List of governments of the Soviet Union
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The Government of the Soviet Union (
last government was led by Ivan Silayev
.
Following the
1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, in which Prime Minister Valentin Pavlov
participated in. In its place the Soviet state established what was supposed to be a transitory committee headed by Silayev to run the basic governmental functions until a new cabinet was appointed. On 26 December 1991 the Supreme Soviet dissolved the Soviet Union and therefore, the government of the Soviet Union.
Governments
| Government | Premier | First Deputy Premier(s) | Took office | Left office | Legislature |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lenin I
|
Vladimir Lenin | None | 6 July 1923 | 21 January 1924 | Congress of Soviets I |
| Rykov I | Alexei Rykov | None | 23 January 1924 | 2 February 1924 | Congress of Soviets I |
Rykov II
|
None | 2 February 1924 | 20 May 1925 | Congress of Soviets II | |
Rykov III
|
None | 13 May 1925 | 18 April 1927 | Congress of Soviets III | |
Rykov IV
|
None | 18 April 1927 | 20 May 1929 | Congress of Soviets IV | |
Rykov V
|
None | 20 May 1929 | 19 December 1930 | Congress of Soviets V | |
| Molotov I | Vyacheslav Molotov | None | 19 December 1930 | 8 March 1931 | Congress of Soviets V |
| Molotov II | Valerian Kuybyshev | 8 March 1931 | 28 January 1935 | Congress of Soviets VI | |
| Molotov III | None | 28 January 1935 | 5 December 1936 | Congress of Soviets VII | |
| None | 5 December 1936 | 12 December 1938 | Supreme Soviet I | ||
| Molotov IV | Nikolai Voznesensky | 12 December 1937 | 6 May 1941 | ||
Stalin I
|
Joseph Stalin | Vyacheslav Molotov | 6 May 1941 | 10 February 1946 | |
| Nikolai Voznesensky | |||||
Stalin II
|
Vyacheslav Molotov | 10 February 1946 | 12 March 1950 | Supreme Soviet II | |
| Stalin III | Vyacheslav Molotov | 12 March 1950 | 5 March 1953 | Supreme Soviet III | |
| Nikolai Bulganin | |||||
Malenkov I
|
Georgy Malenkov | Vyacheslav Molotov | 6 March 1953 | 14 March 1954 | |
| Nikolai Bulganin | |||||
| Lavrentiy Beria | |||||
| Lazar Kaganovich | |||||
Malenkov II
|
Vyacheslav Molotov | 14 March 1954 | 8 February 1955 | Supreme Soviet IV | |
| Nikolai Bulganin | |||||
| Lazar Kaganovich | |||||
Bulganin
|
Nikolai Bulganin | Vyacheslav Molotov | 8 February 1955 | 27 March 1958 | |
| Lazar Kaganovich | |||||
| Anastas Mikoyan | |||||
| Mikhail Pervukhin | |||||
| Maksim Saburov | |||||
| Joseph Kuzmin | |||||
| Khrushchev I | Nikita Khrushchev | Anastas Mikoyan | 27 March 1958 | 18 March 1962 | Supreme Soviet V |
| Frol Kozlov | |||||
| Alexei Kosygin | |||||
| Khrushchev II | Anastas Mikoyan | 18 March 1962 | 14 October 1964 | Supreme Soviet VI | |
| Alexei Kosygin | |||||
Dmitriy Ustinov
| |||||
| Kosygin I | Alexei Kosygin | Anastas Mikoyan | 14 October 1964 | 12 June 1966 | |
Dmitriy Ustinov
| |||||
| Kirill Mazurov | |||||
| Dmitry Polyansky | |||||
| Kosygin II | Kirill Mazurov | 12 June 1966 | 14 June 1970 | Supreme Soviet VII | |
