Rulers: Russia
Administrative divisions
Note: Russia is divided on the one hand into 7 large federal districts (created in 2000) and on the other into 83 smaller entities (21 republics, 9 kraya, 46 oblasti, 2 federal cities, 1 autonomous oblast, and 4 autonomous okruga).
Federal districts
Dalnevostochny
Plenipotentiaries of the president
18 May 2000 - 14 Nov 2005 Konstantin Pulikovsky (b. 1948)
14 Nov 2005 - 5 Oct 2007 Kamil Iskhakov (b. 1949)
5 Oct 2007 - 30 Oct 2007 Oleg Antosenko (acting) (b. 1959)
30 Oct 2007 - Oleg Safonov (b. 1960)
Privolzhsky
Plenipotentiaries of the president
18 May 2000 - 14 Nov 2005 Sergey Kiriyenko (b. 1962)
14 Nov 2005 - 14 May 2008 Aleksandr Konovalov (b. 1968)
14 May 2008 - Grigory Rapota (b. 1944)
Severo-Zapadny
Plenipotentiaries of the president
18 May 2000 - 11 Mar 2003 Viktor Cherkesov (b. 1950)
11 Mar 2003 - 15 Oct 2003 Valentina Matvienko (f) (b. 1949)
15 Oct 2003 - 1 Nov 2003 Andrey Chernenko (acting) (b. 1953)
1 Nov 2003 - Ilya Klebanov (b. 1951)
Sibirsky
Plenipotentiaries of the president
18 May 2000 - 9 Sep 2004 Leonid Drachevsky (b. 1942)
9 Sep 2004 - Anatoly Kvashnin (b. 1946)
Tsentralny
Plenipotentiary of the president
18 May 2000 - Georgy Poltavchenko (b. 1953)
Uralsky
Plenipotentiary of the president
18 May 2000 - Pyotr Latyshev (b. 1948)
Yuzhny
Plenipotentiaries of the president
18 May 2000 - 9 Mar 2004 Viktor Kazantsev (b. 1946)
9 Mar 2004 - 13 Sep 2004 Vladimir Yakovlev (b. 1944)
13 Sep 2004 - 6 Oct 2007 Dmitry Kozak (b. 1958)
6 Oct 2007 - 14 May 2008 Grigory Rapota (b. 1944)
14 May 2008 - Vladimir Ustinov (b. 1953)
Republics
Adygeya
Presidents
17 Jan 1992 - 8 Feb 2002 Aslan Dzharimov (b. 1939)
8 Feb 2002 - 13 Jan 2007 Hazret Sovmen (b. 1937)
13 Jan 2007 - Aslan Tkhakushinov (b. 1947)
Prime ministers
19 Apr 1995 - 19 Feb 1997 Nikolay Pedan
19 Feb 1997 - Mar 2001 Mukharby Tkharkakhov (b. 1956)
Mar 2001 - 14 Feb 2002 Nikolay Avdienko (b. 1948)
(acting to 19 Apr 2001)
14 Feb 2002 - 6 Mar 2002 Hazret Huade (1st time) (acting) (b. 1949)
6 Mar 2002 - 24 Jan 2003 Nikolay Demchuk (b. 1949)
24 Jan 2003 - 20 Aug 2003 Gennady Mikichura (b. 1951)
20 Aug 2003 - 27 Aug 2004 Hazret Huade (2nd time) (s.a.)
17 Nov 2004 - 30 Dec 2004 Skhatby Vorokov (acting) (b. 1946)
30 Dec 2004 - 30 May 2006 Asfar Khagur (b. 1960)
30 May 2006 - 16 Sep 2006 Yevgeny Kovalev (acting) (b. 1962)
16 Sep 2006 - 15 Jan 2007 Kazbek Paranuk (acting) (b. 1948)
15 Jan 2007 - 12 May 2008 Vladimir Samozhenkov (b. 1950)
(acting to 17 Jan 2007)
12 May 2008 - Murat Kumpilov (b. 1973)
(acting to 28 May 2008)
Altay
Chairmen of the State Council
27 Mar 1990 - 30 Jan 1997 Valery Chaptynov (b. 1945 - d. 1997)
(chairman Supreme Council to 1 Feb 1994)
12 Feb 1997 - 19 Aug 1997 Vladilen Volkov (b. 1939)
Heads of the Republic, Chairmen of the Government
19 Aug 1997 - 13 Jan 1998 Vladilen Volkov (s.a.)
13 Jan 1998 - 19 Jan 2002 Semyon Zubakin (b. 1952)
19 Jan 2002 - 20 Jan 2006 Mikhail Lapshin (b. 1934 - d. 2006)
20 Jan 2006 - Aleksandr Berdnikov (b. 1953)
Prime ministers
6 Feb 1992 - 30 Jan 1997 Vladimir Petrov (b. 1942)
30 Jan 1997 - 10 Aug 1997 Valery Chaptynov (s.a.)
Bashkortostan
President
7 Apr 1990 - Murtaza Rakhimov (b. 1934)
(chairman Supreme Council to Dec 1993)
Prime ministers
Jan 1986 - Nov 1992 Marat Mirgazyamov (b. 1942)
Nov 1992 - Jul 1994 Anatoly Kopsov (b. 1942)
Jul 1994 - 12 Jan 1999 Rim Bakiyev (b. 1939)
(acting to 12 Oct 1994)
12 Jan 1999 - 10 Apr 2008 Rafael Baidavletov (b. 1943)
10 Apr 2008 - Rail Sarbayev (b. 1962)
Buryatia
Presidents
21 Oct 1991 - 9 Jul 2007 Leonid Potapov (b. 1935)
(chairman Supreme Council to Jul 1994)
10 Jul 2007 - Vyacheslav Nagovitsyn (b. 1956)
Prime minister
1990 - 1994 Vladimir Saganov (b. 1936 - d. 1999)
Chechnya: see under main entry of Russia.
