Russian leaders from 1721 to the present day

Russian leaders from 1721 to today. 

Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov is reported recently to have said that Vladimir has three ‘advisers’, among them is Catherine the Great.

Emperors of Russia (1721–1917) (Romanovs)

• Peter I the Great (October 22, 1721 — January 28, 1725)
• Catherine I (January 28, 1725 — May 6, 1727)
• Peter II (May 6, 1727 — January 19, 1730)
• Anna Ioannovna (February 4, 1730 — October 17, 1740)
• Ivan VI (October 17, 1740 — November 25, 1741)
• Elizabeth Petrovna (November 25, 1741 — December 25, 1761)
• Peter III (December 25, 1761 — June 28, 1762)
• Catherine II the Great (June 28, 1762 — November 6, 1796)
• Paul I (November 6, 1796 — March 11, 1801)
• Alexander I (March 12, 1801 — November 19, 1825)
• Nicholas I (November 19, actually from December 13, 1825 — February 18, 1855)
• Alexander II (February 18, 1855 — March 1, 1881)
• Alexander III (March 1, 1881 — October 20, 1894)
• Nicholas II (October 20, 1894 — March 2, 1917)

Chairmen of the Provisional Government (1917)

• Georgy Lvov (March 2 (15) — July 8 (21), 1917)
• Alexander Kerensky (July 8 (21) — October 25 (November 7), 1917)

Leaders of Soviet Russia (1917–1991)

• Vladimir Lenin (November 9, 1917 — January 21, 1924)
• Joseph Stalin (January 21, 1924 — March 5, 1953)
• Georgy Malenkov (March 5, 1953 — February 8, 1955)
• Nikita Khrushchev (February 8, 1955 — October 14, 1964)
• Leonid Brezhnev (October 14, 1964 — November 10, 1982)
• Yuri Andropov (November 12, 1982 — February 9, 1984)
• Konstantin Chernenko (February 13, 1984 — March 10, 1985)
• Mikhail Gorbachev (March 11, 1985 — December 25, 1991)

Presidents of Russia (1991–present)

• Boris Yeltsin (July 10, 1991 — December 31, 1999)
• Vladimir Putin (May 7, 2000 — May 7, 2008)
• Dmitry Medvedev (May 7, 2008 — May 7, 2012)
• Vladimir Putin (May 7, 2012 – Present)