Communist Leaders of Russia
1. Vladimir Ilych Lenin 1917-1924
2. Joseph Vissarinovich Stalin 1924-1953
3. Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev 1953-1964
4. Leonid Ilych Brezhnev 1964-1982
5. Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov 1982-1984
6. Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko 1984-1985
7. Mikhail Serveevish Gorbachev 1985-1991