Supreme Soviet of Russia
The Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR, later Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation.
The Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR was established as similar structure as the Supreme Soviet of the USSR in 1938, instead of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee as the highest organ of power of Russia.
In the 1940s, the Supreme Soviet Presidium and the Council of Ministers of the Russian SFSR were located in the former mansion of counts Osterman, which was later in 1991 given to a museum. The sessions were held in Grand Kremlin Palace. In 1981 the Supreme Soviet was moved to a specially constructed building on Krasnopresnenskaya embankment, The House of Soviets.
The Supreme Soviet was abolished in October 1993 and replaced by the Federal Assembly of Russia, whose powers are weaker than Supreme Council ones.
1938–1990
Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR for election of the Presidium of the Supreme SovietPrior to 1990, de jure leader of the Russian Federation, the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR, exercised only nominal powers. In contrast to other Soviet republics of the Soviet Union, the Russian SFSR did not have its own Communist Party and did not have its own first secretaries until 1990.
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR
Name | Period |
Alexei Badaev | 19 July 1938 – 4 March 1944 |
Ivan Vlasov | |
The position was vacant | 14 November-23 December 1966 |
Mikhail Yasnov | 23 December 1966 – 26 March 1985 |
Vladimir Orlov | 26 March 1985 – 3 October 1988 |
Vitaly Vorotnikov | 3 October 1988 – 29 May 1990 |
Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR in 1938–1990
Name | Period |
Andrei Zhdanov | 15 July 1938 – 20 June 1947 |
Mikhail Tarasov | 20 June 1947 – 14 March 1951 |
Leonid Solov'ev | 14 March 1951 – 23 March 1955 |
Ivan Goroshkin | 23 March 1955 – 15 April 1959 |
Vasily Prokhorov | 15 April 1959 – 4 April 1963 |
Vasily Krestyaninov | 4 April 1963 – 11 April 1967 |
Mikhail Millionshchikov | 11 April 1967 – 27 May 1973 |
Vladimir Kotelnikov | 30 July 1973 – 25 March 1980 |
Nikolai Gribachev | 25 March 1980 – 16 May 1990 |
1990–1993
Following the adoption of amendments to the Constitution of the Russian SFSR in October 1989, the office of Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet was removed, and the position of the Russian head of state passed directly to the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR in May 1990.From 1990–1993 the Supreme Soviet consisted of 252 deputies in the two equal chambers—the Soviet of the Republic and the Soviet of Nationalities. However, the bicameral Supreme Soviet was nominal, because the major decisions were adopted as joint resolutions and concurrent resolutions of all chambers; many of the legislative committees were shared between these chambers. The Supreme Soviet of Russia ceased to exist after the events of September–October 1993.
Chairmen of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR/Federation in 1990-1993
Name | Period |
Boris Yeltsin | 29 May 1990 – 10 July 1991 |
Ruslan Khasbulatov | 10 July 1991 – 29 October 1991 |
Ruslan Khasbulatov | 29 October 1991 – 4 October 1993 |
First Deputy Chairmen of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR/Federation 1990-1993
Name | Period |
Ruslan Khasbulatov | 29 May 1990 – 10 July 1991 |
Sergey Filatov | 1 November 1991-January 1993 |
Yuri Voronin | January 1993-October 1993 |