Rulers: Soviet Union
Ministries
Foreign Affairs
People's commissars (from 15 Mar 1946, ministers)
6 Jul 1923 - 21 Jul 1930 Georgy Chicherin (b. 1872 - d. 1936)
21 Jul 1930 - 3 May 1939 Maksim Litvinov (b. 1876 - d. 1951)
3 May 1939 - 4 Mar 1949 Vyacheslav Molotov (1st time) (b. 1890 - d. 1986)
4 Mar 1949 - 5 Mar 1953 Andrey Vyshinsky (b. 1883 - d. 1954)
5 Mar 1953 - 1 Jun 1956 Vyacheslav Molotov (2nd time) (s.a.)
1 Jun 1956 - 15 Feb 1957 Dmitry Shepilov (b. 1905 - d. 1995)
15 Feb 1957 - 2 Jul 1985 Andrey Gromyko (b. 1909 - d. 1989)
2 Jul 1985 - 15 Jan 1991 Eduard Shevardnadze (1st time) (b. 1928 - d. 2014)
15 Jan 1991 - 23 Aug 1991 Aleksandr Bessmertnykh (b. 1933)
28 Aug 1991 - 14 Nov 1991 Boris Pankin (b. 1931)
19 Nov 1991 - 25 Dec 1991 Eduard Shevardnadze (2nd time) (s.a.)
Defense
People's commissars (from 15 Mar 1946, ministers)
- Military and Navy Affairs -
6 Jul 1923 - 25 Jan 1925 Lev Trotsky (b. 1879 - d. 1940)
25 Jan 1925 - 31 Oct 1925 Mikhail Frunze (b. 1885 - d. 1925)
6 Nov 1925 - 20 Jun 1934 Kliment Voroshilov (b. 1881 - d. 1969)
- Defense -
20 Jun 1934 - 7 May 1940 Kliment Voroshilov (s.a.)
7 May 1940 - 19 Jul 1941 Semyon Timoshenko (b. 1895 - d. 1970)
19 Jul 1941 - 25 Feb 1946 Iosif Stalin (b. 1878 - d. 1953)
- Armed Forces -
25 Feb 1946 - 3 Mar 1947 Iosif Stalin (s.a.)
3 Mar 1947 - 24 Mar 1949 Nikolay Bulganin (b. 1895 - d. 1975)
24 Mar 1949 - 25 Feb 1950 Aleksandr Vasilevsky (b. 1895 - d. 1977)
- Military -
25 Feb 1950 - 5 Mar 1953 Aleksandr Vasilevsky (s.a.)
5 Mar 1953 - 15 Mar 1953 Nikolay Bulganin (s.a.)
- Defense -
19 Mar 1953 - 9 Feb 1955 Nikolay Bulganin (s.a.)
9 Feb 1955 - 26 Oct 1957 Georgy Zhukov (b. 1896 - d. 1974)
26 Oct 1957 - 31 Mar 1967 Rodion Malinovsky (b. 1898 - d. 1967)
12 Apr 1967 - 26 Apr 1976 Andrey Grechko (b. 1903 - d. 1976)
29 Apr 1976 - 20 Dec 1984 Dmitry Ustinov (b. 1908 - d. 1984)
22 Dec 1984 - 30 May 1987 Sergey Sokolov (b. 1911 - d. 2012)
30 May 1987 - 22 Aug 1991 Dmitry Yazov (b. 1924 - d. 2020)
22 Aug 1991 - 23 Aug 1991 Mikhail Moiseyev (acting) (b. 1939 - d. 2022)
23 Aug 1991 - 25 Dec 1991 Yevgeny Shaposhnikov (b. 1942 - d. 2020)
Interior
People's commissars (from 15 Mar 1946, ministers)