| Dmitry Polyansky | |||||
| Kosygin III | Kirill Mazurov | 14 June 1970 | 16 June 1974 | Supreme Soviet VIII | |
| Dmitry Polyansky | |||||
| Kosygin IV | Kirill Mazurov | 16 June 1974 | 4 March 1979 | Supreme Soviet IX | |
| Nikolai Tikhonov | |||||
| Kosygin V | Nikolai Tikhonov | 4 March 1979 | 23 October 1980 | Supreme Soviet X | |
| Tikhonov I | Nikolai Tikhonov | Ivan Arkhipov | 23 October 1980 | 11 April 1984 | Supreme Soviet X |
| Heydar Aliyev | |||||
| Andrei Gromyko | |||||
| Tikhonov II | Ivan Arkhipov | 11 April 1984 | 27 September 1985 | Supreme Soviet XI | |
| Heydar Aliyev | |||||
| Andrei Gromyko | |||||
| Ryzhkov I | Nikolai Ryzhkov | Ivan Arkhipov | 27 September 1985 | 17 July 1989 | |
| Heydar Aliyev | |||||
| Nikolai Talyzin | |||||
| Vsevolod Murakhovsky | |||||
| Yuri Maslyukov | |||||
| Ryzhkov II | Vsevolod Murakhovsky | 17 July 1989 | 14 January 1991 | Supreme Soviet XII-XIII | |
| Yuri Maslyukov | |||||
| Lev Voronin | |||||
| Vladilen Nikitin | |||||
| Pavlov | Valentin Pavlov | Vladimir Velichko | 14 January 1991 | 28 August 1991 | |
| Vitaly Doguzhiev | |||||
| Silayev | Ivan Silayev | None | 28 August 1991 | 25 December 1991 |
Statistics
| Government | Length of tenure | No. of first deputies | No. of deputies | No. of ministers | No. of ministries | No. of committees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lenin I
|
199 days | — | 5 | 19 | 12 | 1 |
| Rykov I | 10 days | — | 4 | 18 | 11 | 1 |
Rykov II
|
1 year, 107 days | — | 4 | 20 | 11 | 1 |
Rykov III
|
1 year, 341 days | — | 5 | 24 | 11 | 1 |
Rykov IV
|
2 years, 32 days | — | 4 | 18 | 11 | 1 |
Rykov V
|
1 year, 213 days | — | 4 | 25 | 13 | 1 |
| Molotov I | 79 days | — | 3 | 13 | 11 | 1 |
| Molotov II | 3 years, 326 days | 1 | 5 | 36 | 22 | 1 |
| Molotov III | 3 years, 318 days | — | 4 | |||
| Molotov IV | 3 years, 145 days | 1 | 10 | |||
Stalin I
|
4 years, 280 days | 2 | 15 | |||
Stalin II
|
4 years, 30 days | 1 | 15 | |||
| Stalin III | 2 years, 358 days | 2 | 14 | |||
Malenkov I
|
1 year, 8 days | 4 | 9 | |||
Malenkov II
|
331 days | 3 | 6 | |||
Bulganin
|
3 years, 47 days | 6 | 9 | |||
| Khrushchev I | 3 years, 356 days | 3 | 8 | |||
| Khrushchev II | 2 years, 210 days | 3 | 9 | |||
| Kosygin I | 1 year, 241 days | 4 | 9 | |||
| Kosygin II | 4 years, 2 days | 2 | 9 | |||
| Kosygin III | 4 years, 2 days | 2 | 12 | |||
| Kosygin IV | 4 years, 263 days | 2 | 13 | |||
| Kosygin V | 1 year, 233 days | 1 | 13 | |||
| Tikhonov I | 3 years, 171 days | 3 | 17 | |||
| Tikhonov II | 1 year, 169 days | 3 | 11 | |||
| Ryzhkov I | 3 years, 293 days | 5 | 20 | 140 | 71 | 4 |
| Ryzhkov II | 1 year, 181 days | 4 | 17 | 56 | 37 | 2 |
| Pavlov | 226 days | 2 | 3 | 46 | 36 | 1 |
| Silayev | 119 days | — | 5 | 16 | 9 | 1 |
See also
- Bibliography of the Russian Revolution and Civil War § Government
- Bibliography of Stalinism and the Soviet Union § Government
- Bibliography of the Post Stalinist Soviet Union § Government
- Premier of the Soviet Union
