An approximately chronological listing of Soviet leaders * Vladimir Lenin * Leon Trotsky * Joseph Stalin * [Nikita Khrushchev]? * [Leonid Brezhnev]? * [Yuri Andropov]? * Konstantin Chernenko * [Andrei Gromyko]? * [Mikhail Gorbachev]? |
An approximately chronological listing of Soviet leaders (heads of the of the Central Committee) * Vladimir Lenin never general secretary but November 1917 - January 21 1924 * Joseph Stalin General Secretary April 3 1922 - March 5 1953 * [Nikita Khrushchev]? First Secretary September 7 1953 - October 14 1964 * [Leonid Brezhnev]? First Secretary October 14 1964 - April 8 1966 and General Secretary April 8 1966 - November 10 1982 * [Yuri Andropov]? General Secretary November 12 1982 - February 9 1984 * Konstantin Chernenko General Secretary February 13 1984 - March 10 1985 * [Mikhail Gorbachev]? General Secretary March 11 1985 - August 24 1991 The post was created in April 1922. The title general secretary was introduced in April 1966. |
The post was created in April 1922. The title general secretary was introduced in April 1966.