10 Jul 1934 - 26 Sep 1936 Genrikh Yagoda (b. 1891 - d. 1938)
26 Sep 1936 - 25 Nov 1938 Nikolay Yezhov (b. 1895 - d. 1940)
25 Nov 1938 - 29 Dec 1945 Lavrenty Beria (1st time) (b. 1899 - d. 1953)
29 Dec 1945 - 5 Mar 1953 Sergey Kruglov (1st time) (b. 1907 - d. 1977)
5 Mar 1953 - 26 Jun 1953 Lavrenty Beria (2nd time) (s.a.)
26 Jun 1953 - 31 Jan 1956 Sergey Kruglov (2nd time) (s.a.)
31 Jan 1956 - 13 Jan 1960 Nikolay Dudorov (b. 1906 - d. 1977)
- Preservation of Public Order -
17 Sep 1966 - 25 Nov 1968 Nikolay Shchelokov (b. 1910 - d. 1984)
- Interior -
25 Nov 1968 - 17 Dec 1982 Nikolay Shchelokov (s.a.)
17 Dec 1982 - 25 Jan 1986 Vitaly Fedorchuk (b. 1918 - d. 2008)
25 Jan 1986 - 10 Oct 1988 Aleksandr Vlasov (b. 1932 - d. 2002)
20 Oct 1988 - 1 Dec 1990 Vadim Bakatin (b. 1937 - d. 2022)
1 Dec 1990 - 22 Aug 1991 Boris Pugo (b. 1937 - d. 1991)
22 Aug 1991 - 23 Aug 1991 Vasily Trushin (acting) (b. 1934 - d. 2006)
23 Aug 1991 - 19 Dec 1991 Viktor Barannikov (b. 1940 - d. 1995)
State Security
Directors of the Joint Main Political Department (State Security)
18 Sep 1923 - 20 Jul 1926 Feliks Dzerzhinsky (b. 1877 - d. 1926)
30 Jul 1926 - 10 May 1934 Vyacheslav Menzhinsky (b. 1874 - d. 1934)
People's commissars (from 15 Mar 1946, ministers)
3 Feb 1941 - 20 Jul 1941 Vsevolod Merkulov (1st time) (b. 1895 - d. 1953)
14 Apr 1943 - 7 May 1946 Vsevolod Merkulov (2nd time) (s.a.)
7 May 1946 - 14 Jul 1951 Viktor Abakumov (b. 1908 - d. 1954)
14 Jul 1951 - 9 Aug 1951 Sergey Ogoltsov (acting) (b. 1900 - d. 1977)
9 Aug 1951 - 5 Mar 1953 Semyon Ignatyev (b. 1904 - d. 1983)
Directors of the Committee for State Security (KGB)
13 Mar 1954 - 8 Dec 1958 Ivan Serov (b. 1905 - d. 1990)
25 Dec 1958 - 13 Nov 1961 Aleksandr Shelepin (b. 1918 - d. 1994)
13 Nov 1961 - 18 May 1967 Vladimir Semichastny (b. 1924 - d. 2001)
18 May 1967 - 26 May 1982 Yury Andropov (b. 1914 - d. 1984)
26 May 1982 - 17 Dec 1982 Vitaly Fedorchuk (b. 1918 - d. 2008)
17 Dec 1982 - 1 Oct 1988 Viktor Chebrikov (b. 1923 - d. 1999)
1 Oct 1988 - 22 Aug 1991 Vladimir Kryuchkov (b. 1924 - d. 2007)
22 Aug 1991 - 23 Aug 1991 Leonid Shebarshin (acting) (b. 1935 - d. 2012)
23 Aug 1991 - 22 Oct 1991 Vadim Bakatin (b. 1937 - d. 2022)
Finance
People's commissars (from 15 Mar 1946, ministers)
6 Jul 1923 - 17 Jan 1926 Grigory Sokolnikov (b. 1888 - d. 1939)
17 Jan 1926 - 18 Oct 1930 Nikolay Bryukhanov (b. 1878 - d. 1938)
18 Oct 1930 - 16 Aug 1937 Grigory Grinko (b. 1890 - d. 1938)
16 Aug 1937 - 19 Jan 1938 Vlas Chubar (b. 1891 - d. 1939)
19 Jan 1938 - 17 Feb 1948 Arseny Zverev (1st time) (b. 1900 - d. 1969)
17 Feb 1948 - 28 Dec 1948 Aleksey Kosygin (b. 1904 - d. 1980)
28 Dec 1948 - 16 May 1960 Arseny Zverev (2nd time) (s.a.)
16 May 1960 - 12 Nov 1985 Vasily Garbuzov (b. 1911 - d. 1985)
14 Dec 1985 - 17 Jul 1989 Boris Gostev (b. 1927 - d. 2015)
17 Jul 1989 - 7 Mar 1991 Valentin Pavlov (b. 1937 - d. 2003)
7 Mar 1991 - 21 Aug 1991 Vladimir Orlov (b. 1936)
21 Aug 1991 - 25 Dec 1991 Vladimir Rayevsky (acting) (b. 1938)
Justice
31 May 1956 - 1 Sep 1970 abolished
People's commissars (from 15 Mar 1946, ministers)
20 Jul 1936 - 19 Jan 1938 Nikolay Krylenko (b. 1885 - d. 1938)
19 Jan 1938 - 5 Feb 1948 Nikolay Rychkov (b. 1897 - d. 1959)
5 Feb 1948 - 31 May 1956 Konstantin Gorshenin (b. 1907 - d. 1978)
1 Sep 1970 - 12 Apr 1984 Vladimir Terebilov (b. 1916 - d. 2004)
12 Apr 1984 - 17 Jul 1989 Boris Kravtsov (b. 1922)
17 Jul 1989 - 11 Dec 1990 Veniamin Yakovlev (b. 1932 - d. 2018)
11 Dec 1990 - 26 Nov 1991 Sergey Lushchikov (b. 1951)
State Planning Committee (Gosplan)
