List of heads of Saint Petersburg government
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List of heads of the government of Saint Petersburg, Russia
The city's name changed during the 20th century:- From 16 May 1703: Saint Petersburg
- From 19 July 1914: Petrograd
- From 26 January 1924: Leningrad
- From 6 September 1991: Saint Petersburg
Petrograd/Leningrad during the Russian SFSR
Chairpersons of the Executive Committee:- 25 October 1917 – 11 December 1917: Lev Trotsky (1879–1940)
- 13 December 1917 – 12 July 1926: Grigory ZinovievGrigory ZinovievGrigory Yevseevich Zinoviev , born Ovsei-Gershon Aronovich Radomyslsky Apfelbaum , was a Bolshevik revolutionary and a Soviet Communist politician...
(1883–1936) - 12 July 1926 – 7 January 1930: Nikolay Komarov (1886–1937)
- April 1930 – January 1937: Ivan Kodatsky (1893–1937)
- January 1937 – March 1937: Vasily Shestakov (1891–1956)
- September 1937 – October 1938: Aleksey Petrovsky (1889–1939)
- October 1938 – 6 January 1939: Alexei Kosygin (1904–1980)
- 6 January 1939 – 9 March 1946: Pyotr Popkov (s.a.)
- 11 March 1946 – 22 February 1949: Pyotr Lazutin (1905–1949)
- 2 March 1949 – June 1954: Pyotr Ladanov (1904–1989)
- June 1954 – 17 June 1962: Nikolay Smirnov (1906–1962)
- June 1962 – August 1966: Vasily Isayev (died 1977)
- August 1966 – December 1972: Aleksandr Sizov (1913–1972)
- January 1973 – June 1976: Vasily KazakovVasily KazakovVasily Ivanovich Kazakov was a Soviet Marshal of the Artillery.-Early life:...
(born 1927) - June 1976 – 26 April 1983: Lev Zaykov (1923–2002)
- 26 April 1983 – 23 May 1990: Vladimir Khodyrev (born 1930)
- 23 May 1990 –12 June 1991: Aleksandr Schelkanov (born 1939)
First Secretaries of the Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
The Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the only legal, ruling political party in the Soviet Union and one of the largest communist organizations in the world...
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- March 1918 – April 1919: Pyotr Zaslavsky
- April 1919 – November 1919: Moisey Kharitonov (1887–1948)
- November 1919 – February 1921: Sergey Zorin (1891–1937)
- 21 February 1921 – 14 December 1921: Nikolay Uglanov (1886–1937)
- 15 December 1921 – March 1922: Ivan SmirnovIvan Nikitich SmirnovIvan Nikitich Smirnov was a Communist Party activist.In 1899, Smirnov joined the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party and became a Bolshevik. He led his party activity in Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Vyshniy Volochok, Rostov, Kharkov, and Tomsk. Smirnov was subject to repeated arrests...
(1881–1936) - March 1922 – December 1925: Pyotr Zalutsky (1888–1937)
- December 1925 – 7 January 1926: Grigory Yevdokimov (1884–1936)
- 8 January 1926 – 1 December 1934: Sergei Kirov (1886–1934)
- 15 December 1934 – 28 December 1944: Andrei ZhdanovAndrei ZhdanovAndrei Alexandrovich Zhdanov was a Soviet politician.-Life:Zhdanov enlisted with the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party in 1915 and was promoted through the party ranks, becoming the All-Union Communist Party manager in Leningrad after the assassination of Sergei Kirov in 1934...
(1896–1948) - 5 January 1945 – 8 March 1946: Alexei KuznetsovAlexei KuznetsovAlexei Kuznetsov is a Russian professional ice hockey goaltender who currently plays for Avangard Omsk of the Kontinental Hockey League .-References:...
(1905–1950) - 9 March 1946 – 15 February 1949: Pyotr Popkov (1903–1950)
- 16 February 1949 –19 January 1950: Vasily Andrianov (1902–1978)
- January 1950 – July 1952: Frol KozlovFrol KozlovFrol Romanovich Kozlov was a Soviet politician, Hero of Socialist Labor .He was elected a candidate member of the Presidium on 14 February 1957 and served as a full member from 29 June 1957 until he was relieved of his duties on 16 November 1964, following the ousting of his...
(1908–1965) - July 1952 – April 1953: Aleksey Alekseyev (born 1911)
- April 1953 – November 1953: Nikolay Ignatov (1901–1966)
- November 1953 – July 1956: Ivan Zamchevsky (1909–1979)
- July 1956 – December 1957: Ivan Spiridonov (1905–1991)
- December 1957 – January 1960: Nikolay Rodionov (1915–1999)
- January 1960 – February 1971: Georgy Popov (born 1912)
- February 1971 – April 1978: Boris Aristov (born 1925)
- April 1978 – January 1984: Yury Solovyov (born 1925)
- January 1984 – January 1986: Anatoly Dumachev (born 1932)
- January 1986 – July 1989: Anatoly Gerasimov (born 1931)
- 12 July 1989 – 24 August 1991: Boris Gidaspov (born 1933)
Mayor:
- June 1991 – 25 December 1991: Anatoly SobchakAnatoly SobchakAnatoly Alexandrovich Sobchak was a Russian politician, a co-author of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the first democratically elected mayor of Saint Petersburg, and a mentor and teacher of both Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev....
(1937–2000)
Leningrad / Saint Petersburg after 1991
Mayor :- June 1991 – 5 June 1996: Anatoly Aleksandrovich SobchakAnatoly SobchakAnatoly Alexandrovich Sobchak was a Russian politician, a co-author of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the first democratically elected mayor of Saint Petersburg, and a mentor and teacher of both Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev....
(1937–2000)
Governors :
- 5 June 1996 – 16 June 2003: Vladimir Anatolyevich YakovlevVladimir Anatolyevich YakovlevVladimir Anatolyevich Yakovlev is a Russian politician, currently retired.In 1996–2003, he was the Governor of Saint Petersburg. In 2003-2004, prior to the Beslan school hostage crisis, he was Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Southern Federal District...
(born 1944) - 16 June 2003 – 15 October 2003: Aleksandr Dmitriyevich BeglovAlexander BeglovAlexander Beglov is a Russian statesman. Deputy Head of Presidential Administration of Russian Federation. Higher education. In 1983 he graduated Saint-Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering, in 2003 - North-West Academy of Public Service. Candidate of Technical...
(acting)(born 1956) - 15 October 2003 – 31 August 2011: Valentina Ivanovna MatvienkoValentina MatviyenkoValentina Ivanovna Matviyenko , born 7 April 1949 in the Ukrainian SSR), is currently the highest-ranking female politician in Russia, the former governor of Saint Petersburg and the current Chairman of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation...
(born 1949) - 31 August 2011 – present: Georgy Sergeyevich PoltavchenkoGeorgy PoltavchenkoGeorgy Sergeyevich Poltavchenko was the Russian Presidential Envoy to the Central Federal District. He was assigned acting governor of Saint Petersburg in August 2011....
(born 1953)
See also
- Saint Petersburg City AdministrationSaint Petersburg City AdministrationSaint Petersburg City Administration is the superior executive body of Saint Petersburg , Russian Federation. It is located in a historic building, Smolny....
- List of heads of Moscow government