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President of Russia

Russia · Government / Government of Russia. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

23Records
1918–2012Date range
17Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1918

Viktor Mikhaylovich Chernov1918

Government / Government of Russia

Appointed President of the Alln Constituent Assembly

1937

Mikhail Ivonovich Kalinin1937

Government / Government of Russia

Appointed President of the Central Executive Committee, 2nd term

1938

Andrei Aleksandrovich Zhdanov1938

Government / Government of Russia

Appointed President of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the USSR

1946

Nikolai Shvernik1946

Government / Government of Russia

Appointed President of Russia

1953

Klement Efremovich1953

Government / Government of Russia

Appointed President of Russia

Klement Voroshilov1953

Government / Government of Russia

Appointed President of Russia

1964

Anastas Mikoyan1964

Government / Government of Russia

Appointed President of Russia

1965

Nikolai Viktorovich Podgorny1965

Government / Government of Russia

Appointed President of Russia

1975

Anatoly Petrovich Alexandrov1975

Government / Government of Russia

Appointed President of the Soviet Academy of Sciences

1982

Valery Kuznetsov1982

Government / Government of Russia

Appointed President of Russia, 1st term, acting

1984

Valery Kuznetsov1984

Government / Government of Russia

Appointed President of Russia, 2nd term, acting

1985

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev10 March 1985

Government / Government of Russia

Appointed President of the Supreme Soviet

Nikolai Tikhonov10 March 1985

Government / Government of Russia

Supports the proposal for Gorbachev as a replacement for Chernenko

Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko2 July 1985

Government / Government of Russia

Appointed President of Russia

Valery Kuznetsov1985

Government / Government of Russia

Appointed President of Russia, 3rd term, acting

1988

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev1988

Government / Government of Russia

Appointed President of Russia, has a power base outside the Communist Party

1990

Mikhail Sergeyevich GorbachevMarch 1990

Government / Government of Russia

Gorbachev is elected for the third time in eighteen months to a position equivalent to Soviet head of state

Evgeny Maksimovich PrimakovJune 1990

Government / Government of Russia

Appointed Member of Presidential Council

Vadim Viktorovich Bakatin1990

Government / Government of Russia

Appointed Member of Presidential Council

Valentin Grigorevich Rasputin1990

Government / Government of Russia

Appointed Member of Presidential Council

1999

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin31 December 1999

Government / Government of Russia

Yeltsin announces his resignation and hands power over to Prime Minister Putin. Appointed President of Russia, acting

2000

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin7 May 2000

Government / Government of Russia

Appointed President of Russia

2012

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin7 May 2012

Government / Government of Russia

Putins presidency is inaugurated in the Kremlin

Names involved

Anastas MikoyanAnatoly Petrovich AlexandrovAndrei Aleksandrovich ZhdanovAndrei Andreyevich GromykoEvgeny Maksimovich PrimakovKlement EfremovichKlement VoroshilovMikhail Ivonovich KalininMikhail Sergeyevich GorbachevNikolai ShvernikNikolai TikhonovNikolai Viktorovich PodgornyVadim Viktorovich BakatinValentin Grigorevich RasputinValery KuznetsovViktor Mikhaylovich ChernovVladimir Vladimirovich Putin

Provenance

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