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The Council of Ministers of the Russian Empire, created in November 1905, was preceded by a number of cabinet-like institutions. Oldest of them was the Supreme Privy Council, created in 1726 by the empress Catherine I. Considering weakness of her and her successor's powers, the Council acted as government of the Russian Empire until 1731. Its ...
1 Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Congress of Soviets (1922–1938) Mikhail Kalinin (1875–1946) [13] 30 December 1922 12 January 1938 15 years, 13 days 1st–8th Convocation: Chairmen of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (1938–1989) Mikhail Kalinin (1875–1946) [13] 17 January 1938 19 March 1946 8 years, 61 days 1st ...
Russian SFSR (1938–1990) 7: Aleksei Badayev (1883–1951) 19 July 1938 9 April 1943 Communist Party — Ivan Vlasov (1903–1969) Acting: 9 April 1943 4 March 1944 Communist Party: 8: Nikolai Shvernik (1888–1970) 4 March 1944 25 June 1946 Communist Party: 9: Ivan Vlasov (1903–1969) 25 June 1946 7 July 1950 Communist Party: 10: Mikhail ...
List of Russian monarchs; Premier of the Soviet Union; See also. Chairmen of the Provisional Government (1917): Georgy Lvov (March 2 (15) — July 8 (21), 1917)
The office was introduced in 1918 after the February Revolution with the current office emerging after a referendum of 1991. [1] 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 ...
The Premier of the Soviet Union (Russian: Глава Правительства СССР) was the head of government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). From 1923 to 1946, the name of the office was Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars, and from 1946 to 1991 its name was Chairman of the Council of Ministers.
Served as General Secretary from 11 March 1985 [52] and resigned on 24 August 1991, [55] [b] Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet from 1 October [51] 1988 until the office was renamed to the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet on 25 May 1989 to 15 March 1990 [52] and President of the Soviet Union from 15 March 1990 [56] to 25 December ...
The ambassador's official title is the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the United States of America. The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Embassy of Russia in Washington, D.C. [ 1 ] The ambassador to the United States is concurrently appointed as the Russian representative to the ...