Heads of State of Russia
Russian Empire
Emperor and Autocrat of all Russia
Catherine II the Great
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 2 1729; d. November 17 1796.
House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov – Oldenburg
1762 – 1796
Paul
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 1 1754; d. March 23 1801.
House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov – Oldenburg
1796 – 1801
Alexander I
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 23 1777; d. December 1 1825.
House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov – Oldenburg
1801 – 1825
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 2 1931; d. August 30 2022.
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
1988 – 1989
Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 2 1931; d. August 30 2022.
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
1989 – 1990
President of the Soviet Union
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 2 1931; d. August 30 2022.
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
1990 – 1991
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Andrei Aleksandrovich Zhdanov
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 26 1896; d. August 31 1948.
All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
1938 – 1947
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 1 1931; d. April 23 2007.
Independent
1990 – 1991
President of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 1 1931; d. April 23 2007.
Independent
1991
Russian Federation
President of the Russian Federation
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 1 1931; d. April 23 2007.
Independent
1991 – 1999
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 1 1931; d. April 23 2007.
Independent
2000 – 2008
Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 14 1965.
Independent
2008 – 2012
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 1 1931; d. April 23 2007.
Prime ministers: Dmitry Medvedev (2012 – 2020); Mikhail Mishustin (2020 – present).
Other prominent offices: President of Russia (2000 – 2008); Director of the Federal Security Service (1998 – 1999); Prime Minister of Russia (1999 – 2000; 2008 – 2012); Leader of United Russia (2008 – 2012).
Independent
2012 – present
Heads of Government of Russia
Russian Empire
President of the State Council of the Russian Empire
Count Nikolay Petrovich Rumyantsev
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 3 1754; d. January 3 1826.
1810 – 1812
Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the Russian Empire
Count Nikolay Pavlovich Ignatyev
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 17 1832; d. July 3 1908.
1872 – 1880
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Chair of the Council of People’s Commissars of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Lenin)
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 22 1870; d. January 21 1924.
Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
1922 – 1924
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 18 1878; d. March 5 1953.
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
1941 – 1946
Chair of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 18 1878; d. March 5 1953.
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
1946 – 1953
Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 15 1894; d. September 11 1971.
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
1958 – 1964
Nikolai Ivanovich Ryzhkov
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 28 1929; d. February 28 2024.
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
1985 – 1991
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Chair of the Council of People’s Commissars of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Lenin)
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 22 1870; d. January 21 1924.
Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
1917 – 1924
Head of Government of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 1 1931; d. April 23 2007.
Independent
1991
Russian Federation
Head of Government of the Russian Federation
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 1 1931; d. April 23 2007.
Independent
1991 – 1992
Prime Minister of the Russian Federation
Yegor Timurovich Gaidar (*acting)
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 19 1956; d. December 16 2009.
Independent
1992
Viktor Stepanovich Chernomyrdin
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 9 1938; d. November 3 2010.
Independent (1992 – 1995); Our Home – Russia (1995 – 1998)
1992 – 1998
Viktor Stepanovich Chernomyrdin (*acting)
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 9 1938; d. November 3 2010.
Our Home – Russia
1998
Sergei Vadimovich Stepashin
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 2 1952.
Independent
1999
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 1 1931; d. April 23 2007.
Unity
1999 – 2000
Mikhail Mikhailovich Kasyanov
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 8 1957.
Independent
2000 – 2004
Mikhail Yefimovich Fradkov
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 1 1950.
United Russia
2004 – 2007
Viktor Alekseyevich Zubkov
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 15 1941.
United Russia
2007 – 2008
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 1 1931; d. April 23 2007.
United Russia
2008 – 2012
Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 14 1965.
United Russia
2012 – 2020
Andrey Removich Belousov (*acting)
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 17 1959.
Independent
2020
Mikhail Vladimirovich Mishustin
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 3 1966.
Independent
2020 – present
First Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation
Yegor Timurovich Gaidar
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 19 1956; d. December 16 2009.
1992
Yegor Timurovich Gaidar
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 19 1956; d. December 16 2009.
1993 – 1994
Anatoly Borisovich Chubais
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 16 1955.
1994 – 1996
Vladimir Olegovich Potanin
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 3 1961.
1996 – 1997
Boris Yefimovich Nemtsov
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 9 1959; d. February 27 2015.
1997 – 1998
Nikolay Yemelyanovich Aksyonenko
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 15 1949; d. July 20 2005.
1999 – 2000
Viktor Borisovich Khristenko
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 28 1957.
1999 – 2000
Sergei Vadimovich Stepashin
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 2 1952.
1999
Mikhail Mikhailovich Kasyanov
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 8 1957.
2000
Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 14 1965.
2005 – 2008
Sergei Borisovich Ivanov
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 31 1953.
2007 – 2008
Viktor Alekseyevich Zubkov
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 15 1941.
United Russia
2008 – 2012
Igor Ivanovich Shuvalov
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 4 1967.
2008 – 2018
Andrey Removich Belousov
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 17 1959.
2020 – 2024