Administrative Divisions
of the Russian Federation

Note: Russia is divided on the one hand into 9 large federal districts (created 13 May 2000) and on the other into 85 smaller entities (22 republics, 9 kraya, 46 oblasti, 3 federal cities, 1 autonomous oblast, and 4 autonomous okruga; additionally the special status leased area of Baykonur has the status of a federal city). 

Party abbreviations: Ind = Independent; KPRF = Kommunisticheskaya Partiya Rossiyskoy Federatsii (Communist Party of the Russian Federation, communist, Eurosceptic, est.14 Feb 1993); LDPR = Liberalno-Demokraticheskaya Partiya Rossii (Liberal Democratic Party of Russia, right-wing populist, nationalist, pan-Slavism, anti-communist, Eurosceptic, est.14 Dec 1992); PD = Pravoye Delo (Right Cause, center-right, liberal, est.18 Feb 2009); SR = Spravedlivaya Rossiya (A Just Russia, democratic socialist, est.28 Oct 2006); UDM = Ob'yedinennoye Demokraticheskoye Dvizheniye "Solidarnost'" (United Democratic Movement "Solidarity", center-right, liberal coalition, est.Dec 2008); YA = Rossiyskaya Ob'yedinonnaya Demokratícheskaya Partiya "Yabloko" (Russian United Democratic Party "Apple", social liberal, center-left, est.12 Dec 1993); YR = Yedinaya Rossiya (United Russia, Russian nationalist, conservative, V. Putin personalist, government party, Eurosceptic, est.1 Dec 2001);
- Former parties: APR = Agrarnaya Partiya Rossii (Agrarian Party of Russia, agrarian, centrist, 26 Feb 1993-20 Nov 2008, merged into YR, re-est.18 May 2012); DPR = Demokraticheskaya Partiya Rossii (Democratic Party of Russia, conservative, pro-European, 26 May 1990-2008); DVR = Demokraticheskiy vybor Rossii (Democratic Choice of Russia, 12 Jun 1994-19 May 2001, merged into SPS); MP = Marsho Party (Chechnya NCChP opposition); NCChP = All-National Congress of the Chechen People (advocated sovereignty for Chechnya as a separate republic within USSR, 1991-1996); NDR = Vserossiyskoye Obshchestvenno-Politicheskoye Dvizheniye "Nash Dom - Rossiya" (All-Russian Political Movement "Our Home - Russia", centrist, government party, 12 May 1995-12 May 2006); NPSR = Narodno-Patrioticheskiy Soyuz Rossii (People's Patriotic Union of Russia, KPRF-backed alliance, 7 Aug 1996-2004); OVR = Otechestvo-Vsya Rossiya (Fatherland - All Russia, centrist electoral bloc, 19 Nov 1998-1 Dec 2001, merged into YR); PLP = Partiya Lyubiteley Piva (Beer Lovers Party, flippant format united younger liberals, 26 Dec 1993-1998); PoP = Partiya Primor'ye (Party of Primorskiy, Maritime province regionalist, Yevgeniy Nazdratenko personalist, 1993-2001); PRR = Partiya Rossiyskikh Regionov (Russian Party of Regions, 8 Sep 2002-15 Feb 2004, renamed PR); RNR = Rossiyskaya Narodno Respublikanskaya Partiya (Russian People's Republican Party, Aleksandr I. Lebed personalist, nationalist, Dec 1996-Feb 2007); PR = Partiya "Rodina" (Party "Motherland", socialist, conservative, 15 Feb 2004-28 Oct 2006, merged into SR); RPSD = Rossiyskaya Partiya Sotsialnoy Demokratii (Russian Party of Social Democracy, social democratic, 18 Feb 1995-6 Jul 2002); SPS = Soyuz Pravykh Sil (Union of Right Forces, center-right, liberal conservative, 10 Dec 1999-15 Nov 2008); TU = Preobrazheniye Urala (Transformation of the Urals, electoral bloc, Sverdlovsk regionalist, 11 Nov 1993-2004); VDP = Vaynekhan Demokratan Tskh'ankkhetaralla (Vainakh Democratic Party, pro-Chechen independence, secular, est.5 May 1990); Yed = Mezhregional'noye Dvizhenie "Yedinstvo" (Inter-regional Movement "Unity", populist, centrist, split from NDR, 15 Oct 1999-1 Dec 2001, merged into YR)

Plenipotentiaries of the President
18 May 2000 - 14 Nov 2005  Sergey Vladilenovich Kiriyenko     (b. 1962)
14 Nov 2005 - 14 May 2008  Aleksandr Vladimirovich Konovalov  (b. 1968)            YR
14 May 2008 - 15 Dec 2011  Grigoriy Alekseyevich Rapota       (b. 1944)            Non-party
15 Dec 2011 -              Mikhail Viktorovich Babich         (b. 1969)            YR

Severo-Kavkazskiy (North Caucasian)

19 Jan 2010                Created from part of Yuzhny federal district.

Plenipotentiaries of the President
19 Jan 2010 - 12 May 2014  Aleksandr Gennadyevich Khloponin   (b. 1965)            YR
12 May 2014 - 28 Jul 2016  Sergey Alimovich Melikov           (b. 1965)            Non-party
28 Jul 2016 -              Oleg Yevgenyvich Belaventsev       (b. 1949)            Non-party

Plenipotentiaries of the President
18 May 2000 - 11 Mar 2003  Viktor Vasilyevich Cherkesov       (b. 1950)
11 Mar 2003 - 15 Oct 2003  Valentina Ivanovna Matvienko (f)   (b. 1949)            YR
15 Oct 2003 -  1 Nov 2003  Andrey Grigoryevich Chernenko      (b. 1953)
 1 Nov 2003 -  6 Sep 2011  Ilya Osipovich Klebanov            (b. 1951)
 6 Sep 2011 - 11 Mar 2013  Nikolay Aleksandrovich Vinnichenko (b. 1965)            Non-party
11 Mar 2013 - 28 Jul 2016  Vladimir Ivanovich Bulavin         (b. 1953)            Non-party
28 Jul 2016 - 25 Dec 2017  Nikolay Nikolayevich Tsukanov      (b. 1965)            YR
25 Dec 2017 -              Aleksandr Dmitriyevich Beglov      (b. 1956)            YR

Plenipotentiaries of the President
18 May 2000 -  9 Sep 2004  Leonid Vadimovich Drachevskiy      (b. 1942)
 9 Sep 2004 -  9 Sep 2010  Anatoliy Vasilyevich Kvashnin      (b. 1946)            Non-party
 9 Sep 2010 - 12 May 2014  Viktor Aleksandrovich Tolokonskiy  (b. 1953)            YR
12 May 2014 - 28 Jul 2016  Nikolay Yevgenyevich Rogozhkin     (b. 1952)            Non-party
28 Jul 2016 -              Sergey Ivanovich Menyaylo          (b. 1960)            Non-party

Plenipotentiaries of the President
18 May 2000 -  6 Sep 2011  Georgiy Sergeyevich Poltavchenko   (b. 1953)            2003: YR
 6 Sep 2011 - 21 May 2012  Oleg Markovich Govorun             (b. 1969)            YR
23 May 2012 - 25 Dec 2017  Aleksandr Dmitriyevich Beglov      (b. 1956)            YR
25 Dec 2017 -              Aleksey Vasilyevich Gordeyev       (b. 1955)            YR

Plenipotentiaries of the President
18 May 2000 -  2 Dec 2008  Pyotr Mikhaylovich Latyshev        (b. 1948 - d. 2008)  Non-party
 8 Dec 2008 -  6 Sep 2011  Nikolay Aleksandrovich Vinnichenko (b. 1965)            Non-party
 6 Sep 2011 - 14 May 2012  Yevgeniy Vladimirovich Kuvayshev   (b. 1971)            YR
14 May 2012 - 18 May 2012  Alexander Nikolayevich Sidorov     (b. 1955)
                             (acting)
18 May 2012 -              Igor Ryurikovich Kholmanskikh      (b. 1969)            Non-party

