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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 ...
There have been five individuals appointed vice head of state. In 1944, Nikolai Shvernik was the first vice head of state until 1946, the position was abolished and later re-established in 1977. At over eight years, Vasily Kuznetsov spent the longest time in office. Gennady Yanayev spent the shortest time in office.
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 ...
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.
The holder is the federation's head of state and has formal presidency over the State Council as well as being the commander in chief of the Russian Armed Forces. The office was introduced in 1918 after the February Revolution with the current office emerging after a referendum of 1991. [ 1 ]
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.
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 ...
The government continued to function normally until World War II (known as the Great Patriotic War in Russia) when it was subordinated to the State Defense Committee (SDC), formed on 30 June 1941 to govern the Soviet Union during the war. [8] Joseph Stalin concurrently served as SDC head and as chairman of the Soviet government until 1946. [11]