Chuvashia
Chairmen of the Supreme Soviet
1988 - Aug 1991 Anatoly Leontiev (b. 1937)
(chairman Presidium of the Supreme Soviet to Apr 1990)
Aug 1991 - 21 Jan 1994 Eduard Kubarev (b. 1939)
President
21 Jan 1994 - Nikolay Fyodorov (b. 1958)
Prime ministers
1988?- 1992 Nikolay Zaitsev (b. 1942)
1992 - Dec 1993 Valeryan Viktorov (b. 1951)
Jan 1994 - 19 Jan 1998 Enver Ablyakimov (1st time) (b. 1948)
19 Jan 1998 - 27 Jul 1998 Lev Kurakov (b. 1943)
16 Oct 1998 - 8 Oct 2001 Enver Ablyakimov (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting to 21 Dec 1998)
18 Dec 2001 - 23 Apr 2004 Natalya Partasova (f) (b. 1957)
(acting to 18 Jan 2002)
23 Apr 2004 - Sergey Gaplikov (b. 1970)
(acting to 27 Apr 2004)
Dagestan
Chairman of the State Council
Aug 1987 - 20 Feb 2006 Magomedali Magomedov (b. 1930)
(chairman Presidium of the Supreme Soviet to 24 Apr 1990,
chairman Supreme Council 24 Apr 1990 - 26 Jul 1994)
President
20 Feb 2006 - Mukhu Aliyev (b. 1940)
Prime ministers
1987 - 20 Aug 1997 Abdurazak Mirzabekov (b. 1938)
20 Aug 1997 - 13 Oct 2004 Khizri Shikhsaidov (b. 1947)
(acting to 26 Aug 1997)
13 Oct 2004 - 6 Mar 2006 Atay Aliyev (b. 1954)
(acting to 14 Oct 2004)
6 Mar 2006 - Shamil Zaynalov (b. 1946)
Ingushetia
Heads of the Provisional Administration
28 Nov 1992 - 21 Dec 1992 Ruslan Aushev (b. 1954)
Dec 1992 - 9 Mar 1993 Magomed Sultygov (acting) (b. 1944)
Presidents
9 Mar 1993 - 28 Dec 2001 Ruslan Aushev (s.a.)
28 Dec 2001 - 23 May 2002 Akhmed Malsagov (interim) (b. 1960)
23 May 2002 - 30 Oct 2008 Murat Zyazikov (b. 1957)
30 Oct 2008 - Yunus-Bek Yevkurov (b. 1963)
(acting to 31 Oct 2008)
Prime ministers
Mar 1993 - Jul 1993 Ruslan Tatiyev
Jul 1993 - Mar 1994 Tamerlan Didigov
Mar 1994 - Dec 1996 Mukharbek Didigov (b. 1952)
Dec 1996 - Aug 1998 Belan Khamchiyev (b. 1960)
Aug 1998 - 25 Nov 1999 Magomet-Bashir Darsigov
25 Nov 1999 - 15 Jun 2002 Akhmed Malsagov (s.a.)
15 Jun 2002 - 26 Aug 2002 Sultan Gireyev (acting) (b. 1947)
26 Aug 2002 - 19 Jun 2003 Viktor Aleksentsev (b. 1948)
(acting to 30 Sep 2002)
19 Jun 2003 - 30 Jun 2005 Timur Mogushkov (b. 1962)
30 Jun 2005 - 12 Mar 2008 Ibragim Malsagov (b. 1961)
12 Mar 2008 - 14 Mar 2008 Khava Yevloyeva (f) (acting) (b. 1954)
14 Mar 2008 - 13 Nov 2008 Kharun Dzeytov (b. 1951)
13 Nov 2008 - Rashid Gaysanov (b. 1972)
Kabardino-Balkariya
Chairmen of the Supreme Soviet
30 Mar 1990 - Sep 1991 Valery Kokov (b. 1941 - d. 2005)
Sep 1991 - 9 Jan 1992 Khachim Karmokov (b. 1941)
Presidents
9 Jan 1992 - 28 Sep 2005 Valery Kokov (s.a.)
28 Sep 2005 - Arsen Kanokov (b. 1957)
Prime ministers
Sep 1991 - Jan 1997 Georgy Cherkesov (b. 1938)
Jan 1997 - 2 Feb 2004 Khusein Chechenov (b. 1942)
2 Feb 2004 - 19 Jun 2006 Gennady Gubin (b. 1944)
(acting to 3 Feb 2004)
19 Jun 2006 - 22 Jun 2006 Anuar Chechenov (acting) (b. 1950)
22 Jun 2006 - Andrey Yarin (b. 1970)
Kalmykia
Feb 1992 - 10 Feb 1996 Kalmykia-Khalmg Tangch
Chairmen of the Supreme Soviet
1990 - 1992 Vladimir Basanov (b. 1948)
1992 - 23 Apr 1993 Ilya Bugdayev (b. 1938)
President (from 24 Oct 2005, Head of the Republic)
23 Apr 1993 - Kirsan Ilyumzhinov (b. 1962)
Prime ministers
1990 - 1992 Batyr Mikhailov (b. 1941)
1992 - 1993 Maksim Mukubenov (b. 1940)
8 Nov 1995 - 16 Feb 1998 Valery Bogdanov (b. 1941)
2 Nov 1998 - 17 Jan 1999 Viktor Baturin (b. 1956)
18 Feb 1999 - 16 Aug 1999 Rafail Metrikin
(acting to 29 Apr 1999)
16 Aug 1999 - 4 Jan 2003 Aleksandr Dorzhdeyev (b. 1958)
(acting to 27 Aug 1999)