Plenipotentiaries of the President
18 May 2000 -  9 Mar 2004  Viktor Germanovich Kazantsev       (b. 1946)
 9 Mar 2004 - 13 Sep 2004  Vladimir Anatolyevich Yakovlev     (b. 1944)
13 Sep 2004 -  6 Oct 2007  Dmitriy Nikolayevich Kozak         (b. 1958)            Non-party
 6 Oct 2007 - 14 May 2008  Grigoriy Alekseyevich Rapota       (b. 1944)            Non-party
14 May 2008 -              Vladimir Vasilyevich Ustinov       (b. 1953)            Non-party

 3 Aug 1928                Adygey autonomous oblast, within Krasnodar kray. 
 3 Oct 1990                Adygey Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic declared.
 3 Jul 1991                Declaration of state sovereignty
                             (Soviet Socialist Republic of Adygeya).
23 Mar 1992                Republic of Adygeya

Chairman of the Supreme Soviet
23 Mar 1990 -  5 Jan 1992  Aslan Aliyevich Dzharimov          (b. 1939)
Presidents
 5 Jan 1992 -  8 Feb 2002  Aslan Aliyevich Dzharimov          (s.a.)              1995: NDR
 8 Feb 2002 - 13 Jan 2007  Hazret Medzhizhovich Sovmen        (b. 1937)           YR
13 Jan 2007 -  1 May 2011  Aslanchery Kitovich Tkhakushinov   (b. 1947)           YR
Heads of the Republic
 1 May 2011 - 12 Jan 2017  Aslanchery Kitovich Tkhakushinov   (s.a.)              YR
12 Jan 2017 -              Murat Karal'biyevich Kumpilov      (b. 1973)           YR
                             (acting to 10 Sep 2017)

Prime ministers
19 Apr 1995 - 19 Feb 1997  Nikolay Gavriilovich Pedan         (b. 1941)
19 Feb 1997 - Mar 2001     Mukharby Khadzhiretovich           (b. 1956)
                             Tkharkakhov
Mar 2001 - 14 Feb 2002     Nikolay Vasilyevich Avdienko       (b. 1948)
                             (acting to 19 Apr 2001)
14 Feb 2002 -  6 Mar 2002  Hazret Yunusovich Huade (1st time) (b. 1949)
                             (acting)
 6 Mar 2002 - 24 Jan 2003  Nikolay Vasilyevich Demchuk        (b. 1949)
24 Jan 2003 - 20 Aug 2003  Gennadiy Ivanovich Mikichura       (b. 1951)
20 Aug 2003 - 17 Nov 2004  Hazret Yunusovich Huade (2nd time) (s.a.)
17 Nov 2004 - 30 Dec 2004  Skhatbiy Salikhovich Vorokov       (b. 1946)
                             (acting)
30 Dec 2004 - 30 May 2006  Asfar Pshikanovich Khagur          (b. 1960 - d. 2013)
30 May 2006 - 16 Sep 2006  Yevgeniy Alekseyevich Kovalyov     (b. 1962)
                             (acting)
16 Sep 2006 - 15 Jan 2007  Kazbek Ismailovich Paranuk         (b. 1948) 
                             (acting)
15 Jan 2007 - 12 May 2008  Vladimir Mikhaylovich Samozhenkov  (b. 1950)
                             (acting to 17 Jan 2007)
12 May 2008 - 28 Sep 2016  Murat Karalbiyevich Kumpilov       (b. 1973)            YR
                             (acting to 28 May 2008)
28 Sep 2016 - 22 Dec 2017  Natalya Sergeyevna Shirokova (f)   (b. 1975)
                             (acting)
22 Dec 2017 -              Aleksandr Vladimirovich Narolin    (b. 1972)
                             (acting to 29 Dec 2017)

                    Adopted 2 Jul 1992

 7 Jan 1948                Gorno-Altay (Mountainous Altay) autonomous oblast.
 3 Jul 1991                Gorno-Altayian (Mountainous-Altayian) Soviet Socialist Republic
                             declared.
 5 Feb 1992                Republic of Gornyy-Altay (Mountainous Altay).
 7 May 1992                Republic of Altay

Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
27 Mar 1990 -  3 Jul 1991  Valeriy Ivanovich Chaptynov        (b. 1945 - d. 1997)
Chairman of the Supreme Council
 3 Jul 1991 -  1 Feb 1994  Valeriy Ivanovich Chaptynov        (s.a.)               1993: KPRF
Chairmen of the State Council
 1 Feb 1994 - 30 Jan 1997  Valeriy Ivanovich Chaptynov        (s.a.)
12 Feb 1997 - 19 Aug 1997  Vladilen Vladimirovich Volkov      (b. 1939)
Heads of the Republic, Chairmen of the Government
19 Aug 1997 - 13 Jan 1998  Vladilen Vladimirovich Volkov      (s.a.)
13 Jan 1998 - 19 Jan 2002  Semyon Ivanovich Zubakin           (b. 1952)            DVR;2000 SPS
19 Jan 2002 - 20 Jan 2006  Mikhail Ivanovich Lapshin          (b. 1934 - d. 2006)  ARP;2004 YR
20 Jan 2006 -              Aleksandr Vasilyevich Berdnikov    (b. 1953)            YR
                             (acting 18 Jan - 30 Sep 2014) 

Prime ministers
 6 Feb 1992 - 30 Jan 1997  Vladimir Ivanovich Petrov          (b. 1942)
30 Jan 1997 - 10 Aug 1997  Valeriy Ivanovich Chaptynov        (s.a.)
10 Aug 1997                Post abolished

11 Oct 1990                Declaration of state sovereignty (Bashkir Soviet Socialist
                             Republic).
25 Feb 1992                Republic of Bashkortostan

Chairmen of the Supreme Soviet 
 4 Apr 1990 - 17 Dec 1993  Murtaza Gubaydullovich Rakhimov    (b. 1934)            1991: Ind
Presidents 
17 Dec 1993 - 15 Jul 2010  Murtaza Gubaydullovich Rakhimov    (s.a.)          1999 OVR;2003 YR
15 Jul 2010 -  1 Jan 2015  Rustem Zakiyevich Khamitov         (b. 1954)            YR
                             (acting to 19 Jul 2010 and 30 May - 25 Sep 2014)
Head of the Republic
 1 Jan 2015 -              Rustem Zakiyevich Khamitov         (s.a.)               YR

Chairmen of the Council of Ministers
 8 Jan 1986 - Nov 1992     Marat Parisovich Mirgazyamov       (b. 1942)
Nov 1992 - 23 Dec 1993     Anatoliy Yakovlevich Kopsov        (b. 1942)
Prime Ministers
23 Dec 1993 - Jul 1994     Anatoliy Yakovlevich Kopsov        (s.a.)
Jul 1994 - 12 Jan 1999     Rim Sagitovich Bakiyev             (b. 1939)
                             (acting to 12 Oct 1994)
12 Jan 1999 - 10 Apr 2008  Rafael Ibrahimovich Baidavletov    (b. 1943)
10 Apr 2008 - 21 Jul 2010  Rail Salikhovich Sarbayev          (b. 1962)
21 Jul 2010 - 19 May 2011  Rustem Zakiyevich Khamitov         (s.a.)
                             (1st time)(acting)
19 May 2011 - 22 Oct 2012  Azamat Fattakhovich Ilimbetov      (b. 1972)
22 Oct 2012 - 26 Nov 2015  Rustem Zakiyevich Khamitov         (s.a.)               YR
                             (2nd time)
26 Nov 2015 -              Rustem Khabibovich Mardanov        (b. 1964)

 8 Oct 1990                Declaration of state sovereignty.
27 Mar 1991                Republic of Buryatia

Chairmen of the Supreme Soviet
19 Apr 1990 - 21 Oct 1991  Sergey Nikolayevich Buldayev       (b. 1934)
21 Oct 1991 - 30 Jun 1994  Leonid Vasilyevich Potapov         (b. 1935)             KPRF
Presidents
 1 Jul 1994 -  9 Jul 2007  Leonid Vasilyevich Potapov         (s.a.)              KPRF;2002 Ind
10 Jul 2007 - 12 May 2012  Vyacheslav Vladimirovich           (b. 1956)             YR
                             Nagovitsyn
Heads of the Republic
12 May 2012 -  7 Feb 2014  Vyacheslav Vladimirovich           (s.a.)                YR
                             Nagovitsyn
 7 Feb 2017 -              Aleksey Sambuyevich Tsydenov       (b. 1976)             Non-party
                             (acting to 22 Sep 2017)

Prime minister
1990 - Jun 1994            Vladimir Bizayevich Saganov        (b. 1936 - d. 1999)
1994                       Post abolished

 1 Oct 1991                Chechen Republic Nokhchi-cho (separation of Ingushetia)
 1 Nov 1991 -  6 Feb 2000  Attempted secession by Chechnya (see below).
16 Jan 1994                Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
19 Jan 1995 -  6 Aug 1996  Capital Grozny occupied by Russian forces.
12 May 1997                Peace Treaty signed with Russia; Russians withdraw.
30 Sep 1999                Russia begins re-occupation.
 6 Feb 2000                Grozny again captured by Russian forces.

