World Statesmen Org Russia La-Co
World Statesmen Org Russia La-Co
World Statesmen Org Russia La-Co
Russia
30 Jan 1705 - 11 Jun 1858 Merchant Flag; 11 Jun 1858 - 19 Nov 1914 Civil Ensign 19 Nov 1914 - 14 Sep 1917
7 May 1883 - 19 Nov 1914 State Flag;
14 Sep 1917 - 14 Apr 1918 (de facto)
14 Apr 1918 - 19 Jul 1918 19 Jul 1918 - 6 Jul 1923 6 Jul 1923 - 12 Nov 1923
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12 Nov 1923 - 18 Apr 1924 18 Apr 1924 - 25 Dec 1991 Re-adopted 21 Aug 1991
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Russian Empire
11 Jun 1858 - 19 Nov 1914 Civil Ensign 19 Nov 1914 - 14 Sep 1917 1699 - 15 Mar 1917
Flag of the Tsar
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Tajik, Eskimo
Total Armed Forces: 1,300,000 (1914) Religions: Russian Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Muslim,
Merchant marine: 906 (1908) Protestant, Jewish, Buddhist, Shamanist, non-religious
International Organizations/Treaties to 1922: ICRM, IOC, IMO, IPU, ITU, PCA, UIBPIP, UPU
Grand Princes
5 Apr 1462 - 6 Nov 1505 Ivan III (b. 1440 - d. 1505)
6 Nov 1505 - 13 Dec 1533 Vasily IV (b. 1479 - d. 1533)
13 Dec 1533 - 26 Jan 1547 Ivan IV "Grozny" (b. 1530 - d. 1584)
(Ivan IV "the Terrible")
1533 - 1534 Mikhail L'vovch Glinsky -Regent
13 Dec 1533 - 13 Apr 1538 Yelena Glinskaya (f) -Regent (b. 1506/07 - d. 1538)
1534 - 21 Apr 1538 Prince Ivan Fyodorovich Ovchina- (d. 1539)
Telepnyov-Obolensky -Regent
13 Apr 1538 - 26 Jan 1547 Regency disputed:
- Prince Vasily Vasilyevich (d. 1538)
Shuisky
(13 Apr 1538 - Nov 1538)
- Prince Ivan Vasilyevich Shuisky (d. 1542)
(Oct 1538 - 1540 and 1542 - 24 May 1542)
- Prince Ivan Fyodorovich Belsky (d. 1542)
(Jul 1540 - Jan 1542)
- Ioasaf, Archbishop of Moscow (d. 1555)
(1540 - 13 Jan 1542)
- Andrey Mikhailovich Shuisky (d. 1543)
(1542 - 8 Jan 1544)
- Ivan Ivanovich Kubensky (d. 1546)
(1544 and 1545 - 1546)
- Fyodor Semyonovich Vorontsov (d. 1546)
(1543 - 31 Jul 1546)
- Mikhail Vasilyevich Glinsky (d. 1559)
(1546 - 26 Jan 1547)
- Yury Vasilyevich Glinsky (d. 1547)
(1543 - 26 Jan 1547)
Tsars¹
26 Jan 1547 - 28 Mar 1584 Ivan IV "Grozny" (s.a.)
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6 Dec 1741 - 5 Jan 1762 Yelizaveta -Empress (Elizabeth) (b. 1709 - d. 1762)
5 Jan 1762 - 9 Jul 1762 Pyotr III (Peter III) (b. 1728 - d. 1762)
9 Jul 1762 - 17 Nov 1796 Yekaterina II "Velikaya" -Empress (b. 1729 - d. 1796)
(Catherine II "the Great")
5 Oct 1773 - 15 Sep 1774 Emelyan Ivanovich Pugachev (b. c.1742 - d. 1775)
(in rebellion [from 1774 claimed to be Peter III])
17 Nov 1796-23/24 Mar 1801 Pavel I (Paul I) (b. 1754 - d. 1801)
24 Mar 1801 - 1 Dec 1825 Aleksandr I (b. 1777 - d. 1825)
(Alexander I "the Blessed")
1 Dec 1825 - 26 Dec 1825 Konstantin (Constantine) (b. 1779 - d. 1831)
(proclaimed, but did not accept)
26 Dec 1825 - 2 Mar 1855 Nikolay I (Nicholas I) (b. 1796 - d. 1855)
2 Mar 1855 - 13 Mar 1881 Aleksandr II (b. 1818 - d. 1881)
(Alexander II "the Liberator")
13 Mar 1881 - 1 Nov 1894 Aleksandr III (b. 1845 - d. 1894)
(Alexander III "the Peace-maker")
1 Nov 1894 - 15 Mar 1917 Nikolay II (Nicholas II)³ (b. 1868 - d. 1918)
Acting heads of state
15 Mar 1917 - 8 Nov 1917 the heads of government
Chairmen of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee
9 Nov 1917 - 21 Nov 1917 Lev Borisovich Kamenev (b. 1883 - d. 1936) RSDLP-B
21 Nov 1917 - 16 Mar 1919 Yakov Mikhailovich Sverdlov (b. 1885 - d. 1919) RSDLP-B/RCP
16 Mar 1919 - 30 Mar 1919 Mikhail Fyodorovich Vladimirsky (b. 1874 - d. 1951) RCP
(acting)
30 Mar 1919 - 15 Jul 1938 Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin (b. 1875 - d. 1946) RCP
Chief Advisers
1699 - 1706 Count Fyodor Aleksyevich Golovkin (b. 1650 - d. 1706)
1706 - 1709 Count Gavril Ivanovich Golovkin (s.a.)
