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However, the real power in the USSR was in the Politburo. After Lenin's death the key position in the Politburo and the country was the General Secretary. Some Soviet leaders held both positions at the same time. See also List of leaders of the Soviet Union

Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars

• Vladimir Ilich Lenin ( 1917- 1924)
• Alexey Ivanovich Rykov ( 1924- 1930)
• Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov ( 1930- 1941)
• Iosif Vissarionovich Stalin ( 1941- 1946)

Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR

• Iosif Vissarionovich Stalin ( 1946- 19531953 is a common year starting on Thursday (click on link for the calendar). Events January events January 7 President Harry S. Truman announces the United States has developed a hydrogen bomb. January 13 Marshal Josip Broz Tito chosen President of Yugosl)
• Georgy Maximilianovich MalenkovGeorgy Maximilianovich Malenkov (GHYOR-ghee mah-leen-KOF) ( January 13 [ January 8, Old Style], 1902 January 14, 1988) was a Soviet politician and Communist Party leader, and a close collaborator of Joseph Stalin. He briefly became leader of the USSR (Mar ( 19531953 is a common year starting on Thursday (click on link for the calendar). Events January events January 7 President Harry S. Truman announces the United States has developed a hydrogen bomb. January 13 Marshal Josip Broz Tito chosen President of Yugosl- 1955)
• Nikolai Alexandrovich Bulganin ( 1955- 1958)
• Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev ( 1958- 1964)
• Alexey Nikolaevich Kosygin ( 1964- 1980)
• Nikolai Alexandrovich Tikhonov ( 1980- 1985)
• Nikolai Ivanovich Ryzhkov ( 1985- 1991)

Prime Minister of the USSR

• Valentin Pavlov (January 14, 1991-August 22, 1991)
• Ivan Silayev (August 24, 1991-December 26, 1991)