Premier
One holder at a time · 11 terms · 1917–1991
Previous holders 11
Nikolai Ryzhkov
Chairman of the Council of Ministers
1985–1991
Nikolai Tikhonov
Chairman of the Council of Ministers
1980–1985
Alexei Kosygin
Chairman of the Council of Ministers
1964–1980
Nikita Khrushchev
Chairman of the Council of Ministers
1958–1964
Nikolai Bulganin
Chairman of the Council of Ministers
1955–1958
Georgy Malenkov
Chairman of the Council of Ministers
1953–1955
Joseph Stalin
Chairman of the Council of Ministers
1946–1953
Joseph Stalin
Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars
1941–1946
Vyacheslav Molotov
Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars
1930–1941
Alexei Rykov
Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars
1924–1930
Vladimir Lenin
Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars
1917–1924
Other offices of Soviet Union
General Secretary of the Communist Party · President · Chairman of the State Defence Committee · People's Commissar for Nationalities · People's Commissar for Defence · Minister of the Armed Forces