State Chancellors
1709 - 31 Jan 1734 Count Gavril Ivanovich Golovkin (b. 1660 - d. 1734)
(from 21 Nov 1731, also First Cabinet Minister)
31 Jan 1734 - 21 Nov 1740 Baron Heinrich Johann Friedrich (s.a.)
von Ostermann -First cabinet minister
21 Nov 1740 - 15 Nov 1742 Prince Aleksey Mikhailovich (b. 1680 - d. 1742)
Cherkassky
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15 Nov 1742 - 26 Feb 1758 Count Aleksey Petrovich Bestuzhev- (b. 1693 - d. 1766)
Ryumin (acting to 15 Jul 1744)
26 Feb 1758 - Mar 1765 Count Mikhail Illarionovich (b. 1714 - d. 1767)
Vorontsov (acting to 23 Nov 1758)
Mar 1765 - 9 Mar 1775 Prince Aleksandr Mikhailovich (b. 1723 - d. 1807)
Golitsyn (acting)
9 Mar 1775 - 13 Apr 1775 Count Nikita Ivanovich Panin (b. 1718 - d. 1783)
(acting)
13 Apr 1775 - 2 May 1797 Count Ivan Andreyevich Ostermann (b. 1725 - d. 1811)
(acting to 20 Nov 1796)
2 May 1797 - 17 Apr 1799 Count Aleksandr Andreyevich (b. 1747 - d. 1799)
Bezborodko
17 Apr 1799 - 6 Oct 1799 Viktor Pavlovich Kochubey (acting) (b. 1768 - d. 1834)
6 Oct 1799 - 18 Nov 1800 Count Nikita Petrovich Panin (b. 1770 - d. 1837)
(acting)
18 Nov 1800 - 4 Mar 1801 Stepan Alekseyevich Kolychev (b. 1746 - d. 1805)
(acting)
4 Mar 1801 - 20 Sep 1802 Prince Aleksandr Borisovich (b. 1752 - d. 1818)
Kurakin (acting)
20 Sep 1802 - 28 Jan 1804 Count Aleksandr Romanovich (b. 1741 - d. 1805)
Vorontsov
Foreign ministers
28 Jan 1804 - 29 Jun 1806 Prince Adam Jerzy Czartoryski (b. 1770 - d. 1861)
29 Jun 1806 - 11 Sep 1807 Andreas Eberhard Baron Budberg, (b. 1750 - d. 1812)
gen. von Bönninghausen
11 Sep 1807 - 13 Jan 1810 Nikolay Petrovich Rumyantsev (b. 1751 - d. 1826)
Chairpersons at the Joint Meetings of the State Council,
Chairpersons in the Committee of Ministers
(the Emperors were the Chairmen, but never used the style)
13 Jan 1810 - 1 Apr 1812 Count Nikolay Petrovich Rumyantsev (s.a.)
10 Apr 1812 - 28 May 1816 Count Nikolay Ivanovich Saltykov (b. 1736 - d. 1816)
(from 1814, Prince Nikolay
Ivanovich Saltykov)