4 Jan 2003 - 19 Dec 2003 Kirsan Ilyumzhinov (s.a.)
19 Dec 2003 - 5 Dec 2007 Anatoly Kozachko (b. 1949)
(acting to 23 Dec 2003)
5 Dec 2007 - Vladimir Sengleyev (b. 1967)
(acting to 12 Dec 2007)
Karachayevo-Cherkessia
Heads of the Republic (from Sep 2000, presidents)
13 Jan 1992 - 24 May 1999 Vladimir Khubiyev (b. 1932 - d. 2004)
24 May 1999 - 24 Jul 1999 Igor Ivanov (acting) (b. 1937)
24 Jul 1999 - 14 Sep 1999 Valentin Vlasov (acting) (b. 1946)
14 Sep 1999 - 4 Sep 2003 Vladimir Semyonov (b. 1950)
4 Sep 2003 - 4 Sep 2008 Mustafa Batdyev (b. 1950)
4 Sep 2008 - Boris Ebzeyev (b. 1950)
Prime ministers
22 Mar 1990 - 1995 Vladimir Khubiyev (s.a.)
Sep 1995 - 24 May 1999 Anatoly Ozov (b. 1942)
Oct 1999 - 27 Oct 2000 Vasily Neshchadimov (b. 1949)
27 Oct 2000 - 6 Sep 2003 Alik Kardanov (1st time) (b. 1954)
6 Sep 2003 - 19 Jan 2005 Ruslan Kazanokov (b. 1958)
(acting to 26 Sep 2003)
19 Jan 2005 - 17 Sep 2008 Alik Kardanov (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting to 28 Jan 2005)
17 Sep 2008 - Vladimir Kaishev (b. 1954)
Karelia
Chairmen of the government
1989 - 17 May 1998 Viktor Stepanov (b. 1947)
(chairman Presidium of the Supreme Soviet to 18 Apr 1990,
chairman Supreme Council 18 Apr 1990 - 17 May 1994)
17 May 1998 - 12 May 2002 Sergey Katanandov (b. 1955)
Head of the Republic
12 May 2002 - Sergey Katanandov (s.a.)
Prime ministers
1989 - 1994 Sergey Blinnikov (b. 1945)
1 Jan 2003 - Pavel Chernov (b. 1950)
Khakassia
Chairman of the Supreme Council
4 Feb 1992 - 9 Jan 1997 Vladimir Shtygashev (b. 1939)
President
9 Jan 1997 - Aleksey Lebed (b. 1955)
Komi
Heads of the Republic
25 Apr 1990 - 15 Jan 2002 Yury Spiridonov (b. 1938)
(chairman Supreme Council to 7 Jun 1994)
15 Jan 2002 - Vladimir Torlopov (b. 1949)
Prime minister
1987 - 1994 Vyacheslav Khudyayev (b. 1946)
Mari El
Presidents
22 Aug 1991 - 14 Jan 1997 Vladislav Zotin (b. 1942)
(chairman Supreme Council to 24 Dec 1991)
14 Jan 1997 - 14 Jan 2001 Vyacheslav Kislitsyn (b. 1948)
14 Jan 2001 - Leonid Markelov (b. 1963)
Mordovia
Chairman of the Supreme Council
Aug 1991 - Jan 1992 Nikolay Biryukov (1st time) (b. 1944)
President
Jan 1992 - Apr 1993 Vasily Guslyannikov (b. 1949)
Chairman of the Supreme Council
Apr 1993 - 24 Jan 1995 Nikolay Biryukov (2nd time) (s.a.)
Head of the Republic
24 Jan 1995 - Nikolay Merkushkin (b. 1951)
(chairman State Council to 22 Sep 1995)
Prime ministers
Apr 1993 - Sep 1995 Valery Shvestov (b. 1939 - d. 1995)
Oct 1995 - Vladimir Volkov (b. 1954)
North Ossetia-Alania
Presidents
21 Mar 1990 - 30 Jan 1998 Akhsarbek Galazov (b. 1929)
(chairman Supreme Council to 21 Jan 1994)
30 Jan 1998 - 7 Jun 2005 Aleksandr Dzasokhov (b. 1934)
Head of the Republic
7 Jun 2005 - Taimuraz Mamsurov (b. 1954)
Prime ministers
Feb 1995 - 5 Feb 1998 Yury Biragov (b. 1938)
5 Feb 1998 - Oct 2000 Taimuraz Mamsurov (s.a.)
Oct 2000 - 19 Feb 2002 Kazbek Karginov (acting)
19 Feb 2002 - 10 Sep 2004 Mikhail Shatalov (b. 1942)
10 Sep 2004 - 11 Jun 2005 Alan Boradzov (b. 1957 - d. 2007)
11 Jun 2005 - 29 Aug 2006 Aleksandr Merkulov (b. 1954)
1 Dec 2005 - 200. Oleg Khatsayev (b. 1963)
(acting for Merkulov)
29 Aug 2006 - 6 Sep 2006 Oleg Khatsayev (acting) (s.a.)
6 Sep 2006 - Nikolay Khlyntsov (b. 1948)
Sakha
Presidents
1989 - 27 Jan 2002 Mikhail Nikolayev (b. 1937)
(chairman Presidium of the Supreme Soviet to 25 Apr 1990,
chairman Supreme Council 25 Apr 1990 - 27 Dec 1991)
27 Jan 2002 - Vyacheslav Shtyrov (b. 1953)
Prime ministers
Jan 1991 - Dec 1991 Kliment Ivanov (b. 1936)
Jan 1992 - May 1993 Mikhail Nikolayev (s.a.)
