GOVERNMENT OFFICE

Following the Russian revolution in 1917, the Soviet Union was ruled by a General Secretary.

27-Mar-1462	27-Oct-1505	Tsar Ivan III	(b. 1440, d. 1505)
27-Oct-1505	03-Dec-1533	Tsar Vasily III	(b. 1479, d. 1533)
03-Dec-1533	17-Mar-1584	Ivan the Terrible	(b. 1530, d. 1584)
17-Mar-1584	07-Jan-1598	Tsar Fyodor I	(b. 1557, d. 1598)
07-Jan-1598	13-Apr-1605	Boris Godunov	(b. 1552, d. 1605)
13-Apr-1605	10-Jun-1605	Tsar Fyodor II	(b. 1589, d. 1605)
10-Jun-1605	17-May-1606	Tsar Dmitri I	(d. 1605)
17-May-1606	17-Jul-1610	Tsar Vasily IV Ivanovich Shuisky	(b. 1522, d. 1612)
17-Jul-1610	21-Feb-1613	Interregnum
21-Feb-1613	12-Jul-1645	Tsar Michael	(b. 1591, d. 1645)
12-Jul-1645	07-Feb-1676	Tsar Alexis	(b. 1629, d. 1676)
07-Feb-1676	07-May-1682	Tsar Fyodor III	(b. 1661, d. 1682)
07-May-1682	08-Feb-1725	Peter the Great	(b. 1672, d. 1725)
08-Feb-1725	17-May-1727	Catherine I	(b. 1684, d. 1727)
18-May-1727	30-Jan-1730	Tsar Peter II	(b. 1715, d. 1730)
13-Feb-1730	28-Oct-1740	Anna	(b. 1693, d. 1740)
28-Oct-1740	06-Dec-1741	Tsar Ivan VI	(b. 1740, d. 1764)
06-Dec-1741	05-Jan-1762	Elizabeth	(b. 1709, d. 1762)
05-Jan-1762	09-Jul-1762	Tsar Peter III	(b. 1728, d. 1762)
09-Jul-1762	17-Nov-1796	Catherine the Great	(b. 1729, d. 1796)
17-Nov-1796	23-Mar-1801	Tsar Paul I	(b. 1754, d. 1801)
24-Mar-1801	01-Dec-1825	Tsar Alexander I	(b. 1777, d. 1825)
01-Dec-1825	26-Dec-1825	Interregnum
26-Dec-1825	02-Mar-1855	Tsar Nicholas I	(b. 1796, d. 1855)
02-Mar-1855	13-Mar-1881	Tsar Alexander II	(b. 1818, d. 1881)
13-Mar-1881	01-Nov-1894	Tsar Alexander III	(b. 1845, d. 1894)
01-Nov-1894	15-Mar-1917	Tsar Nicholas II	(b. 1868, d. 1918)

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