6 Jun 1816 - 18 Apr 1827 Prince Pyotr Vasilyevich Lopukhin (b. 1753 - d. 1827)
11 May 1827 - 15 Jun 1834 Count Viktor Pavlovich Kochubey (s.a.)
20 Jul 1834 - 20 Apr 1838 Count Nikolay Nikolayevich (b. 1761 - d. 1838)
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Novosiltsov
21 Apr 1838 - 5 Mar 1847 Ilarion Vasilyevich Vasilchikov (b. 1777 - d. 1847)
(from 1839, Prince Ilarion
Vasilyevich Vasilchikov)
21 Jan 1848 - 5 Oct 1848 Vasily Vasilyevich, Graf Levashov (b. 1783 - d. 1848)
13 Nov 1848 - 17 Apr 1856 Aleksandr Ivanovich Chernyshov (b. 1785 - d. 1857)
(from 1849, Prince Aleksandr
Ivanovich Chernyshov)
17 Apr 1856 - 20 Jan 1861 Aleksey Fyodorovich Orlov (b. 1786 - d. 1861)
(from 1856, Prince Aleksey
Fyodorovich Orlov)
20 Jan 1861 - 2 Mar 1864 Count Dmitry Nikolayevich Bludov (b. 1785 - d. 1864)
Chairmen of the Committee of Ministers
7 Mar 1864 - 4 Mar 1872 Pavel Pavlovich Gagarin (b. 1789 - d. 1872)
9 Mar 1872 - 1 Jan 1880 Pavel Nikolayevich Ignatyev (b. 1797 - d. 1880)
(from 24 Dec 1877, Count Pavel
Nikolayevich Ignatyev)
6 Jan 1880 - 16 Oct 1881 Pyotr Aleksandrovich Valuyev (b. 1815 - d. 1890)
(from 2 Mar 1880, Count Pyotr
Aleksandrovich Valuyev)
16 Oct 1881 - 11 Jan 1887 Mikhail Khristoforovich Reytern (b. 1820 - d. 1890)
(Mikhail von Reutern)
13 Jan 1887 - 15 Jun 1895 Nikolay Khristianovich Bunge (b. 1823 - d. 1895)
27 Oct 1895 - 11 Jun 1903 Ivan Nikolayevich Durnovo (b. 1834 - d. 1903) Non-party
29 Aug 1903 - 5 May 1906 Sergey Yulyevich Witte (b. 1849 - d. 1915) Non-party
(from 1 Oct 1905, Count Sergey Yulyevich Witte)
Prime ministers (Chairmen of the Council of Ministers)
6 Nov 1905 - 5 May 1906 Count Sergey Yulyevich Witte (s.a.) Non-party
5 May 1906 - 21 Jul 1906 Ivan Logginovich Goremykin (b. 1839 - d. 1917) Non-party
(1st time)
21 Jul 1906 - 18 Sep 1911 Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin (b. 1862 - d. 1911) Non-party
16 Sep 1911 - 12 Feb 1914 Vladimir Nikolayevich Kokovtsov (b. 1853 - d. 1943) Non-party
(acting to 22 Sep 1911 [for Stolypin to 18 Sep 1911])
12 Feb 1914 - 2 Feb 1916 Ivan Logginovich Goremykin (s.a.) Non-party
(2nd time)
2 Feb 1916 - 23 Nov 1916 Boris Vladimirovich Shtyurmer (b. 1848 - d. 1917) Non-party
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23 Nov 1916 - 9 Jan 1917 Aleksandr Fyodorovich Trepov (b. 1862 - d. 1928) Non-party
9 Jan 1917 - 12 Mar 1917 Prince Nikolay Dmitriyevich (b. 1850 - d. 1925) Non-party
Golitsyn
15 Mar 1917 - 23 Mar 1917 Prince Georgy Yevgenyevich Lvov (b. 1861 - d. 1925) KDP
Minister-chairmen of the Provisional Government
23 Mar 1917 - 21 Jul 1917 Prince Georgy Yevgenyevich Lvov (s.a.) KDP
21 Jul 1917 - 8 Nov 1917 Aleksandr Fyodorovich Kerensky (b. 1881 - d. 1970) SRP
(in opposition until 18 Nov 1917)
18 Nov 1917 - 2 Dec 1917 Sergey Nikolayevich Prokopovich (b. 1871 - d. 1955) SRP
(acting [for Kerensky] in opposition)
Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars
8 Nov 1917 - 21 Jan 1924 Vladimir Ilich Lenin (b. 1870 - d. 1924) RSDLP-B/
(Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov) RCP
Occupations of Moscow
Polish-Lithuanian Commanders
27 Sep 1610 - Oct 1610 Stanislaw Zólkiewski (b. 1547 - d. 1620)
Oct 1610 - 1612 Aleksander Korwin Gosiewski (d. 1639)
1612 - 4 Sep 1612 Jan Karol Chodkiewicz (b. 1560 - d. 1621)
4 Sep 1612 - 4 Nov 1612 Mikolaj Strus (acting) (d. 1627)
French Governor
14 Sep 1812 - 23 Oct 1812 Adolphe Édouard Casimir Joseph (b. 1768 - d. 1835)
Mortier
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(in Omsk)
Supreme Governor
18 Nov 1919 Pyotr Vasilyevich Vologodsky (b. 1863 - d. 1928) SRP
(temporary head of state)
18 Nov 1918 - 15 Jan 1920 Aleksandr Vasilyevich Kolchak (b. 1874 - d. 1920) Mil
(to 12 Nov 1919 in Omsk, then Nizhneudinsk)
Commanders-in-chief of the Armed Forces of the South Russia
15 Jan 1920 - 4 Apr 1920 Anton Ivanovich Denikin (b. 1872 - d. 1947) Mil
(to Mar 1920 in Novorossiysk, then Sevastopol)
4 Apr 1920 - 16 Nov 1920 Baron Pyotr Nikolayevich Vrangel (b. 1878 - d. 1928) Mil
(from 11 Apr 1920 styled Governor and Commander-in-Chief of
the Armed Forces in the South of Russia; from 19 Aug 1920
Governor of the South of Russia and Commander-in-Chief of
the Russian Army)(in Sevastopol)
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²The colloquial use of the term "tsar" for the emperor is strictly incorrect. Since 2 Nov 1721
the correct style was Bozhiyeyu milostiyu, N.N., Imperator/Imperatritsa i
Samodyerzhets/Samodyerzhitsa Vserossiysky/Vserossiyskaya ("By the Grace of God, N.N., All-
Russian Emperor/Empress and Autocrat"); the term tsar was used in the full style for
subsidiary (and partially imaginary) polities; in particular, it was used to mean "king" with
regard to Poland.