Chairmen of the Provisional Supreme Soviet of the Checheno-Ingush Republic
15 Sep 1991 - 17 Sep 1991  Lecha Dobachevich Magomadov        (b. 1938 - d. 2005)
17 Sep 1991 -  5 Oct 1991  Huseyn Saydaliyevich Akhmadov      (b. 1950)
Chairman of the Executive Committee of the All-National Congress of the Chechen People
 5 Oct 1991 -  9 Nov 1991  Dzhokhar Musayevich Dudayev        (b. 1944 - d. 1996)  NCChP
Chairman of the Provisional Supreme Soviet of the Checheno-Ingush Republic
 7 Oct 1991 -  2 Nov 1991  Bagauddin (Baudi) Dadayevich       (b. 1949)
                             Bakhmadov         
                           (in opposition to Dudayev)
Representative of President of Russia
24 Oct 1991 - 13 Nov 1991  Akhmed Bagaudinovich Arsanov       (b. 1933)
                           (in opposition to Dudayev)
Chairman of the Chechen Republic Provisional Council
 2 Aug 1994 -  3 Jan 1995  Umar Dzhunitovich Avturkhanov      (b. 1946)            MP
Chairman of the Government of National Revival
 3 Jan 1995 - 23 Oct 1995  Salambek Naibovich Khadzhiyev      (b. 1941 - d. 2018)
Head of State
24 Oct 1995 -  9 Dec 1996  Doku Gapurovich Zavgayev           (b. 1940)
Representative of the Federal Government in Chechnya
15 Oct 1999 - 28 Jun 2000  Nikolay Pavlovich Koshman          (b. 1944)
Head of the Administration
20 Jun 2000 - 27 Mar 2003  Akhmat Abdulhamidovich Kadyrov     (b. 1951 - d. 2004)  Ind
Presidents
27 Mar 2003 -  9 May 2004  Akhmat Abdulhamidovich Kadyrov     (s.a.)               Ind
                             (acting to 19 Oct 2003)
 5 Aug 2003 - 18 Oct 2003  Anatoliy Aleksandrovich Popov      (b. 1960)
                             (acting for Kadyrov)
 9 May 2004 -  5 Oct 2004  Sergey Borisovich Abramov (acting) (b. 1972)            Ind
 5 Oct 2004 - 15 Feb 2007  Alu Dadashevich Alkhanov           (b. 1957)            Ind
15 Feb 2007 -  2 Sep 2010  Ramzan Akhmatovich Kadyrov         (b. 1976)            YR
                             (acting to 5 Apr 2007)
Head of the Republic
 2 Sep 2010 -              Ramzan Akhmatovich Kadyrov         (s.a.)               YR
                             (acting 25 Mar - 5 Oct 2016)

Prime ministers
13 Apr 1996 - 17 Nov 1996  Nikolay Pavlovich Koshman          (s.a.)
19 Jan 2001 - 15 Nov 2002  Stanislav Valentinovich Ilyasov    (b. 1953)
15 Nov 2002 - 10 Feb 2003  Mikhail Viktorovich Babich         (b. 1969)
10 Feb 2003 - 17 Mar 2004  Anatoliy Aleksandrovich Popov      (s.a.)
 3 Dec 2003 - 17 Mar 2004  Eli Abubakarovich Isayev           (b. 1964)
                             (acting for Popov) 
17 Mar 2004 -  2 Mar 2006  Sergey Borisovich Abramov          (s.a.)               Ind
                             (acting 5-15 Oct 2004)
17 Nov 2005 - 10 Apr 2007  Ramzan Akhmatovich Kadyrov         (s.a.)               YR
                             (acting to 4 Mar 2006 [for Abramov to 2 Mar 2006])
10 Apr 2007 - 21 May 2012  Odes Khasayevich Baisultanov       (b. 1965)
17 May 2012 - 21 May 2012  Magomed Khozhakhmedovich Daudov    (b. 1980)
                             (acting for Baisultanov)
21 May 2012 - 24 May 2012  Isa Abubakarovich Tumkhadzhiyev    (b. 1981)
                             (acting)
24 May 2012 -              Abubakar Sayd-Khusainovich         (b. 1974)
                             Edelgeriyev              

23 Nov 1990 - 2 Nov 1991	2 Nov 1991 - 11 Oct 2007	From 11 Oct 2007 Nokhchicho Vilayat
Adopted 11 Oct 2007 Caucasian Emirate

19 Oct 1990                Chuvash Soviet Socialist Republic
24 Oct 1990                Declaration of state sovereignty.
13 Feb 1992                Chuvash Republic

Chairmen of the Supreme Soviet
25 Apr 1990 - 28 Aug 1991  Anatoliy Mikhaylovich Leontyev     (b. 1937 - d. 2007)
29 Aug 1991 - 21 Jan 1994  Edouard Aleksyevich Kubarev        (b. 1939 - d. 2018)
Presidents
21 Jan 1994 - 29 Aug 2010  Nikolay Vasilyevich Fyodorov       (b. 1958)            PLP;1998 Ind
29 Aug 2010 -  1 Jan 2012  Mikhail Vasilyevich Ignatyev       (b. 1961)            YR
Head of the Republic
 1 Jan 2012 -              Mikhail Vasilyevich Ignatyev       (s.a.)               YR
                             (acting 9 Jun - 19 Sep 2015)

Chairmen of the Council of Ministers
Dec 1989 - 1992            Nikolay Arkhipovich Zaytsev        (b. 1942)
1992 - Dec 1993            Valeryan Nikolayevich Viktorov     (b. 1951)
Prime ministers (Chairmen of the Cabinet of Ministers)
Jan 1994 - 19 Jan 1998     Enver Azizovich Ablyakimov         (b. 1948)
                             (1st time)
19 Jan 1998 - 27 Jul 1998  Lev Pantelymonovich Kurakov        (b. 1943)
27 Jul 1998 - 16 Oct 1998  Nikolay Vasilyevich Fyodorov       (s.a.)               PLP
                             (acting) (1st time)
16 Oct 1998 -  8 Oct 2001  Enver Azizovich Ablyakimov         (s.a.)
                             (acting to 21 Dec 1998)(2nd time)
 8 Oct 2001 - 18 Dec 2002  Nikolay Vasilyevich Fyodorov       (s.a.)   
                             (acting) (2nd time)
18 Dec 2001 - 23 Apr 2004  Natalya Yuryevna Partasova (f)     (b. 1957)
                             (acting to 18 Jan 2002)
23 Apr 2004 -  2 Apr 2010  Sergey Anatoliyevich Gaplikov      (b. 1970)
                             (acting to 27 Apr 2004)
 2 Apr 2010 -  6 Feb 2011  Nina Vladimirovna Suslonova (f)    (b. 1960)
                             (acting to 8 Apr 2010)
 6 Feb 2011 - 22 Mar 2011  Aleksandr Ivanov (acting)          (b. 1957)
22 Mar 2011 -  9 Dec 2011  Oleg Vitalyevich Makarov           (b. 1974)
 9 Dec 2011 - 23 Dec 2011  Mikhail Gennadyevich Nozdryakov    (b. 1970)
                             (acting)
23 Dec 2011 -              Ivan Borisovich Motorin            (b. 1973)

1954 - 26 Feb 1994	10 Jun 1993 - 26 Feb 1994 (Unofficial)	Adopted 26 Feb 1994
Aug-Sep 1999 Islamic State of Dagestan

13 May 1991                Declaration of state sovereignty.
17 Sep 1991                Dagestan Soviet Socialist Republic
17 Dec 1991                Republic of Dagestan
10 Aug 1999 - 28 Sep 1999  Islamic State of Dagestan declared in rebellion.