May 1993 - Dec 1994 Vyacheslav Shtyrov (s.a.)
Dec 1994 - 14 Jan 1997 Yury Kaidyshev (b. 1940)
14 Jan 1997 - Feb 1998 Valentin Fyodorov (b. 1939)
Feb 1998 - 8 Feb 2002 Vasily Vlasov (b. 1945)
8 Feb 2002 - 6 Feb 2003 Semyon Nazarov (b. 1953)
6 Feb 2003 - Yegor Borisov (b. 1954)
Tatarstan
President
11 Apr 1990 - Mintimer Shaimiyev (b. 1937)
(chairman Supreme Council to Jun 1991)
Prime ministers
1989 - 17 Jan 1995 Mukhammat Sabirov (b. 1932)
17 Jan 1995 - 27 May 1998 Farid Mukhametshin (b. 1947)
10 Jul 1998 - Rustam Minnikhanov (b. 1957)
Tuva
Chairman of the Supreme Council
2 Oct 1991 - Mar 1992 Kaadyr-ool Bicheldey (b. 1950)
President
Mar 1992 - 11 Apr 2002 Sherig-ool Oorzhak (b. 1942)
Chairmen of the government
11 Apr 2002 - 6 Apr 2007 Sherig-ool Oorzhak (s.a.)
6 Apr 2007 - Sholban Kara-ool (b. 1966)
Prime minister
Apr 1990 - Mar 1992 Sherig-ool Oorzhak (s.a.)
Udmurtia
Chairman of the Supreme Council
1990 - 1995 Valentin Tubylov (b. 1935)
President
19 Apr 1995 - Aleksandr Volkov (b. 1951)
(chairman State Council to 3 Nov 2000)
Prime ministers
1990 - 1993 Nikolay Mironov (b. 1936)
26 Jun 1993 - 26 Apr 1995 Aleksandr Volkov (s.a.)
26 Apr 1995 - 23 Apr 1999 Pavel Vershinin (b. 1949)
23 Apr 1999 - Oct 2000 Nikolay Ganza (b. 1946)
Oct 2000 - Yury Pitkevich (b. 1951)
(acting to 28 Nov 2000)
Kraya (regions)
Altay
Heads of the administration
8 Oct 1991 - 20 Jan 1994 Vladimir Raifikesht (b. 1951)
20 Jan 1994 - Dec 1996 Lev Korshunov (b. 1946)
Dec 1996 - 14 Apr 2004 Aleksandr Surikov (b. 1940)
14 Apr 2004 - 7 Aug 2005 Mikhail Yevdokimov (b. 1957 - d. 2005)
7 Aug 2005 - 25 Aug 2005 Mikhail Kozlov (acting) (b. 1951)
25 Aug 2005 - Aleksandr Karlin (b. 1951)
Kamchatka
1 Jul 2007 formed by merger of Kamchatka oblast and Koryak
autonomous okrug
Governor
2 Jul 2007 - Aleksey Kuzmitsky (b. 1967)
Kamchatka oblast
Head of the administration (from Dec 1996, governors)
16 Nov 1991 - 28 Dec 2000 Vladimir Biryukov (b. 1933)
28 Dec 2000 - 23 May 2007 Mikhail Mashkovtsev (b. 1947)
23 May 2007 - 30 Jun 2007 Aleksey Kuzmitsky (acting) (s.a.)
Koryak autonomous okrug (Koryakia)
Head of the administration
16 Nov 1991 - 26 Nov 1996 Sergey Leushkin (b. 1950)
Governors
26 Nov 1996 - 16 Dec 2000 Valentina Bronevich (f) (b. 1956)
16 Dec 2000 - 9 Mar 2005 Vladimir Loginov (b. 1960)
9 Mar 2005 - 30 Jun 2007 Oleg Kozhemyako (acting) (b. 1962)
Khabarovsk
Head of the administration
24 Oct 1991 - Viktor Ishayev (b. 1948)
Krasnodar
Heads of the administration
Aug 1991 - 26 Nov 1992 Vasily Dyakonov (b. 1946)
Dec 1992 - 2 Aug 1994 Nikolay Yegorov (1st time) (b. 1951 - d. 1997)
2 Aug 1994 - 15 Jul 1996 Yevgeny Kharitonov (b. 1946)
15 Jul 1996 - 5 Jan 1997 Nikolay Yegorov (2nd time) (s.a.)
5 Jan 1997 - 5 Jan 2001 Nikolay Kondratenko (b. 1940)
5 Jan 2001 - Aleksandr Tkachev (b. 1960)
Krasnoyarsk
Heads of the administration
Jan 1992 - 27 Jan 1993 Arkady Veprev (b. 1927 - d. 2006)
27 Jan 1993 - 5 Jun 1998 Valery Zubov (b. 1953)
5 Jun 1998 - 28 Apr 2002 Aleksandr Lebed (b. 1950 - d. 2002)
28 Apr 2002 - 3 Oct 2002 Nikolay Ashlapov (acting) (b. 1962)
3 Oct 2002 - Aleksandr Khloponin (b. 1965)
(acting to 17 Oct 2002)
Evenkia
1 Jan 2007 Evenkia autonomous okrug merged into Krasnoyarsk kray
Heads of the administration
18 Dec 1991 - 4 Apr 1997 Anatoly Yakimov (b. 1949)
4 Apr 1997 - Apr 2001 Aleksandr Bokovikov (b. 1956)
Apr 2001 - 31 Dec 2006 Boris Zolotarev (b. 1953)