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³Nicholas II abdicated for himself and the Tsarevich, Alexis 15 Mar 1917, in favor of his
brother Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich Romanov (b. 1878 - d. 1918), who in manifesto on 17
Mar 1917 neither accepted nor rejected the crown as Emperor Mikhail II.
6 Jul 1923 - 12 Nov 1923 12 Nov 1923 - 18 Apr 1924 18 Apr 1924 - 25 Dec 1991
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De facto Leader¹
30 Dec 1922 - 10 Mar 1923 Vladimir Ilich Lenin (b. 1870 - d. 1924) RCP
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(2nd time)(acting)
11 Apr 1984 - 10 Mar 1985 Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko (s.a.) CPSU
10 Mar 1985 - 2 Jul 1985 Vasily Vasilyevich Kuznetsov (s.a.) CPSU
(3rd time)(acting)
2 Jul 1985 - 1 Oct 1988 Andrey Andreyevich Gromyko (b. 1909 - d. 1989) CPSU
1 Oct 1988 - 25 May 1989 Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (s.a.) CPSU
Chairman of the Supreme Soviet
25 May 1989 - 15 Mar 1990 Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (s.a.) CPSU
President
15 Mar 1990 - 25 Dec 1991 Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (s.a.) CPSU;
(suspended 19 Aug 1991-21 Aug 1991) 24 Aug 1991 Non-party
19 Aug 1991 - 21 Aug 1991³ Gennady Ivanovich Yanayev (b. 1937) CPSU
(acting; in rebellion)
¹In Mar 1919, the 8th communist party congress reinstated the Politburo (Political Bureau)
that briefly existed on the eve of the 1917 Bolshevik coup, to provide effective leadership
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during the revolution. The immense authority of Vladimir Lenin (s.a.), who himself maintained
the vague idea of party equality, gave enough basis for effective decision making without
electing a formal chairman. Lenin retained only the post of a member of the Central Committee
and that of the Politburo. On 3 Apr 1922, the Central Committee elected Josef Stalin (s.a.)
to the new post of General Secretary (with Valerian Kuybyshev and Vyacheslav Molotov as
secretaries), this post was not considered to be party chairman at that time. The party
charter adopted by the 12th party conference in Aug 1922 prescribed to elect the Secretariat
of three members, but it did not include a clause on post of General Secretary. The complex
structure of higher party bodies by the time of Stalin's death was complicated with creation
of a new body, the Presidium, in place of the Politburo, at the 19th party congress (Oct
1952). The new party charter adopted by this congress was immediately violated by creating the
Bureau (buro) of the Presidium that was never meant to be set up according to the charter. The
complexity of this structure probably influenced the decisions of the joint session of the
Central Committee, the Council of Ministers and the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, which two
hours prior to Stalin's death appointed Georgy Malenkov (s.a.) as his successor in the office
of the Chairman of the Council of Ministers, but never debated the election of the General
Secretary. The plenum put Nikita Khrushchev (s.a.) in charge of the secretariat assigning him
to preside at the secretariat meetings, his title was not officially changed until 7 Sep 1953,
when the Central Committee elected him First Secretary. Khrushchev used this title to
consolidate his power and by 1957 it was clear that the post became crucial in the party top
leadership. After an attempted party coup, (by Malenkov, Kaganovich and Molotov) 18-29 Jun
1957, Khrushchev retained the office and turned it into a post equal to party president. At
that time the appointment of Leonid Brezhnev to the post of First Secretary, that post had
already been seen as the highest office of the party. The 23rd party congress (1966) changed
the party charter, reinstating the Politburo and the post of General Secretary which became
the official post of the party head. The Communist Party was suspended 29 Aug 1991 following
the attempted coup against Gorbachev (s.a.).