Chairman of the Supreme Soviet
24 Apr 1990 - 26 Jul 1994  Magomedali Magomedovich Magomedov  (b. 1930)
Chairman of the State Council 
26 Jul 1994 - 20 Feb 2006  Magomedali Magomedovich Magomedov  (s.a.)
10 Aug 1999 - 28 Sep 1999  Sirazhuddin C. Ramazanov           (b. 1956)
                             (Rais al-Wazara, in rebellion)
Presidents
20 Feb 2006 - 20 Feb 2010  Mukhu Gimbatovich Aliyev           (b. 1940)             Ind
20 Feb 2010 - 28 Jan 2013  Magomedsalam Magomedaliyevichv     (b. 1964)             YR
                             Magomedov
28 Jan 2013 -  1 Jan 2014  Ramazan Gadzhimuradovich           (b. 1946)             YR
                             Abdulatipov (acting to 8 Sep 2013)
Heads of the Republic
 1 Jan 2014 -  3 Oct 2017  Ramazan Gadzhimuradovich           (s.a.)                YR
                             Abdulatipov  
 3 Oct 2017 -              Vladimir Abdualiyevich Vasilyev    (b. 1949)             YR
                             (acting)
                

Chairmen of the Council of Ministers (Prime ministers)
Aug 1987 - 20 Aug 1997     Abdurazak Mardanovich Mirzabekov   (b. 1938 - d. 2008)
20 Aug 1997 - 13 Oct 2004  Khizri Isayevich Shikhsaydov       (b. 1947) 
                             (acting to 26 Aug 1997)
13 Oct 2004 -  6 Mar 2006  Atay Bashirovich Aliyev            (b. 1954)
                             (acting to 14 Oct 2004)
 6 Mar 2006 - 25 Feb 2010  Shamil Magomedovich Zaynalov       (b. 1946)
25 Feb 2010 - 31 Jan 2013  Magomed Imranovich Abdulayev       (b. 1961)
31 Jan 2013 - 22 Jul 2013  Mukhtar Murtuzaliyevich Medzhidov  (b. 1962)
22 Jul 2013 - 25 Jul 2013  Anatoliy Shamsudinovich Karibov    (b. 1955) 
                             (1st time)(acting)
25 Jul 2013 -  5 Feb 2018  Abdusamad Mustafayevich Gamidov    (b. 1966)
 5 Feb 2018 -  7 Feb 2018  Anatoliy Shamsudinovich Karibov    (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)(acting)
 7 Feb 2018 -              Artyom Alekseyevich Zdunov         (b. 1978)             YR

22 Jun 1994 - 11 Jul 1999

Adopted 11 Jul 1999

 5 Dec 1936 -  7 Mar 1944  Part of Chechenno-Ingush A.S.S.R.
 5 Jan 1957                Part of Chechenno-Ingush A.S.S.R.
 1 Oct 1991                Ingush Autonomous Republic (within Russian S.F.S.R.) 
 4 Jun 1992                Republic of Ingushetia
 2 Nov 1992 -  1 Aug 1993  State of emergency declared by Russia in the territories
                             of North Ossetia and Ingushetia. 

Heads of the Provisional Administration on the Territories of
the North-Ossetian S.S.R. and the Ingush Republic
 2 Nov 1992 -  9 Nov 1992  Georgiy Stepanovich Khizha         (b. 1938)
 9 Nov 1992 - Dec 1992     Sergey Mikhaylovich Shakhray       (b. 1956)
Jun 1993 -  1 Aug 1993     Viktor Petrovich Polyanichko       (b. 1937 - d. 1993)

Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Congress of People's
Deputies of All-Levels of Ingushetia
15 Sep 1991 - 1991?        Issa Ayubovich Kodzoyev            (b. 1938)
Chairman of the People's Council of Ingush Autonomous Republic
 7 Oct 1991 - 1992?        Beksultan Magomedovich Seynaroyev  (b. 1938)
Representatives of the President of Russia 
24 Oct 1991 - 13 Nov 1991  Akhmed Bagaudinovich Arsanov       (b. 1933)
 6 Jul 1992 - 28 Nov 1992  Aslanbek Akhmedovich Aslakhanov    (b. 1942)
Heads of the Provisional Administration
28 Nov 1992 - 21 Dec 1992  Ruslan Sultanovich Aushev          (b. 1954)            Ind
Dec 1992 -  9 Mar 1993     Magomed Akhmedovich Sultygov       (b. 1944) 
                             (acting) 
Presidents
 9 Mar 1993 - 28 Dec 2001  Ruslan Sultanovich Aushev          (s.a.)               1999: OVR
Presidents
 7 Mar 1993 - 28 Dec 2001  Ruslan Sultanovich Aushev          (s.a.)               OVR
28 Dec 2001 - 23 May 2002  Akhmed Isayevich Malsagov (interim)(b. 1960)
23 May 2002 - 30 Oct 2008  Murat Magometovich Zyazikov        (b. 1957)            Ind
30 Oct 2008 -  1 Jan 2011  Yunus-bek Bamatgireyevich Yevkurov (b. 1963)            YR
                             (acting to 31 Oct 2008)
22 Jun 2009 - 12 Aug 2009  Rashid Yakhyayevich Gaysanov       (b. 1972)            YR 
                             (acting for Yevkurov) 
Head of the Republic    
 1 Jan 2011 -              Yunus-bek Bamatgireyevich Yevkurov (s.a.)               YR
                             (acting 4 Jul - 8 Sep 2013)  

Prime ministers (Chairmen of the government)
Mar 1993 - Jul 1993        Ruslan Mazhitovich Tatiyev         (b. 1955)
Jul 1993 - Mar 1994        Tamerlan Muratovich Didigov        (b. 1937 - d. 2003)
Mar 1994 - Dec 1996        Mukharbek Ilyasovich Didigov       (b. 1952)
Dec 1996 - Aug 1998        Belan Bagaudinovich Khamchiyev     (b. 1960)
Aug 1998 - 25 Nov 1999     Magomed-Bashir Zyaudinovich        (b. 1951)
                             Darsigov
25 Nov 1999 - 15 Jun 2002  Akhmed Isayevich Malsagov          (s.a.)
15 Jun 2002 - 26 Aug 2002  Sultan Alaudinovich Giryev (acting)(b. 1947 - d. 2007)
26 Aug 2002 - 19 Jun 2003  Viktor Andreyevich Aleksentsev     (b. 1948)
                             (acting to 30 Sep 2002)
19 Jun 2003 - 30 Jun 2005  Timur Akhmetovich Mogushkov        (b. 1962)
30 Jun 2005 - 12 Mar 2008  Ibragim Solsayevich Malsagov       (b. 1961)
12 Mar 2008 - 14 Mar 2008  Khava Isakovna Yevloyeva (f)       (b. 1954)
                             (acting)
14 Mar 2008 - 13 Nov 2008  Kharum Magometovich Dzeytov        (b. 1951)
13 Nov 2008 -  5 Oct 2009  Rashid Yakhyayevich Gaysanov       (s.a.)               2009: YR
 5 Oct 2009 - 10 Mar 2011  Aleksey Olegovich Vorobyov         (b. 1964)
                            (acting to 20 Oct 2009)
10 Mar 2011 - 19 Nov 2013  Musa Mazhitovich Chiliyev          (b. 1955)
                            (acting to 21 Mar 2011)
19 Sep 2013 - 18 Nov 2016  Abubakar Magometovich Malsagov     (b. 1959)
18 Nov 2016 -              Ruslan Magometovich Gagiyev        (b. 1976)           YR

31 Jan 1991                Declaration of state sovereignty (Kabardino-Balkaria Soviet
                             Socialist Republic).
10 Mar 1992                Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria
17 Nov 1996 - 19 Nov 1996  Balkariya declares sovereignty. 