Chairmen
- State Planning Commission -
13 Aug 1923 - 11 Dec 1923 Gleb Krzhizhanovsky (1st time) (b. 1872 - d. 1959)
11 Dec 1923 - 18 Nov 1925 Aleksandr Tsyurupa (b. 1870 - d. 1928)
18 Nov 1925 - 10 Nov 1930 Gleb Krzhizhanovsky (2nd time) (s.a.)
10 Nov 1930 - 25 Apr 1934 Valerian Kuybyshev (b. 1888 - d. 1935)
25 Apr 1934 - 25 Feb 1937 Valery Mezhlauk (1st time) (b. 1889 - d. 1938)
25 Feb 1937 - 17 Oct 1937 Gennady Smirnov (b. 1903 - d. 1938)
17 Oct 1937 - 1 Dec 1937 Valery Mezhlauk (2nd time) (s.a.)
19 Jan 1938 - 10 Mar 1941 Nikolay Voznesensky (1st time) (b. 1903 - d. 1950)
10 Mar 1941 - 8 Dec 1942 Maksim Saburov (1st time) (b. 1900 - d. 1977)
8 Dec 1942 - 9 Jan 1948 Nikolay Voznesensky (2nd time) (s.a.)
- State Planning Committee -
9 Jan 1948 - 5 Mar 1949 Nikolay Voznesensky (s.a.)
5 Mar 1949 - 5 Mar 1953 Maksim Saburov (2nd time) (s.a.)
5 Mar 1953 - 29 Jun 1953 Grigory Kosyachenko (b. 1901 - d. 1983)
29 Jun 1953 - 25 May 1955 Maksim Saburov (3rd time) (s.a.)
- State Commission for Advanced Planning of the National Economy -
25 May 1955 - 3 May 1957 Nikolay Baybakov (b. 1911 - d. 2008)
3 May 1957 - 10 May 1957 Iosif Kuzmin (b. 1910 - d. 1996)
- State Planning Committee -
10 May 1957 - 20 Mar 1959 Iosif Kuzmin (s.a.)
20 Mar 1959 - 4 May 1960 Aleksey Kosygin (b. 1904 - d. 1980)
4 May 1960 - 17 Jul 1962 Vladimir Novikov (b. 1907 - d. 2000)
17 Jul 1962 - 24 Nov 1962 Veniamin Dymshits (b. 1910 - d. 1993)
24 Nov 1962 - 2 Oct 1965 Pyotr Lomako (b. 1904 - d. 1990)
2 Oct 1965 - 14 Oct 1985 Nikolay Baybakov (s.a.)
14 Oct 1985 - 5 Feb 1988 Nikolay Talyzin (b. 1929 - d. 1991)
5 Feb 1988 - 1 Apr 1991 Yury Maslyukov (b. 1937 - d. 2010)
Parliament
Supreme Soviet
Soviet of Nationalities (from 5 Sep 1991 Soviet of Republics)
Chairmen
12 Jan 1938 - 12 Mar 1946 Nikolay Shvernik (b. 1888 - d. 1970)
12 Mar 1946 - 12 Jun 1950 Vasily Kuznetsov (b. 1901 - d. 1990)
12 Jun 1950 - 20 Apr 1954 Zhumabay Shayakhmetov (b. 1902 - d. 1966)
20 Apr 1954 - 27 Mar 1958 Vilis Lacis (b. 1904 - d. 1966)
27 Mar 1958 - 2 Aug 1966 Janis Peive (b. 1906 - d. 1976)
2 Aug 1966 - 14 Jul 1970 Justas Paleckis (b. 1899 - d. 1980)
14 Jul 1970 - 25 Jul 1974 Yadgar Nasriddinova (f) (b. 1920 - d. 2006)
25 Jul 1974 - 11 Apr 1984 Vitalijs Rubenis (b. 1914 - d. 1994)
11 Apr 1984 - 25 May 1989 Augusts Voss (b. 1916 - d. 1994)
6 Jun 1989 - 21 Oct 1991 Rafik Nishanov (b. 1926 - d. 2023)
29 Oct 1991 - 25 Dec 1991 Anuarbek Alimzhanov (b. 1930 - d. 1993)
Soviet of the Union
Chairmen
12 Jan 1938 - 12 Mar 1946 Andrey Andreyev (b. 1895 - d. 1971)
12 Mar 1946 - 25 Feb 1947 Andrey Zhdanov (b. 1896 - d. 1948)
25 Feb 1947 - 12 Jun 1950 Ivan Parfyonov (b. 1906 - d. 1992)
12 Jun 1950 - 20 Apr 1954 Mikhail Yasnov (b. 1906 - d. 1991)
20 Apr 1954 - 14 Jul 1956 Aleksandr Volkov (b. 1910 - d. 1990)
14 Jul 1956 - 23 Apr 1962 Pavel Lobanov (b. 1902 - d. 1984)
23 Apr 1962 - 14 Jul 1970 Ivan Spiridonov (b. 1905 - d. 1991)
14 Jul 1970 - 11 Apr 1984 Aleksey Shitikov (b. 1912 - d. 1993)
11 Apr 1984 - 24 May 1988 Lev Tolkunov (b. 1919 - d. 1989)
24 May 1988 - 25 May 1989 Yury Khristoradnov (b. 1929 - d. 2018)
3 Jun 1989 - 31 Mar 1990 Yevgeny Primakov (b. 1929 - d. 2015)
3 Apr 1990 - 21 Oct 1991 Ivan Laptev (b. 1934)
28 Oct 1991 - 25 Dec 1991 Konstantin Lubenchenko (b. 1945)