From resignation of General Secretary Gorbachev on 24 Aug 1991 to the suspension of the CPSU
on 29 Aug 1991, Vladimir Antonovich Ivashko (b. 1932 - d. 1994) who was the Deputy General
Secretary did not accept the office of or act as General Secretary.
²Chairmen of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR (CECUSSR) was a collective body
comprised by several chairmen, in principle one of each constituent SSR, although Kalinin
(from Russian SFSR) was often viewed as the single chairman.
³The State Council for the State of Emergency (SCSE) took the power on 19 August 1991, the
failed coup and was disbanded two days after. The paramount Soviet leaders comprised it: Vice-
President Gennady Ivanovich Yanayev (s.a.); Prime Minister Valentin Sergeyevich Pavlov (s.a.);
KGB chairman Vladimir Kryuchkov (b. 1924); Defense Minister Dmitry Yazov (b. 1923); Home
Minister Boris Karlovich Pugo (b. 1937 - d. 1991); Deputy chairman of the Defense Council Oleg
Baklanov (b. 1932); Chairman of the Peasants' Union Vasiliy Starodubtsev (b. 1931); and
Chairman of the Association of State Enterprises Aleksandr Tiziakov (b. 1926).
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Territorial Disputes: Bilateral negotiations are under way to resolve disputed sections of the
boundary with China; U.S. Government has not recognized the incorporation of Estonia, Latvia,
and Lithuania into the Soviet Union; Etorofu, Kunashiri, and Shikotan Islands and the Habomai
island group occupied by Soviet Union since 1945, claimed by Japan; maritime dispute with
Norway over portion of Barents Sea; has made no territorial claim in Antarctica (but has
reserved the right to do so) and does not recognize the claims of any other nation; Kurdish
question among Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey, and the U.S.S.R.
Party abbreviation: CPSU = Communist Party of the Soviet Union (communist, Marxist-Lennist,
authoritarian: From 1898-1918 the Communist Party of the Soviet Union [CPSU] was known as
Russian Social Democratic Workers' Party-Bolsheviks [RSDLP-B]; from 1918-1925 as Russian
Communist Party of Bolsheviks [RCP]; from 1925-1952 as All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks
[AUCP] -only legal party 1922 - 7 Feb 1990; party suspended from 29 Aug 1991)
18 Nov 1917 - 14 Apr 1918 (Unofficial) 14 Apr 1918 - 19 Jul 1918 14 Apr 1918 - 19 Jul 1918 Official Variant
19 Jul 1918 - 21 Jan 1937 21 Jan 1937 - 9 Jan 1954 9 Jan 1954 - 21 Aug 1991
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18 Nov 1917 No official style adopted; various styles used: Russian Soviet
Republic, Russian Republic, etc.
19 Jul 1918 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
30 Dec 1922 Part of Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Soviet Union).
12 Jun 1991 Declaration of state sovereignty adopted.
25 Dec 1991 U.S.S.R. dissolved; Russian S.F.S.R. independent as Russia.
Chairmen of the Bureau of the Central Committee of the CPSU for Russian S.F.S.R.
27 Feb 1956 - 16 Nov 1964 Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (b. 1894 - d. 1971)
16 Nov 1964 - 8 Apr 1966 Leonid Ilich Brezhnev (b. 1906 - d. 1982)
8 Apr 1966 - 9 Dec 1989 disbanded
Chairman of the Russian Bureau of the Central Committee of the CPSU
9 Dec 1989 - 19 Jun 1990 Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (b. 1931)
First Secretaries of the Central Committee of Communist Party of Russian S.F.S.R.
23 Jun 1990 - 6 Aug 1991 Ivan Kuzmich Polozkov (b. 1935)
6 Aug 1991 - 23 Aug 1991 Valentin Aleksandrovich Kuptsov (b. 1937)
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(2nd time)
23 Dec 1966 - 26 Mar 1985 Mikhail Alekseyevich Yasnov (b. 1906 - d. 1991) CPSU
26 Mar 1985 - 3 Oct 1988 Vladimir Pavlovich Orlov (b. 1921 - d. 1999) CPSU
3 Oct 1988 - 29 May 1990 Vitaly Ivanovich Vorotnikov (b. 1926) CPSU
29 May 1990 - 10 Jul 1991 Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin (b. 1931 - d. 2007) CPSU:12 Jul
1990 Non-party
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Party abbreviation: CPSU = Communist Party of the Soviet Union (communist, Marxist-Lennist,
authoritarian: From 1898-1918 the Communist Party of the Soviet Union [CPSU] was known as
Russian Social Democratic Workers' Party-Bolsheviks [RSDLP-B]; from 1918-1925 as Russian
Communist Party of Bolsheviks [RCP]; from 1925-1952 as All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks
[AUCP] -only legal party 1922 - 7 Feb 1990, suspended 29 Aug 1991 [Communist Party of Russian
S.F.S.R est. 23 Jun 1990, suspended from 23 Aug 1991, dissolved 6 Nov 1991])
Note: Although the U.S.S.R. was "Soviet Socialist" from its founding, all the republics began
as "Socialist Soviet" and did not change to the other order until various dates in 1937. In
addition, in the national languages of several republics the word "Council/Conciliar" in the
respective language was only quite late changed to an adaptation of the Russian "Soviet" - and
never in others, e.g., Ukraine.
