the Military-Industrial Commission (VPK)
Agriculture 1917–1991
People's Commissar / Minister of Agriculture · Gosagroprom and the State Commission for Food and Procurement
Science, nuclear and space development 1917–1991
President of the Academy of Sciences · Chairman of the Special Committee · Minister of Medium Machine Building · Minister of General Machine Building