Chairmen of the Supreme Soviet
30 Mar 1990 - 17 Sep 1991  Valeriy Mukhamedovich Kokov        (b. 1941 - d. 2005)
17 Sep 1991 -  9 Jan 1992  Khachim Mukhamedovich Karmokov     (b. 1941)
Presidents
 9 Jan 1992 - 28 Sep 2005  Valeriy Mukhamedovich Kokov        (s.a.)
28 Sep 2005 -  1 Jan 2012  Arsen Bashirovich Kanokov          (b. 1957)            YR
Heads of the Republic
 1 Jan 2012 -  6 Dec 2013  Arsen Bashirovich Kanokov          (s.a.)               YR
 6 Dec 2013 -              Yuriy Aleksandrovich Kokov         (b. 1955)      Non-party:2017 YR
                             (acting to 9 Oct 2014)

Prime Ministers (Chairmen of the government)
Sep 1991 - Jan 1997        Georgiy Mashtayevich Cherkesov     (b. 1938)
Jan 1997 -  2 Feb 2004     Khusein Dzhabraylovich Chechenov   (b. 1942)
 2 Feb 2004 - 19 Jun 2006  Gennadiy Sergeyevich Gubin         (b. 1944)
                             (acting to 3 Feb 2004)
19 Jun 2006 - 22 Jun 2006  Anuar Akhmetovich Chechenov        (b. 1950)
                             (acting)
22 Jun 2006 - 21 Aug 2009  Andrey Veniaminovich Yarin         (b. 1970)
21 Aug 2009 -  4 Apr 2011  Aleksandr Viktorovich Merkulov     (b. 1954)
                             (acting to 31 Dec 2009)
 4 Apr 2011 - 18 Apr 2011  Adib Khasanbiyevich Abregov        (b. 1961)
                             (acting)
18 Apr 2011 -  1 Nov 2012  Ivan Konstantinovich Gerter        (b. 1963)   
 1 Nov 2012 -  9 Sep 2013  Ruslan Talovich Khasanov           (b. 1960)
 9 Sep 2013 - 31 Oct 2013  Irina Yevgenyevna Maryash (f)      (b. 1957)
                             (acting)
31 Oct 2013 - 11 Oct 2014  Konstantin Konstantinovich Khramov (b. 1967)
11 Oct 2014 -              Aliy Takhirovich Musukov           (b. 1969)

17 Nov 1996                Congress of Balkar people declares a Republic of Balkariya,
                             within the Russian Federation (not recognized).
19 Nov 1996                Suppressed by Kabardino-Balkar Republic.

Chairman of the National Council of the Balkar People 
17 Nov 1996 - 19 Nov 1996  Sufyan Uzeirovich Beppayev           (b. 1937)

18 Oct 1990                Declaration of state sovereignty (Kalmyk Soviet Socialist
                             Republic).
29 Jan 1991                Kalmyk Soviet Socialist Republic - Khalmg Tangch
20 Feb 1992                Republic of Kalmykia (in use Republic of Kalmykia - Khalmg Tangch
                             until 5 Apr 1994).

Chairmen of the Supreme Soviet
1990 - 1992                Vladimir Mantsinovich Basanov        (b. 1948)
1992 - 23 Apr 1993         Ilya Erdniyevich Bugdayev            (b. 1938 - d. 2011)
President
23 Apr 1993 - 24 Oct 2005  Kirsan Nikolayevich Ilyumzhinov      (b. 1962)            2004: YR
Heads of the Republic 
24 Oct 2005 - 24 Oct 2010  Kirsan Nikolayevich Ilyumzhinov      (s.a.)               YR
24 Oct 2010 -              Aleksey Maratovich Orlov             (b. 1961)            YR
                             (acting 6 May - 19 Sep 2014)

Chairmen of the Council of Ministers
Aug 1989 - Oct 1992        Batyr Chimidovich Mikhaylov          (b. 1941)
Oct 1992 - 1993            Maksim Bembyevich Mukubenov (acting) (b. 1940)
1993 -  8 Nov 1995         Kirsan Nikolayevich Ilyumzhinov      (s.a.)
                             (acting)
Prime Ministers (Chairmen of the government)
 8 Nov 1995 - 16 Feb 1998  Valery Petrovich Bogdanov            (b. 1941)
16 Feb 1998 -  2 Nov 1998  Kirsan Nikolayevich Ilyumzhinov      (s.a.)
 2 Nov 1998 - 17 Jan 1999  Viktor Nikolayevich Baturin          (b. 1956)
18 Feb 1999 - 16 Aug 1999  Rafail Aleksandrovich Metrikin       (b. 1943)
                             (acting to 29 Apr 1999)
16 Aug 1999 -  4 Jan 2003  Aleksandr Vladimirovich Dorzhdeyev   (b. 1958)
                             (acting to 27 Aug 1999) 
 4 Jan 2003 - 19 Dec 2003  Kirsan Nikolayevich Ilyumzhinov      (s.a.)
19 Dec 2003 -  5 Dec 2007  Anatoliy Vasiliyevich Kozachko       (b. 1949)
                             (acting to 23 Dec 2003)
 5 Dec 2007 - 28 Apr 2010  Vladimir Borisovich Sengleyev        (b. 1967)
                             (acting to 12 Dec 2007)
28 Apr 2010 -  8 Feb 2011  Oleg Vladimirovich Kichikov          (b. 1966)
                             (acting to 4 May 2010)
 8 Feb 2011 - 13 Nov 2012  Lyudmila Nikolayevna Ivanova (f)     (b. 1956)
                             (acting to 15 Feb 2011 and from 19 Oct 2012)
13 Nov 2012 -              Igor Aleksandrovich Zotov            (b. 1970)

                             Adopted 3 Feb 1994

 9 Jan 1957                Karachay-Cherkess Autonomous Oblast
30 Nov 1990                Declaration of state sovereignty.
 3 Jul 1991                Karachay-Cherkess Soviet Socialist Republic declared.
16 Oct 1992                Karachayevo-Cherkesskia Republic 

Chairman of the Supreme Soviet
Mar 1979 - 13 Jan 1992     Vladimir Islamovich Khubiyev       (b. 1932 - d. 2004)
Heads of the Republic
13 Jan 1992 - 24 May 1999  Vladimir Islamovich Khubiyev       (s.a.)
24 May 1999 - 24 Jul 1999  Igor Vladimirovich Ivanov (acting) (b. 1937)
24 Jul 1999 - 14 Sep 1999  Valentin Stepanovich Vlasov        (b. 1946)
                             (acting)
14 Sep 1999 - Sep 2000     Vladimir Magomedovich Semyonov     (b. 1940)
Presidents
Sep 2000 -  4 Sep 2003     Vladimir Magomedovich Semyonov     (s.a.)     
 4 Sep 2003 -  4 Sep 2008  Mustafa Azret-Aliyevich Batdyev    (b. 1950)            Non-party
 4 Sep 2008 - 26 Feb 2011  Boris Safarovich Ebzeyev           (b. 1950)            Non-party
26 Feb 2011 -  7 Apr 2011  Rashid Borispiyevich Temrezov      (b. 1976)            YR
                             (acting to 1 Mar 2011)  
Head of the Republic 
 7 Apr 2011 -              Rashid Borispiyevich Temrezov      (s.a.)               YR
                             (acting 27 Feb - 18 Sep 2016) 