For the individual Soviet Socialist Republics of the Soviet Union see individual listings:
Russian Federation
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Presidents
10 Jul 1991 - 31 Dec 1999 Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin (b. 1931 - d. 2007) Non-party
22 Sep 1993 - 4 Oct 1993 Aleksandr Vladimirovich Rutskoy (b. 1945)
(acting; in opposition)
5 Nov 1996 - 6 Nov 1996 Viktor Stepanovich Chernomyrdin (b. 1938) NDR
(acting for Yeltsin)
31 Dec 1999 - Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (b. 1952) Non-party
(acting to 7 May 2000)
Prime ministers
26 Sep 1991 - 6 Nov 1991 Oleg Ivanovich Lobov (acting) (b. 1937) Non-party
6 Nov 1991 - 15 Jun 1992 Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin (s.a.) Non-party
15 Jun 1992 - 14 Dec 1992 Yegor Timurovich Gaidar (acting) (b. 1956) YA
14 Dec 1992 - 23 Mar 1998 Viktor Stepanovich Chernomyrdin (s.a.) NDR
(1st time)
23 Mar 1998 (hours) Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin (acting)(s.a.) Non-party
23 Mar 1998 - 23 Aug 1998 Sergey Vladilenovich Kiriyenko (b. 1962) Non-party
(acting to 24 Apr 1998)
23 Aug 1998 - 11 Sep 1998 Viktor Stepanovich Chernomyrdin (s.a.) NDR
(2nd time)(acting)
11 Sep 1998 - 12 May 1999 Yevgeny Maksimovich Primakov (b. 1929) Non-party
12 May 1999 - 9 Aug 1999 Sergey Vladimirovich Stepashin (b. 1952) Non-party
(acting to 19 May 1999)
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Territorial Disputes: China and Russia have demarcated the once disputed islands at the Amur
and Ussuri confluence and in the Argun River in accordance with the 2004 Agreement, ending
their centuries-long border disputes; the sovereignty dispute over the islands of Etorofu,
Kunashiri, Shikotan, and the Habomai group, known in Japan as the "Northern Territories" and
in Russia as the "Southern Kurils," occupied by the Soviet Union in 1945, now administered by
Russia, and claimed by Japan, remains the primary sticking point to signing a peace treaty
formally ending World War II hostilities; Russia and Georgia agree on delimiting all but
small, strategic segments of the land boundary and the maritime boundary; OSCE observers
monitor volatile areas such as the Pankisi Gorge in the Akhmeti region and the Kodori Gorge in
Abkhazia; Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Russia signed equidistance boundaries in the Caspian
seabed but the littoral states have no consensus on dividing the water column; Russia and
Norway dispute their maritime limits in the Barents Sea and Russia's fishing rights beyond
Svalbard's territorial limits within the Svalbard Treaty zone; various groups in Finland
advocate restoration of Karelia (Kareliya) and other areas ceded to the Soviet Union following
the Second World War but the Finnish Government asserts no territorial demands; in May 2005,
Russia recalled its signatures to the 1996 border agreements with Estonia (1996) and Latvia
(1997), when the two Baltic states announced issuance of unilateral declarations referencing
Soviet occupation and ensuing territorial losses; Russia demands better treatment of ethnic
Russians in Estonia and Latvia; Estonian citizen groups continue to press for realignment of
the boundary based on the 1920 Tartu Peace Treaty that would bring the now divided ethnic Setu
people and parts of the Narva region within Estonia; Lithuania and Russia committed to
demarcating their boundary in 2006 in accordance with the land and maritime treaty ratified by
Russia in May 2003 and by Lithuania in 1999; Lithuania operates a simplified transit regime
for Russian nationals traveling from the Kaliningrad coastal exclave into Russia, while still
conforming, as an EU member state with an EU external border, where strict Schengen border
rules apply; preparations for the demarcation delimitation of land boundary with Ukraine have
commenced; the dispute over the boundary between Russia and Ukraine through the Kerch Strait
and Sea of Azov remains unresolved despite a Dec 2003 framework agreement and on-going expert-
level discussions; Kazakhstan and Russia boundary delimitation was ratified on Nov 2005 and
field demarcation should commence in 2007; Russian Duma has not yet ratified 1990 Bering Sea
Maritime Boundary Agreement with the US; Russia has made no territorial claim in Antarctica
(but has reserved the right to do so) and does not recognize the claims of any other nation.