Taymyr
1 Jan 2007 Taymyr autonomous okrug merged into Krasnoyarsk kray
Heads of the administration
18 Dec 1991 - 21 Feb 2001 Gennady Nedelin (b. 1938)
21 Feb 2001 - 10 Oct 2002 Aleksandr Khloponin (b. 1965)
10 Oct 2002 - 17 Feb 2003 Sergey Nauman (acting) (b. 1972)
17 Feb 2003 - 31 Dec 2006 Oleg Budargin (b. 1960)
Perm
1 Dec 2005 formed by merger of Perm oblast and Komi-Permyak
autonomous okrug
Governor
1 Dec 2005 - Oleg Chirkunov (b. 1958)
Perm oblast
Heads of the administration
24 Dec 1991 - 12 Jan 1996 Boris Kuznetsov (b. 1935)
12 Jan 1996 - 14 Dec 2000 Gennady Igumnov (b. 1936)
14 Dec 2000 - 11 Mar 2004 Yury Trutnev (b. 1956)
11 Mar 2004 - 12 Mar 2004 Anatoly Temkin (acting) (b. 1955)
12 Mar 2004 - 1 Dec 2005 Oleg Chirkunov (acting) (s.a.)
Komi-Permyak autonomous okrug
Heads of the administration
14 Dec 1991 - Dec 2000 Nikolay Poluyanov (b. 1952)
Dec 2000 - 1 Dec 2005 Gennady Savelyev (b. 1945)
Primorsky
Heads of the administration (from Dec 1995, governors)
1991 - 24 May 1993 Vladimir Kuznetsov (b. 1954)
24 May 1993 - 5 Feb 2001 Yevgeny Nazdratenko (b. 1949)
5 Feb 2001 - 13 Feb 2001 Konstantin Tolstoshein (1st time) (b. 1952)
(acting)
13 Feb 2001 - 26 Apr 2001 Valentin Dubinin (acting) (b. 1946)
26 Apr 2001 - 7 May 2001 Igor Belchuk (acting) (b. 1947)
7 May 2001 - 25 Jun 2001 Konstantin Tolstoshein (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting)
25 Jun 2001 - Sergey Darkin (b. 1963)
Stavropol
Heads of the administration
24 Oct 1991 - 20 Jul 1995 Yevgeny Kuznetsov (b. 1938 - d. 2005)
20 Jul 1995 - Nov 1996 Pyotr Marchenko (b. 1948)
Governors
Nov 1996 - 16 May 2008 Aleksandr Chernogorov (b. 1959)
16 May 2008 - Valery Gayevsky (b. 1958)
(acting to 23 May 2008)
Zabaikalsky
1 Mar 2008 formed by merger of Chita oblast and Agin-Buryat
autonomous okrug
Governor
1 Mar 2008 - Ravil Geniatullin (b. 1955)
Chita oblast
Heads of the administration
30 Nov 1991 - 1 Feb 1996 Boris Ivanov (b. 1941)
1 Feb 1996 - 29 Feb 2008 Ravil Geniatullin (s.a.)
Agin-Buryat autonomous okrug
Heads of the administration
26 Dec 1991 - 13 Jan 1996 Gurodarma Tsedashiyev (b. 1954)
13 Jan 1996 - Feb 1997 Bolot Ayushiyev (b. 1949)
Feb 1997 - 29 Feb 2008 Bair Zhamsuyev (b. 1959)
Oblasti (provinces)
Amur
Heads of the administration
Oct 1991 - Apr 1993 Albert Krivchenko (b. 1935)
Apr 1993 - 5 Oct 1993 Aleksandr Surat (b. 1947)
5 Oct 1993 - 3 Dec 1994 Vladimir Polevanov (b. 1949)
(acting to 18 Dec 1993)
3 Dec 1994 - 3 Jun 1996 Vladimir Dyachenko (b. 1948)
3 Jun 1996 - Mar 1997 Yury Lyashko (b. 1943)
Mar 1997 - 21 Apr 2001 Anatoly Belonogov (b. 1939)
21 Apr 2001 - 10 May 2007 Leonid Korotkov (b. 1965)
10 May 2007 - 1 Jun 2007 Aleksandr Nesterenko (acting) (b. 1947)
1 Jun 2007 - 16 Oct 2008 Nikolay Kolesov (b. 1956)
16 Oct 2008 - Oleg Kozhemyako (b. 1962)
(acting to 20 Oct 2008)
Arkhangelsk
Heads of the administration
19 Sep 1991 - 21 Feb 1996 Pavel Balakshin (b. 1936)
21 Feb 1996 - 4 Mar 1996 Valentin Vlasov (acting) (b. 1946)
4 Mar 1996 - 14 Apr 2004 Anatoly Yefremov (b. 1952)
14 Apr 2004 - 18 Apr 2008 Nikolay Kiselyov (b. 1950)
18 Apr 2008 - Ilya Mikhalchuk (b. 1957)
Astrakhan
Heads of the administration
28 Aug 1991 - 17 Aug 2004 Anatoly Guzhvin (b. 1946 - d. 2004)
17 Aug 2004 - 2 Nov 2004 Aleksandr Zhilkin (1st time) (b. 1959)
(acting)
2 Nov 2004 - 23 Dec 2004 Aleksandr Glazkov (acting) (b. 1951)
23 Dec 2004 - Aleksandr Zhilkin (2nd time) (s.a.)
Belgorod
Heads of the administration
30 Nov 1991 - 11 Oct 1993 Viktor Berestovoy (b. 1948)
11 Oct 1993 - Yevgeny Savchenko (b. 1950)
(acting to 18 Dec 1993)
Bryansk
Heads of the administration
14 Dec 1991 - Apr 1993 Vladimir Barabanov (1st time) (b. 1951)
(acting to 22 Jan 1992)
Apr 1993 - 25 Sep 1993 Yury Lodkin (1st time) (b. 1938)
25 Sep 1993 - 16 Aug 1995 Vladimir Karpov (b. 1948)
(acting to 18 Dec 1993)
16 Aug 1995 - 29 May 1996 Vladimir Barabanov (2nd time) (s.a.)
19 Jun 1996 - Dec 1996 Aleksandr Semernev (b. 1958)
Dec 1996 - 28 Dec 2004 Yury Lodkin (2nd time) (s.a.)
