List of leaders
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Who were the Soviet leaders?
List of leaders
| Name (lifetime) | Period |
|---|---|
| Vladimir Lenin (1870–1924) | 30 December 1922 ↓ 21 January 1924† |
| Joseph Stalin (1878–1953) | 21 January 1924 ↓ 5 March 1953† |
| Georgy Malenkov (1901–1988) | 5 March 1953 ↓ 14 September 1953 |
| Nikita Khrushchev (1894–1971) | 14 September 1953 ↓ 14 October 1964 |
Who were the three leaders of the Soviet Union?
Of these, two died in office of natural causes (Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin), three resigned – Alexei Kosygin, Nikolai Tikhonov and Ivan Silayev – and three were concurrently party leader and head of government (Lenin, Stalin and Nikita Khrushchev).
Who was the Soviet leader before Gorbachev?
Heads of the Soviet Union (1922–1991)
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Supreme Soviet Convocations |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Congress of Soviets (1922–1938) | |
| 9 | Andrei Gromyko (1909–1989) | 11th Convocation |
| 10 | Mikhail Gorbachev (born 1931) | 11th–12th Convocation |
| Chairman of the Supreme Soviet (1989–1990) |
Who followed Stalin as leader?
After Stalin died in March 1953, he was succeeded by Nikita Khrushchev as First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) and Georgi Malenkov as Premier of the Soviet Union.
Who was Stalin’s successor?
Is Stalin popular in Russia?
In April 2019, a Levada center poll revealed that 70% of Russians approve of Stalin’s role in Russian history, the highest ever recorded, and that 51% viewed Stalin in a positive light.
Is Khrushchev still alive?
September 11, 1971Nikita Khrushchev / Date of death
Who supported Stalin?
Stalin dominated the Politburo (the policy-making branch of the Communist Party) through staunch allies such as Sergo Ordzhonikidze, Lazar Kaganovich, Vyacheslav Molotov, and Kliment Voroshilov.
Did Khrushchev visit America?
The state visit of Nikita Khrushchev to the United States was a 13-day visit from 15–27 September 1959. It marked the first state visit of a Soviet leader to the US.