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Constitution
Map of Far Eastern Republic Hear National Anthem Text of Anthem
(1920)
Capital: Chita
Currency: Far Eastern National Holiday: 6 Apr (1920) Population: 1,500,000
(Verkhneudinsk
Republic Ruble (DBRR) Independence Day (1920 est.)
7 Mar 1920-22 Oct 1920)
Exports: $N/A Ethnic groups: Russian, Ukrainian, Mongol,
GDP: $N/A
Imports: $N/A Eskimo, Korean, Chinese, Yakut, Chukchi
Total Armed Forces: N/A Religions: Russian Orthodox, Buddhist,
Merchant marine: N/A Shamanist, non-religious
International Organizations/Treaties: None
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Ingria (Ingermanland)
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Governors of Ingermanland
1601 - 1607 Samuel Nilsson till Hässle
1607 - 1613 Filip Scheiding
1613 - 1615 Evert Horn
1615 - 1617 Anders Eriksson Hästehufvud
1617 - 1620 Carl Carlsson friherre Gyllenhielm (b. 1574 - d. 1650)
1620 - 1622 Henrik Claesson Fleming (b. 1584 - d. 1650)
1622 - 1626 Anders Eriksson Hästehufvud (b. 1577 - d. 1641)
1626 - 1629 Nils Assarsson Mannersköld
1629 Henrik Mattias greve von Thurn (b. 1580 - d. 1640)
Governors-general of Ingermanland and Livland
29 Nov 1629 - 1634 Johann Bengtson Schroderus friherre (b. 1577 - d. 1645)
Skytte af Duderhof
16 Oct 1634 - 1642 Bengt Bengtsson friherre (b. 1591 - d. 1643)
Oxenstierna af Eka och Lindö
Governors-general of Ingermanland and County of Kexholm
1642 - 1645 Erik Carlsson friherre (b. 1602 - d. 1657)
Gyllenstierna af Lundholm
1645 - 1651 Carl friherre Mörner (b. 1605 - d. 1665)
1651 - 1654 Erik greve Stenbock (b. 1612 - d. 1659)
1654 - 1657 Gustaf Evertsson friherre Horn (b. 1614 - d. 1666)
af Marienborg
1657 - 1659 Christer Claesson friherre Horn (b. 1622 - d. 1692)
af Amyne
1659 - 1664 Simon Grundel Hjelmfelt (1st time)
1664 - 1668 Jacob Johan Justusson friherre (b. 1624/38 - d. 1695)
Taube af Kudding (1st time)
1668 - 1673 Simon Grundel Hjelmfelt (2nd time)
1673 - 1678 Jacob Johan Justusson friherre (s.a.)
Taube af Kudding (2nd time)
1678 Gustaf Adam greve Banér (b. 1624 - d. 1681)
1678 - 1681 Jacob Johan Justusson friherre (s.a.)
Taube af Kudding (3rd time)
Governors
1681 - 1682 Martin Schultz von Ascheraden (b. 1660 - d. 1730)
1682 - 1683 Hans friherre von Fersen (b. 1625 - d. 1684)
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1801 The Inner Horde (also called Buqei Horde) a nomadic state
(under Russian suzerainty) founded in 1801 in territory between
Volga and Yaik (Ural) rivers (to the North from Caspian sea)
where 5,000 families of Kazakhs from Younger Kazakh Zhuz tribe
settled.
1812 Khanate of the Inner Horde.
1845 Post of Khan was abolished and khanate was ruled by Provisional
Council which consisted of Russian government officials.
1876 Incorporated into Astrakhan province of the Russian Empire.
Sultan
1801 - 1812 Buqei (d. 1812)
Khans
1812 - 1815 Buqei (s.a.)
1815 - 1823 Shighai (d. 1823)
1823 - 1845 Jangher (d. 1845)
1836 - 1837 Isatai Tamanov
(in rebellion)
Provisional Council
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Kalmyk Khanate
c.1632 The Torghut branch (known as the Kalmyks) of the Mongolian Oirats
settled along the lower Volga River (in modern day Russia and
Kazakhstan).