Prime Ministers (Chairmen of the government)
22 Mar 1990 - 12 Jan 1992  Vladimir Islamovich Khubiyev       (s.a.)
Sep 1995 - 24 May 1999     Anatoliy Galimzhanovich Ozov       (b. 1942)
Oct 1999 - 27 Oct 2000     Vasiliy Ivanovich Neshchadimov     (b. 1949)
27 Oct 2000 -  6 Sep 2003  Alik Husinovich Kardanov (1st time)(b. 1954)
 6 Sep 2003 - 19 Jan 2005  Ruslan Oliyevich Kazanokov         (b. 1958)
                             (1st time)(acting to 26 Sep 2003)
19 Jan 2005 - 17 Sep 2008  Alik Husinovich Kardanov (2nd time)(s.a.)
                             (acting to 28 Jan 2005)
17 Sep 2008 - 28 Apr 2010  Vladimir Grigoryevich Kayshev      (b. 1954)
28 Apr 2010 - 11 Mar 2010  Muradin Raufovich Kemov            (b. 1959)
                             (acting to 3 Jun 2010)  
11 Mar 2011 - 15 Nov 2012  Indris Ibrahimovich Kyabishev      (b. 1952)
15 Nov 2012 - 27 Aug 2015  Murat Yakubovich Kardanov          (b. 1960)
27 Aug 2015 - 22 Sep 2016  Ruslan Oliyevich Kazanokov         (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)(acting to 8 Sep 2015)
22 Sep 2016 -              Aslan Anatolyevich Ozov            (b. 1966)

17 Jul 1956                Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
 9 Aug 1990                Declaration of state sovereignty.
13 Nov 1991                Republic of Karelia

Chairman of the Supreme Soviet
18 Apr 1990 - 17 May 1994  Viktor Nikolayevich Stepanov       (b. 1947)
Chairmen of the Government
17 May 1994 -  1 Jun 1998  Viktor Nikolayevich Stepanov       (s.a.)               KPRF
 1 Jun 1998 - 12 May 2002  Sergey Leonidovich Katanandov      (b. 1955)            OVR
Heads of the Republic
12 May 2002 - 30 Jun 2010  Sergey Leonidovich Katanandov      (s.a.)               2004: YR
30 Jun 2010 - 22 May 2012  Andrey Vitalyevich Nelidov         (b. 1957)            YR
                             (acting to 21 Jul 2010)
22 May 2012 - 15 Feb 2017  Aleksandr Petrovich Khudilaynen    (b. 1956)            YR
                             (acting to 24 May 2012)
15 Feb 2017 -              Artur Olegovich Parfenchikov       (b. 1964)            Non-party
                             (acting to 25 Sep 2017)

Prime ministers
27 Dec 1989 - 14 Jul 1994  Sergey Petrovich Blinnikov         (b. 1945)
14 Jul 1994 -  1 Jan 2003  None
 1 Jan 2003 - 16 Aug 2010  Pavel Viktorovich Chernov          (b. 1950)            YR
16 Aug 2010 - 21 Apr 2016  Post abolished
21 Apr 2016 - 27 Mar 2017  Oleg Vladimirovich Telnov          (b. 1969)
27 Mar 2017 -              Aleksandr Yevgenyevich Chepik      (b. 1974)

20 Oct 1930                Khakass Autonomous Oblast
 3 Jul 1991                Declaration of state sovereignty (Khakasskiy Soviet Socialist
                             Republic).
29 Jan 1992                Republic of Khakassia

Chairmen of the Supreme Soviet
30 Mar 1990 - 29 Jan 1992  Vladimir Nikolayevich Shtygashev   (b. 1939)
                             (1st time)
30 Jan 1992 -  4 Feb 1992  Valeriy Vasilyevich Shavyrkin      (b. 1951)
 4 Feb 1992 -  9 Jan 1997  Vladimir Nikolayevich Shtygashev   (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
President
 9 Jan 1997 - 15 Jan 2009  Aleksey Ivanovich Lebed            (b. 1955)            2005: YR
Chairman of the Government
15 Jan 2009 - 18 Nov 2010  Viktor Mikhaylovich Zimin          (b. 1962)            YR
Head of the Republic - Chairman of the Government
18 Nov 2010 -              Viktor Mikhaylovich Zimin          (s.a.)               YR
                             (acting 14 Jan - 18 Sep 2013)

Chairman of the Council Ministers
 6 Feb 1992 - Dec 1996     Yevgeniy Aleksandrovich Smirnov    (b. 1937)
Dec 1996                   Post abolished

 5 Dec 1936                Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
29 Aug 1990                Declaration of state sovereignty.
23 Nov 1990                Komi Soviet Socialist Republic
26 May 1992                Komi Republic

Chairman of the Supreme Soviet
25 Apr 1990 -  7 Jun 1994  Yuriy Alekseyevich Spiridonov      (b. 1938 - d. 2010)
Heads of the Republic
 7 Jun 1994 - 15 Jan 2002  Yuriy Alekseyevich Spiridonov      (s.a.)
15 Jan 2002 - 15 Jan 2010  Vladimir Aleksandrovich Torlopov   (b. 1949)           PLP;1998 Ind
15 Jan 2010 - 30 Sep 2015  Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich Gayzer     (b. 1966)            YR
                             (acting 14 Jan - 19 Sep 2014;
                             under arrest from 19 Sep 2015)
19 Sep 2015 - 30 Sep 2015  Vladimir Alekseyevich Tukmakov     (b. 1969)            YR
                             (acting for Gayzer)
30 Sep 2015 -              Sergey Anatoliyevich Gaplikov      (b. 1970)            Non-party
                             (acting to 22 Sep 2016)

Chairman of the Council of Ministers (prime minister)
Mar 1987 - 1994            Vyacheslav Ivanovich Khudyayev     (b. 1946)
1994 - 19 Sep 2014         Post abolished
Chairmen of the Government
19 Sep 2014 - 10 Mar 2016  Vladimir Alekseyevich Tukmakov     (s.a.)               YR
10 Mar 2016 -              Larisa Vladimirovna Maksimova (f)  (b. 1966)            YR
                             (acting)

24 Oct 1978 - 3 Sep 1992	3 Sep 1992 - 28 Nov 2006	28 Nov 2006 - 7 Jun 2011
Adopted 7 Jun 2011

22 Oct 1990                Declaration of state sovereignty (Mari Soviet Socialist Republic).
17 Apr 1991                Mari Soviet Socialist Republic - Republic of Mari El
 8 Jul 1992                Republic of Mari El

Chairman of the Supreme Soviet
22 Aug 1990 - 24 Dec 1991  Vladislav Maksimovich Zotin        (b. 1942)
Presidents
24 Dec 1991 - 14 Jan 1997  Vladislav Maksimovich Zotin        (s.a.)              KPRF
14 Jan 1997 - 17 Jan 2001  Vyacheslav Aleksandrovich          (b. 1948)           KPRF
                             Kislitsyn 
17 Jan 2001 - 10 Jun 2011  Leonid Igorevich Markelov          (b. 1963)           LDPR;2005 YR
Heads of the Republic - Chairmen of the Government
10 Jun 2011 -  6 Apr 2017  Leonid Igorevich Markelov          (s.a.)              YR
                             (acting 14 Jan - 21 Sep 2015)
 6 Apr 2017 -              Aleksandr Aleksandrovich           (b. 1958)           Non-party
                             Yevstifeyev (acting to 21 Sep 2017)  

Chairman of the Council of Ministers
1990 - 24 Dec 1991         Gennadiy Semyonovich Petrov        (b. 1937 - d. 1992)
24 Dec 1991                Post abolished

12 Jul 1990                Mordovian Soviet Socialist Republic
 7 Dec 1990                Declaration on the state and legal status of the republic.
25 Jan 1994                Republic of Mordovia

Chairman of the Supreme Soviet
Dec 1990 - Jan 1992        Nikolay Vasilyevich Biryukov       (b. 1944)
                             (1st time)
President
Jan 1992 - Apr 1993        Vasiliy Dmitriyevich Guslyannikov  (b. 1949)
Chairman of the Supreme Soviet
Apr 1993 - 24 Jan 1995     Nikolay Vasilyevich Biryukov       (s.a.)
                             (2nd time) 
Chairman of the State Council
24 Jan 1995 - 22 Sep 1995  Nikolay Ivanovich Merkushkin       (b. 1951)
Heads of the Republic
22 Sep 1995 - 10 May 2012  Nikolay Ivanovich Merkushkin       (s.a.)                2003: YR
10 May 2012 -              Vladimir Dmitriyevich Volkov       (b. 1954)             YR
                             (acting to 14 May 2012 and 12 Apr - 19 Sep 2017)