28 Dec 2004 - Nikolay Denin (b. 1958)
Chelyabinsk
Heads of the administration
24 Oct 1991 - 5 Jan 1997 Vadim Solovyev (b. 1947)
5 Jan 1997 - Pyotr Sumin (b. 1946)
Irkutsk
Head of the administration (from Mar 1994, governors)
19 Sep 1991 - May 1997 Yury Nozhikov (b. 1934)
May 1997 - 21 Aug 1997 Vitaly Ivanov (acting) (b. 1946)
21 Aug 1997 - 8 Sep 2005 Boris Govorin (b. 1947)
8 Sep 2005 - 15 Apr 2008 Aleksandr Tishanin (b. 1966)
15 Apr 2008 - Igor Yesipovsky (acting) (b. 1960)
Ust-Ordynsky Buryat autonomous okrug
1 Jan 2008 merged into Irkutsk oblast
Heads of the administration
26 Dec 1991 - Nov 1996 Aleksey Batagayev (b. 1950)
Nov 1996 - 26 Jan 2007 Valery Maleyev (b. 1964)
26 Jan 2007 - 31 Dec 2007 Aleksandr Tishanin (b. 1966)
Ivanovo
Heads of the administration
24 Dec 1991 - 23 Jan 1996 Adolf Laptev (b. 1935 - d. 2005)
1 Feb 1996 - Dec 2000 Vladislav Tikhomirov (b. 1939)
Dec 2000 - 23 Dec 2005 Vladimir Tikhonov (b. 1947)
23 Dec 2005 - Mikhail Men (b. 1960)
Kaliningrad
Heads of the administration
25 Sep 1991 - Oct 1996 Yury Matochkin (b. 1931 - d. 2006)
Oct 1996 - 9 Dec 2000 Leonid Gorbenko (b. 1939)
9 Dec 2000 - 28 Sep 2005 Vladimir Yegorov (b. 1938)
28 Sep 2005 - Georgy Boos (b. 1963)
Kaluga
Heads of the administration
25 Sep 1991 - 22 Jan 1996 Aleksandr Deryagin (b. 1941)
22 Jan 1996 - 7 Mar 1996 Viktor Pakhno (acting) (b. 1938)
7 Mar 1996 - Nov 1996 Oleg Savchenko (b. 1948)
Governors
Nov 1996 - 18 Nov 2000 Valery Sudarenkov (b. 1940)
18 Nov 2000 - Anatoly Artamonov (b. 1952)
Kemerovo
Heads of the administration
27 Aug 1991 - 1 Jul 1997 Mikhail Kislyuk (b. 1951)
1 Jul 1997 - Feb 2001 Aman Tuleyev (1st time) (b. 1944)
Feb 2001 - 4 May 2001 Valentin Mazikin (acting) (b. 1945)
4 May 2001 - Aman Tuleyev (2nd time) (s.a.)
Kirov
Head of the administration
11 Dec 1991 - Oct 1996 Vasily Desyatnikov (b. 1942)
Governors
Oct 1996 - 14 Jan 2004 Vladimir Sergeyenkov (b. 1938)
14 Jan 2004 - Nikolay Shaklein (b. 1943)
Kostroma
Heads of the administration
14 Dec 1991 - 5 Jan 1997 Valery Arbuzov (b. 1939)
5 Jan 1997 - 20 Sep 2007 Viktor Shershunov (b. 1950 - d. 2007)
20 Sep 2007 - 25 Oct 2007 Yury Tsikunov (acting) (b. 1947)
25 Oct 2007 - Igor Slyunyayev (b. 1966)
Kurgan
Heads of the administration
24 Dec 1991 - 15 Aug 1995 Valentin Gerasimov (b. 1940)
15 Aug 1995 - Dec 1996 Anatoly Sobolev (b. 1940)
Dec 1996 - Oleg Bogomolov (b. 1950)
Kursk
Heads of the administration
11 Dec 1991 - Oct 1996 Vasily Shuteyev (b. 1942)
Oct 1996 - 18 Nov 2000 Aleksandr Rutskoy (b. 1945)
18 Nov 2000 - Aleksandr Mikhailov (b. 1951)
Leningrad
Governors
20 Oct 1991 - Sep 1996 Aleksandr Belyakov (b. 1945)
Sep 1996 - 18 Sep 1998 Vadim Gustov (b. 1948)
18 Sep 1998 - Valery Serdyukov (b. 1945)
(acting to Sep 1999)
Lipetsk
Heads of the administration
23 Oct 1991 - 23 Dec 1992 Gennady Kuptsov (b. 1940)
Dec 1992 - Apr 1993 Vladimir Zaitsev (b. 1951)
Apr 1993 - Apr 1998 Mikhail Narolin (b. 1933)
Apr 1998 - Oleg Korolev (b. 1952)
Magadan
Head of the administration
24 Oct 1991 - Nov 1996 Viktor Mikhailov (b. 1936)
Governors
Nov 1996 - 18 Oct 2002 Valentin Tsvetkov (b. 1948 - d. 2002)
18 Oct 2002 - Nikolay Dudov (b. 1952)
(acting to 28 Feb 2003)
Moscow
Heads of the administration
16 Oct 1991 - 6 Jan 2000 Anatoly Tyazhlov (b. 1942 - d. 2008)
6 Jan 2000 - 9 Jan 2000 Vasily Golubev (acting) (b. 1957)
Governor
9 Jan 2000 - Boris Gromov (b. 1943)
Murmansk
Heads of the administration (from Dec 1997, governor)
10 Nov 1991 - 7 Dec 1996 Yevgeny Komarov (b. 1942)
7 Dec 1996 - Yury Yevdokimov (b. 1946)
Nizhny Novgorod
Head of the administration (from Dec 1995, governors)
30 Nov 1991 - Mar 1997 Boris Nemtsov (b. 1959)
Mar 1997 - Jul 1997 Yury Lebedev (acting) (b. 1951)
Jul 1997 - 8 Aug 2001 Ivan Sklyarov (b. 1948 - d. 2007)
8 Aug 2001 - 8 Aug 2005 Gennady Khodyrev (b. 1942)
8 Aug 2005 - Valery Shantsev (b. 1947)
Novgorod
Heads of the administration
24 Oct 1991 - 3 Aug 2007 Mikhail Prusak (b. 1960)
3 Aug 2007 - Sergey Mitin (b. 1951)
(acting to 7 Aug 2007)
Novosibirsk
Heads of the administration
26 Nov 1991 - 5 Oct 1993 Vitaly Mukha (1st time) (b. 1936 - d. 2005)
Oct 1993 - Dec 1995 Ivan Indinok (b. 1938)
Dec 1995 - 17 Jan 2000 Vitaly Mukha (2nd time) (s.a.)
