Lenin: 1917-1922
Josef Stalin: 1922-1953
Nikita Kruschev: 1953-1964
Lenoid Brezhner: 1964-1982
Yuri Andropov: 1982-1984
Konstantih Chernenko: 1984-1985
Mikhail Gorbachev: 1985-1991
LEADERS AFTER COMMUNISM
Boris Yeltsin: 1991-1999
Vladimir Putin: 1999- Present