Prime Ministers (Chairmen of the government)
1992 - Apr 1993            None
Apr 1993 - Sep 1995        Valeriy Nikolayevich Shvetsov      (b. 1939 - d. 1995)
22 Sep 1995 - 14 May 2012  Vladimir Dmitriyevich Volkov       (s.a.)                2003: YR
14 May 2012 - 21 May 2012  Nikolay Vladimirovich Petrushkin   (b. 1954) 
                             (acting)
21 May 2012 -              Vladimir Fyodorovich Sushkov       (b. 1960)             YR

26 Dec 1990                Declaration of state sovereignty (North Ossetian Soviet Socialist
                             Republic).
 2 Nov 1992 -  1 Aug 1993  State of emergency declared by Russia in the territories
                             of North Ossetia and Ingushetia.
19 Nov 1993                Republic of North Ossetia 
 7 Dec 1994                Republic of North Ossetia-Alania

Chairman of the Supreme Soviet
21 Mar 1990 - 21 Jan 1994  Akhsarbek Khadzimurzayevich        (b. 1929 - d. 2013)
                             Galazov
Presidents
21 Jan 1994 - 30 Jan 1998  Akhsarbek Khadzimurzayevich        (s.a.)                Non-party
                             Galazov
30 Jan 1998 -  7 Jun 2005  Aleksandr Sergeyevich Dzasokhov    (b. 1934)
Heads of the Republic
 7 Jun 2005 -  5 Jun 2015  Taymuraz Dzambekovich Mamsurov     (b. 1954)             YR
 5 Jun 2015 - 19 Feb 2016  Tamerlan Kimovich Aguzarov         (b. 1963 - d. 2016)   YR
                             (acting to 13 Sep 2015)
19 Feb 2016 -              Vyacheslav Zelimkhanovich Bitarov  (b. 1961)       Non-party;2017 YR
                             (acting to 18 Sep 2016)

Prime Ministers (Chairmen of the government)
Apr 1990 - 1995            Sergey Valentinovich Khetagurov    (b. 1942)
Feb 1995 -  5 Feb 1998     Yuriy Grigoryevich Biragov         (b. 1938)
 5 Feb 1998 - Oct 2000     Taymuraz Dzambekovich Mamsurov     (s.a.)
Oct 2000 - 19 Feb 2002     Kazbek Georgiyevich Karginov       (b. 1940 - d. 2018)
                             (acting)
19 Feb 2002 - 10 Sep 2004  Mikhail Mikhaylovich Shatalov      (b. 1942)
10 Sep 2004 - 11 Jun 2005  Alan Georgiyevich Boradzov         (b. 1957 - d. 2007)
11 Jun 2005 - 29 Aug 2006  Aleksandr Viktorovich Merkulov     (b. 1954)
 1 Dec 2005 - 200.         Oleg Soltanbekovich Khatsayev      (b. 1963)
                             (acting for Merkulov)
29 Aug 2006 -  6 Sep 2006  Oleg Soltanbekovich Khatsayev      (s.a.)
                             (acting)
 6 Sep 2006 - 24 May 2012  Nikolay Aleksandrovich Khlyntsov   (b. 1948)
24 May 2012 - 10 Jun 2015  Sergey Kermenovich Takoyev         (b. 1964)
10 Jun 2015 - 24 Sep 2015  Azamat Taymurazovich Khadikov      (b. 1955)
                             (acting)
24 Sep 2015 -  1 Mar 2016  Vyacheslav Zelimkhanovich Bitarov  (s.a.)               Non-party
 1 Mar 2016 -              Taimuraz Ruslanovich Tuskaev       (b. 1966)
                             (acting to 27 Sep 2016)

 5 Dec 1936                Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
27 Sep 1990                Declaration of state sovereignty (Yakutsk-Sakha Soviet Socialist
                             Republic).
28 Dec 1991                Republic of Sakha (Yakutiya)

Chairman of the Supreme Soviet
25 Apr 1990 - 27 Dec 1991  Mikhail Yefimovich Nikolayev      (b. 1937)
Presidents
27 Dec 1991 - 27 Jan 2002  Mikhail Yefimovich Nikolayev      (s.a.)
27 Jan 2002 - 31 May 2010  Vyacheslav Anatolyevich Shtyrov   (b. 1953)             2007: YR
31 May 2010 - 24 Apr 2014  Yegor Afanasyevich Borisov        (b. 1954)             YR
                             (acting to 17 Jun 2010)
Head of the Republic
24 Apr 2014 -              Yegor Afanasyevich Borisov        (s.a.)                YR
                             (acting to 27 Sep 2014)

Prime Ministers (chairmen of the Council of Ministers)
29 Dec 1990 - 25 Dec 1991  Kliment Yegorovich Ivanov         (b. 1936) 
Jan 1992 - May 1993        Mikhail Yefimovich Nikolayev      (s.a.)
May 1993 - Dec 1994        Vyacheslav Anatolyevich Shtyrov   (s.a.)
Dec 1994 - 14 Jan 1997     Yuriy Vasilyevich Kaydyshev       (b. 1940 - d. 2011)
14 Dec 1997 - Feb 1998     Valentin Petrovich Fyodorov       (b. 1939)
Feb 1998 -  8 Feb 2002     Vasiliy Mikhaylovich Vlasov       (b. 1945)
 8 Feb 2002 -  6 Feb 2003  Semyon Nikolayevich Nazarov       (b. 1953)
 6 Feb 2003 - 18 Jun 2010  Yegor Afanasyevich Borisov        (s.a.)
18 Jun 2010 -  5 Oct 2016  Galina Innokentyevna              (b. 1954)             YR
                             Danchikova (f)
 5 Oct 2016 - 25 Oct 2016  Aleksey Zasimovich Kolodeznikov   (b. 1974)
                             (acting)
25 Oct 2016 -              Yevgeniy Alekseyevich Chekin      (b. 1973)

30 Aug 1990                Declaration of state sovereignty (Republic of Tatarstan).
26 Dec 1991                Declaration on the entry of Republic of Tatarstan
                             into the Commonwealth of Independent States.
21 Mar 1992                Referendum endorses state sovereignty.
 6 Nov 1992                Tatarstan declares itself a sovereign state freely 
                             associated with Russia (not recognized).
15 Feb 1994                Republic of Tatarstan formally joins Russian 
                             Federation by treaty.

Chairman of the Supreme Soviet
11 Apr 1990 -  4 Jul 1991  Mintemer Sharipovich Shaymiyev   (b. 1937)            Ind
Presidents
 4 Jul 1991 - 25 Mar 2010  Mintemer Sharipovich Shaymiyev   (s.a.)           1999: OVR;2001 YR
25 Mar 2010 -              Rustam Nurgalyevich Minnikhanov  (b. 1957)            YR
                             (acting 24 Mar - 18 Sep 2015)

Prime Ministers
 5 Jul 1991 - 17 Jan 1995  Mukhammat Gallyamovich Sabirov   (b. 1932 - d. 2015)
17 Jan 1995 - 27 May 1998  Farid Khayrullovich Mukhametshin (b. 1947)
27 May 1998 - 10 Jul 1998  Mintimer Sharipovich Shaimiyev   (s.a.)
                             (acting)
10 Jul 1998 - 25 Mar 2010  Rustam Nurgalyevich Minnikhanov  (s.a.)               2003: YR
26 Mar 2010 - 22 Apr 2010  Ravil Fatykhovich Muratov        (b. 1949)
                             (acting)
22 Apr 2010 -  3 Apr 2017  Ildar Shafkatovich Khalikov      (b. 1967)            YR
 3 Apr 2017 -              Aleksey Valeryevich Pesoshin     (b. 1963)
                             (acting)

Note: Names in Russian with modern Tuvan in parentheses.

10 Oct 1961                Tuvinan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
12 Dec 1990                Declaration of state sovereignty (Soviet Republic of Tuva).
14 Dec 1990                Tuvan is made (additional) state language.
22 Oct 1991                Republic of Tuva
12 Dec 1993                Official spelling changed to Tyva.

