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Nikolai Ryzhkov Chairman 1985–1991 Nikolai Tikhonov Chairman 1980–1985 Alexei Kosygin Chairman 1964–1980 Nikita Khrushchev Chairman 1958–1964 Nikolai Bulganin Chairman 1955–1958 Georgy Malenkov Chairman 1953–1955 Joseph Stalin Chairman 1946–1953 Joseph Stalin Minister of the Armed Forces 1946–1947