Governor
17 Jan 2000 - Viktor Tolokonsky (b. 1953)
Omsk
Head of the administration (from Dec 1995, governor)
11 Nov 1991 - Leonid Polezhayev (b. 1940)
Orenburg
Heads of the administration
24 Oct 1991 - 29 Dec 1999 Vladimir Yelagin (b. 1955)
29 Dec 1999 - Aleksey Chernyshev (b. 1939)
Oryol
Heads of the administration
Dec 1991 - Apr 1993 Nikolay Yudin (b. 1938)
Apr 1993 - Yegor Stroyev (b. 1937)
Penza
Heads of the administration
24 Oct 1991 - Apr 1993 Aleksandr Kondratyev
Apr 1993 - Apr 1998 Anatoly Kovlyagin (b. 1938)
Apr 1998 - Vasily Bochkarev (b. 1949)
Pskov
Heads of the administration
Oct 1991 - 22 May 1992 Anatoly Dobryakov (b. 1939)
22 May 1992 - Nov 1996 Vladislav Tumanov (b. 1958)
Nov 1996 - 17 Dec 2004 Yevgeny Mikhailov (b. 1963)
17 Dec 2004 - Mikhail Kuznetsov (b. 1968)
Rostov
Head of the administration
8 Oct 1991 - Vladimir Chub (b. 1948)
Ryazan
Heads of the administration
25 Sep 1991 - 25 Jan 1994 Lev Bashmakov (b. 1938)
25 Jan 1994 - 15 Oct 1996 Gennady Merkulov (b. 1940)
15 Oct 1996 - 6 Jan 1997 Igor Ivlev (acting) (b. 1941)
6 Jan 1997 - 12 Apr 2004 Vyacheslav Lyubimov (b. 1947)
12 Apr 2004 - 12 Apr 2008 Georgy Shpak (b. 1943)
12 Apr 2008 - Oleg Kovalev (b. 1948)
Sakhalin
Heads of the administration (from Oct 1996, governors)
Oct 1991 - 8 Apr 1993 Valentin Fyodorov (b. 1939)
1993 - 24 Apr 1995 Yevgeny Krasnoyarov (b. 1939)
24 Apr 1995 - 20 Aug 2003 Igor Farkhutdinov (b. 1950 - d. 2003)
20 Aug 2003 - 7 Aug 2007 Ivan Malakhov (b. 1953)
(acting to 30 Dec 2003)
7 Aug 2007 - Aleksandr Khoroshavin (b. 1959)
(acting to 11 Aug 2007)
Samara
Heads of the administration
31 Aug 1991 - 6 Apr 2000 Konstantin Titov (1st time) (b. 1944)
6 Apr 2000 - 9 Jul 2000 Yury Logoido (acting) (b. 1938)
9 Jul 2000 - 27 Aug 2007 Konstantin Titov (2nd time) (s.a.)
27 Aug 2007 - Vladimir Artyakov (b. 1959)
(acting to 29 Aug 2007)
Saratov
Heads of the administration (from Sep 1996, governors)
25 Feb 1992 - 21 Feb 1996 Yury Belykh (b. 1941)
(acting to 30 Jun 1992)
21 Feb 1996 - 15 Apr 1996 Leonid Vashchenkov (acting) (b. 1933)
15 Apr 1996 - 5 Apr 2005 Dmitry Ayatskov (b. 1950)
5 Apr 2005 - Pavel Ipatov (b. 1950)
Smolensk
Heads of the administration
Oct 1991 - Apr 1993 Valery Fateyev (b. 1946)
Apr 1993 - May 1998 Anatoly Glushenkov (b. 1942)
May 1998 - 7 Jun 2002 Aleksandr Prokhorov (b. 1953)
7 Jun 2002 - 19 Dec 2007 Viktor Maslov (b. 1950)
19 Dec 2007 - Sergey Antufyev (b. 1955)
(acting to 24 Dec 2007)
Sverdlovsk
Heads of the administration
16 Oct 1991 - 10 Nov 1993 Eduard Rossel (b. 1937)
10 Nov 1993 - 6 Jan 1994 Valery Trushnikov (acting) (b. 1950 - d. 2008)
6 Jan 1994 - Aug 1995 Aleksey Strakhov (b. 1942)
Governor
Aug 1995 - Eduard Rossel (s.a.)
