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Leaders of Russia and the Soviet Union: from the Romanov dynasty to Vladimir Putin. CRC Press. ISBN 978-1579581329. Phillips, Steven (2000). Lenin and the Russian Revolution. Heinemann. ISBN 978-0-435-32719-4. Rappaport, Helen (1999). Joseph Stalin: A Biographical Companion. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1576070840. Reim, Melanie (2002). The Stalinist Empire.
Chairmen of the Provisional Government (1917): Georgy Lvov (March 2 (15) — July 8 (21), 1917) Alexander Kerensky (July 8 (21) — October 25 (November 7), 1917)
On 30 December 1922, the Russian Soviet Republic, along with the Soviet pro-Bolshevik republics of Ukraine, Belarus and the Southern Caucasus were merged into the Soviet Union, with the Russian SFSR authorities holding the authority of the highly centralized country, which was governed by a leader of the Communist Party or a collective leadership .
During the Soviet period of history, Russia was de jure headed by collective bodies such as the All-Russian Central Executive Committee and the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, since the Soviet theory of government denied the very necessity of the presidential office.
Chairmen of the Central Executive Committee of the All-Russian Congress of Soviets (1917–1922) 1 Lev Kamenev (1883–1936) 9 November 1917 21 November 1917 12 days 2nd Congress: 2 Yakov Sverdlov (1885–1919) 21 November 1917 16 March 1919 † 1 year, 115 days 3rd–6th Congress — Mikhail Vladimirsky (1874–1951) Acting: 16 March 1919 30 ...
This is a timeline of Russian history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Russia and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see history of Russia. See also list of Russian monarchs and list of heads of state of Russia.
Andrey Vavilov, Russia's deputy finance minister between 1994 and 1997, said the Russian Federation held around $105 billion in Soviet-era debt at the end of 1992, with its own debt amounting to ...
1917–1927: Location: Soviet Russia → Soviet Union: Including: February Revolution Revolutions of 1917–1923: Leader(s) Vladimir Lenin Joseph Stalin: Prime Minister(s) Mikhail Kalinin: Key events: October Revolution Russian Civil War Polish–Soviet War Treaty on the Creation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics New Economic Policy