Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR
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The Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic was the de facto leader of the Russian SFSR between 1938 and 1991. The Russian SFSR enjoyed only limited autonomy from the Soviet Union.
- Aleksey Badeyev (1938-1944)
- Nikolay Shvernik (1944-1946)
- Ivan Vlasov (1946-1950)
- Mikhail Tarasov (1950-1959)
- Nikolay Ignatov (1959)
- Nikolay Organov (1959-1962)
- Nikolay Ignatov (1962-1966)
- Mikhail Yasnov (1966-1985)
- Vladimir Orlov (1985-1988)
- Vitaly Vorotnikov (1988-1990)
- Boris Yeltsin (1990-1991)
After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the post was replaced by an elected President of Russia.