USSR General Secretary

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USSR General Secretary

GOVERNMENT OFFICE

Prior to 1917, Russia was governed by a Tsar; after the fall of the USSR in 1991, Russia became governed by a President.

08-Nov-1917 21-Jan-1924 Vladimir Lenin (b. 1870, d. 1924)

21-Jan-1924 05-Mar-1953 Josef Stalin (b. 1879, d. 1953)

05-Mar-1953 14-Mar-1953 Georgy Malenkov (b. 1902, d. 1988)

14-Mar-1953 14-Oct-1964 Nikita Khrushchev (b. 1894, d. 1971)

14-Oct-1964 10-Nov-1982 Leonid Brezhnev (b. 1906, d. 1982)

12-Nov-1982 09-Feb-1984 Yuri Andropov (b. 1914, d. 1984)

09-Feb-1984 10-Mar-1985 Konstantin Chernenko (b. 1911, d. 1985)

11-Mar-1985 24-Aug-1991 Mikhail Gorbachev (b. 1931)

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