Tambov
Heads of the administration
11 Dec 1991 - 24 Mar 1995 Vladimir Babenko (b. 1931 - d. 1996)
Mar 1995 - Dec 1995 Oleg Betin (1st time) (b. 1950)
Dec 1995 - Dec 1999 Aleksandr Ryabov (b. 1936)
Dec 1999 - Oleg Betin (2nd time) (s.a.)
Tomsk
Head of the administration (from Dec 1995, governor)
20 Oct 1991 - Viktor Kress (b. 1948)
Tula
Heads of the administration
20 Oct 1991 - 31 Mar 1997 Nikolay Sevryugin (b. 1939 - d. 2002)
31 Mar 1997 - 29 Apr 2005 Vasily Starodubtsev (b. 1931)
29 Apr 2005 - Vyacheslav Dudka (b. 1960)
Tver
Head of the administration
Oct 1991 - Dec 1995 Vladimir Suslov (b. 1939)
Governors
Dec 1995 - 30 Dec 2003 Vladimir Platov (b. 1946)
30 Dec 2003 - Dmitry Zelenin (b. 1962)
Tyumen
Heads of the administration
27 Sep 1991 - 12 Feb 1993 Yury Shafranik (b. 1952)
12 Feb 1993 - 26 Jan 2001 Leonid Roketsky (b. 1942)
26 Jan 2001 - 14 Nov 2005 Sergey Sobyanin (b. 1958)
14 Nov 2005 - 24 Nov 2005 Sergey Smetanyuk (acting) (b. 1962)
24 Nov 2005 - Vladimir Yakushev (b. 1968)
Ulyanovsk
Heads of the administration
24 Oct 1991 - 9 Jan 1992 Valentin Malafeyev (b. 1938)
9 Jan 1992 - 6 Jan 2001 Yury Goryachev (b. 1938)
6 Jan 2001 - 22 Nov 2004 Vladimir Shamanov (b. 1957)
22 Nov 2004 - 14 Jan 2005 Mariya Bolshakova (f) (acting) (b. 1947)
14 Jan 2005 - Sergey Morozov (b. 1959)
Vladimir
Heads of the administration
25 Sep 1991 - Dec 1996 Yury Vlasov (b. 1961)
Dec 1996 - Nikolay Vinogradov (b. 1947)
Volgograd
Heads of the administration
19 Sep 1991 - 6 Jan 1997 Ivan Shabunin (b. 1935 - d. 2006)
6 Jan 1997 - Nikolay Maksyuta (b. 1947)
Vologda
Heads of the administration (from Oct 1996, governor)
24 Oct 1991 - 23 Mar 1996 Nikolay Podgornov (b. 1949)
23 Mar 1996 - Vyacheslav Pozgalev (b. 1946)
(acting to 3 Jun 1996)
Voronezh
Heads of the administration
Oct 1991 - 18 Mar 1992 Viktor Kalashnikov
10 Apr 1992 - 24 Sep 1996 Aleksandr Kovalev (b. 1942)
24 Sep 1996 - 18 Dec 1996 Aleksandr Tsapin (b. 1949)
18 Dec 1996 - 29 Dec 2000 Ivan Shabanov (b. 1939)
29 Dec 2000 - Vladimir Kulakov (b. 1944)
Yaroslavl
Head of the administration (from Dec 1995, governors)
3 Dec 1991 - 19 Dec 2007 Anatoly Lisitsyn (b. 1947)
(acting to 10 Sep 1992)
19 Dec 2007 - Sergey Vakhrukov (b. 1958)
(acting to 25 Dec 2007)
Federal cities
Moscow
Mayors
Jun 1991 - 6 Jun 1992 Gavril Popov (b. 1936)
6 Jun 1992 - Yury Luzhkov (b. 1936)
Saint Petersburg
Mayor
Jun 1991 - 5 Jun 1996 Anatoly Sobchak (b. 1937 - d. 2000)
Governors
5 Jun 1996 - 16 Jun 2003 Vladimir Yakovlev (b. 1944)
16 Jun 2003 - 15 Oct 2003 Aleksandr Beglov (acting) (b. 1956)
15 Oct 2003 - Valentina Matvienko (f) (b. 1949)
Autonomous oblast (province)
Yevreyskaya
Head of the administration
14 Dec 1991 - Nikolay Volkov (b. 1951)
Autonomous okruga (districts)
Chukotka
Heads of the administration
11 Nov 1991 - 17 Jan 2001 Aleksandr Nazarov (b. 1951)
17 Jan 2001 - 3 Jul 2008 Roman Abramovich (b. 1966)
3 Jul 2008 - Roman Kopin (b. 1974)
(acting to 13 Jul 2008)
Khanty-Mansi
Head of the administration (from Oct 1996, governor)
18 Dec 1991 - Aleksandr Filipenko (b. 1950)
Nenets
Heads of the administration
30 Nov 1991 - 22 Feb 1996 Yury Komarovsky (b. 1952)
21 Mar 1996 - Dec 1996 Vladimir Khabarov (b. 1951)
Dec 1996 - 18 Feb 2005 Vladimir Butov (b. 1958)
18 Feb 2005 - 21 Jul 2006 Aleksey Barinov (b. 1951)
(suspended 2 Jun 2006)
23 May 2006 - 2 Jun 2006 Aleksandr Sharenkov
(acting for Barinov)
2 Jun 2006 - Valery Potapenko (b. 1958)
(acting [for Barinov to 21 Jul 2006] to 7 Aug 2006)
Yamalo-Nenets
Heads of the administration (from Oct 1996, governor)
Oct 1991 - 12 Feb 1994 Lev Bayandin (b. 1942)
12 Feb 1994 - Yury Neyelov (b. 1952)
(acting to 4 Aug 1994)