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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 ...
All-Russian Congress of Soviets (1917–1938) 1: Lev Kamenev (1883–1936) 9 November 1917 21 November 1917 Communist Party: 2: Yakov Sverdlov (1885–1919) 21 November 1917 16 March 1919 Communist Party — Mikhail Vladimirsky (1874–1951) Acting: 16 March 1919 30 March 1919 Communist Party: 5: Mikhail Kalinin (1875–1946) 30 March 1919 15 ...
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.
The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union, 1917–1991. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-12290-0. Service, Robert (2009). History of Modern Russia: From Tsarism to the Twenty-first Century. Penguin Books Ltd. ISBN 978-0674034938. Service, Robert (2005). Stalin: A Biography. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0674016972. Service, Robert (2015).
Since the creation of the Russian Soviet Republic its cabinet was styled as the Council of People's Commissars. Between the creation of the USSR on 30 December 1922 and the formation of its own Council of People's Commissars on 6 July 1923, the Council of People's Commissars of Russia temporarily acted as the government of the USSR. On 23 March ...
Communist leader Vladimir Lenin returns to Petrograd after a 10-year exile from Russia and begins to rebuild his power as leader of the Bolsheviks. 10 May The Rumcherod , the Soviet government of southwestern Ukraine]and Bessarabia , was established.
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 list of all reigning monarchs in the history of Russia. The list begins with the semi-legendary prince Rurik of Novgorod, sometime in the mid-9th century, and ends with Nicholas II, who abdicated in 1917, and was executed with his family in 1918. Two dynasties have ruled Russia: the Rurikids (862–1598) and Romanovs (from 1613). [1] [2]