1664 Under Russian suzerainty.
4 Jan 1771 Ubashi and a majority of the Kalmyks return to Dzungaria.
19 Oct 1771 Incorporated into Astrakhan province of Russian Empire.
Khans
1670 - 1713 Ayuka (1st time) (b. 1642 - d. 1724)
1713 - 171. Chadurdzab
171. - 1724 Ayuka (2nd time)
20 Sep 1724 - 17 Mar 1735 Cheren Donduk
1724 - 1737 Dharmapala (f) -Regent
3 Mar 1737 - 21 Mar 1741 Donduk Ombu (d. 1741)
1741 Kandul I (d. 1781)
1741 Gan (f) -Regent
1741 - 21 Jan 1761 Donduk Ta'lshi (d. 1761)
1761 - 4 Jan 1771 Ubashi
Karafuto
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Military governor
24 Jun 1905 - 31 Mar 1907 Haraguchi Kanenari
Civil governor
28 Jul 1905 - 31 Mar 1907 Kiichiro Kumagai
Governors
1 Apr 1907 - 24 Apr 1908 Sachihiko Kususe (b. 1858 - d. 1927)
24 Apr 1908 - 12 Jun 1908 Takejiro Tokonami (b. 1866 - d. 1935)
12 Jun 1908 - 5 Jun 1914 Sadataro Hiraoka (b. 1863 - d. 19..)
5 Jun 1914 - 9 Oct 1916 Bunji Okada
13 Oct 1916 - 17 Apr 1919 Akira Sakaya (1st time)
17 Apr 1919 - 11 Jun 1924 Kinjiro Nagai (b. 1873? - d. 1927)
11 Jun 1924 - 5 Aug 1926 Akira Sakaya (2nd time)
5 Aug 1926 - 27 Jul 1927 Katsuzo Toyoda (b. 1882 - d. 1939)
27 Jul 1927 - 9 Jul 1929 Koji Kita (b. 1878 - d. 1934)
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Head of Civil Administration Department of South Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands
Sep 1945 - 2 Feb 1946 Dmitry Nikolayevich Kryukov (b. 1899 - d. 19..)
Tannu Tuva
18 Oct 1930 - 1933 1933 - 25 Jun 1941 25 Jun 1941 - 8 Sep 1943
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Party abbreviation: TPRP = Tuvan People's Revolutionary Party (communist, 1921-1944 only legal
party)
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(not recognized).
1 Dec 1991 Referendum approves creation of an Ingush Republic
within Russia.
10 Dec 1992 Checheno-Ingush A.S.S.R. formally abolished by Russia.
16 Jan 1994 Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
19 Jan 1995 - 6 Aug 1996 Capital Grozny occupied by Russian forces.
12 May 1997 Peace Treaty signed with Russia; Russians withdraw.
30 Sep 1999 Russia begins re-occupation.
6 Feb 2000 Grozny again captured by Russian forces.
Rulers
1822 - 1829 Kadir Abdul
+ Beibulat Tamazov (from 1825)
1830 - 1832 Gazimulla (Ghazi Muhammed)
1832 - 1834 Hamzad Bei (Hamza Beg)
1834 - 1838 Hadzhi Tasho
1838 - 1840 Bulat Mirza
Imam
1834 - 1859 Shamil bin Muhammed
1859 - 1861 Boiskhar Beno -Commander
Emir
2 Dec 1917 - Mar 1920 Sheikh Uzum Hadji (d. 1920)
Chairman of the Supreme Soviet
Mar 1990 - 15 Sep 1991 Doku Gapurovich Zavgayev (b. 1940)
Chairman of the Supreme Provisional Council
15 Sep 1991 - 17 Sep 1991 Lecha Dobachevich Magomadov (b. 1938 - d. 2005)
Chairman of the Provisional Council of Chechen Republic
17 Sep 1991 - 5 Oct 1991 Huseyn Saydaliyevich Akhmadov (b. 1950)
Chairman of the Executive Committee of the All-National Congress of the Chechen People
5 Oct 1991 - 7 Oct 1991 Dzhokhar Musayevich Dudayev (b. 1944 - d. 1996)
(1st time)
Chairman of the Supreme Provisional Council of the Chechen-Ingush Republic
7 Oct 1991 - 2 Nov 1991 Bagauddin Bakhmadov
(in opposition from 8 Oct 1991)
Chairman of the Executive Committee of the All-National Congress of the Chechen People
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3 Jan 1995 - 23 Oct 1996 25 May 2004 - 18 Aug 2004 Adopted 18 Aug 2004
Prime ministers
13 Apr 1996 - 17 Nov 1996 Nikolay Pavlovich Koshman (s.a.)
19 Jan 2001 - 15 Nov 2002 Stanislav Valentinovich Ilyasov (b. 1953)
15 Nov 2002 - 10 Feb 2003 Mikhail Viktorovich Babich (b. 1969)
10 Feb 2003 - 17 Mar 2004 Anatoly Aleksandrovich Popov (s.a.)
3 Dec 2003 - 17 Mar 2004 Eli Abubakarovich Isayev (b. 1964)
(acting for Popov)
17 Mar 2004 - 2 Mar 2006 Sergey Borisovich Abramov (s.a.)
(acting 5-15 Oct 2004)
17 Nov 2005 - 10 Apr 2007 Ramzan Akhmatovich Kadyrov (s.a.)
(acting to 4 Mar 2006 [for Abramov to 2 Mar 2006])
10 Apr 2007 - Odes Khasayevich Baisultanov (b. 1966)
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