Chairman of the Supreme Soviet
 2 Oct 1991 - 22 Oct 1990  Kaadyr-ool Alekseyevich Bicheldey  (b. 1950)
                             (Kaadyr-ool Aleksey oglu Bicheldey)
Presidents
22 Oct 1990 - 19 Mar 1992  Kaadyr-ool Alekseyevich Bicheldey  (s.a.)
19 Mar 1992 - 11 Apr 2002  Sherig-ool Dizizhikovich Oorzhak   (b. 1942)            Ind
                             (Sherig-ool Dizik oglu Oorzhak)
Chairmen of the Government
11 Apr 2002 -  6 Apr 2007  Sherig-ool Dizizhikovich Oorzhak   (s.a.)               YR
 6 Apr 2007 -  6 Apr 2012  Sholban Valeryevich Kara-ool       (b. 1966)            YR
                             (Sholban Valeriy oglu Kara-ool)
Head - Chairman of the Government
 6 Apr 2012 -              Sholban Valeryevich Kara-ool       (s.a.)               YR
                             (acting 23 May - 22 Sep 2016)

Chairman of the Council of Minister (Prime minister)
28 Apr 1990 - 19 Mar 1992  Sherig-ool Dizizhikovich Oorzhak   (s.a.)               Ind
19 Mar 1992                Post abolished

20 Sep 1990                Declaration of state sovereignty.
11 Oct 1991                Udmurt Republic

Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
Apr 1990 - 31 Mar 1992     Valentin Kuz'mich Tubylov          (b. 1935)
Chairman of the Supreme Council
31 Mar 1992 - 1995         Valentin Kuz'mich Tubylov          (s.a.)
Chairman of the State Council
19 Apr 1995 -  3 Nov 2000  Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Volkov    (b. 1951 - d. 2017)  Ind;1999 OVR
President
 3 Nov 2000 - 19 Feb 2014  Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Volkov    (s.a.)               OVR;2001 YR
Heads of the Republic
19 Feb 2014 -  4 Apr 2017  Aleksandr Vasilyevich Solov'yov    (b. 1950)              YR
                             (acting to 22 Sep 2014)
 4 Apr 2017 -              Aleksandr Vladimirovich Brechalov  (b. 1973)              Non-party
                             (acting to 18 Sep 2017)

Prime Ministers (Chairmen of the government)
Apr 1990 - 24 Jun 1993     Nikolay Yefimovich Mironov         (b. 1936 - d. 1999)
26 Jun 1993 - 26 Apr 1995  Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Volkov    (s.a.)
26 Apr 1995 - 23 Apr 1999  Pavel Nikolayevich Vershinin       (b. 1949)
23 Apr 1999 - Oct 2000     Nikolay Alekseyevich Ganza         (b. 1946)
Oct 2000 -  8 Mar 2014     Yuriy Stepanovich Pitkevich        (b. 1951)              2001: YR
                             (acting to 28 Nov 2000)
 8 Mar 2014 - 26 Sep 2017  Viktor Alekseyevich Savelyev       (b. 1963)
                             (acting to 10 Oct 2014)
31 Jul 2017 - 17 Aug 2017  Aleksandr Vladimirovich Brechalov  (s.a.)
                             (acting for Savelyev)
17 Aug 2017 -              Yaroslav Vladimirovich Semenov     (b. 1978)
                             (acting for Savelyev to 26 Sep 2017)

                  Adopted 29 Jun 2000

28 Sep 1937                Altay kray

Heads of the Administration
 8 Oct 1991 - 20 Jan 1994  Vladimir Fyodorovich Rayfikesht    (b. 1951)
20 Jan 1994 - Dec 1996     Lev Aleksandrovich Korshunov       (b. 1946) 
Dec 1996 - 14 Apr 2004     Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Surikov   (b. 1940)
14 Apr 2004 -  7 Aug 2005  Mikhail Sergeyevich Yevdokimov     (b. 1957 - d. 2005)  APR
 7 Aug 2005 - 25 Aug 2005  Mikhail Sergeyevich Kozlov (acting)(b. 1951)            YR
25 Aug 2005 -              Aleksandr Bogdanovich Karlin       (b. 1951)            YR
                             (acting 31 Jul - 25 Sep 2014)

Kamchatka

 1 Jul 2007                Kamchatka kray created from merger of Kamchatka oblast
                             and Koryakia autonomous okrug. 

20 Oct 1938                Khabarovsk kray
1992 - 1993                Unilateral attempt to upgrade status to republic
                             (not recognized).

Heads of the Administration
24 Oct 1991 - 30 Apr 2009  Viktor Ivanovich Ishayev           (b. 1948)            2003: YR
30 Apr 2009 -              Vyacheslav Ivanovich Shport        (b. 1954)            Non-party
                             (acting to 6 May 2009 and 30 Apr - 17 Sep 2013)

1991 - 1 Jun 1995 Unofficial

1 Jun 1995 - 28 Jun 2004

Adopted 28 Jun 2004

13 Sep 1937                Krasnodar kray 

Heads of the Administration
24 Aug 1991 - 26 Nov 1992  Vasiliy Nikolayevich Dyakonov      (b. 1946 - d. 2012)
Dec 1992 -  2 Aug 1994     Nikolay Dmitriyevich Yegorov       (b. 1951 - d. 1997)
                             (1st time)
 2 Aug 1994 - 15 Jul 1996  Yevgeniy Mikhaylovich Kharitonov   (b. 1946)            1995: NDR
15 Jul 1996 -  5 Jan 1997  Nikolay Dmitriyevich Yegorov       (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
 5 Jan 1997 -  5 Jan 2001  Nikolay Ignatyevich Kondratenko    (b. 1940 - d. 2013)  NPSR
 5 Jan 2001 - 22 Apr 2015  Aleksandr Nikolayevich Tkachev     (b. 1960)            YR
22 Apr 2015 -              Veniamin Ivanovich Kondratyev      (b. 1970)            Non-party
                             (acting to 22 Sep 2015)

                 Adopted 16 Apr 2000

 7 Dec 1934                Krasnoyarsk kray
1992 - 1993                Unilateral attempt to upgrade status to republic
                             as Yenissey Republic (not recognized).
 1 Jan 2007                Evenkia autonomous okrug and Taymyr autonomous okrug
                             merged into Krasnoyarsk kray.

Heads of the Administration
Jan 1992 - 27 Jan 1993     Arkadiy Filimonovich Veprev       (b. 1927 - d. 2006)
27 Jan 1993 -  5 Jun 1998  Valeriy Mikhaylovich Zubov        (b. 1953 - d. 2016)
 5 Jun 1998 - 28 Apr 2002  Aleksandr Ivanovich Lebed         (b. 1950 - d. 2002)  RNR
28 Apr 2002 -  3 Oct 2002  Nikolay Ivanovich Ashlapov        (b. 1962)
                             (acting)
 3 Oct 2002 - 19 Jan 2010  Aleksandr Gennadyevich Khloponin  (b. 1965)            2003: YR
                             (acting to 17 Oct 2002)
19 Jan 2010 - 17 Feb 2010  Edkham Shukriyevich Akbulatov     (b. 1960)            YR
                             (acting)
17 Feb 2010 - 12 May 2014  Lev Vladimirovich Kuznetsov       (b. 1965)            YR
12 May 2014 - 29 Sep 2017  Viktor Aleksandrovich Tolokonskiy (b. 1953)            YR
                             (acting to 26 Sep 2014)
29 Sep 2017 -              Aleksandr Viktorovich Uss (acting)(b. 1954)            YR

     (1 Dec 2005 - 15 May 2007 de facto)
                  Adopted 15 May 2007

 1 Dec 2005                Perm kray formed from merger of Perm oblast and Komi-Permyak
                             autonomous okrug.

Governors
 1 Dec 2005 - 28 Apr 2012  Oleg Anatolyevich Chirkunov        (b. 1958)           Ind;2006 YR
28 Apr 2012 -  6 Feb 2017  Viktor Fyodorovich Basargin        (b. 1957)           Non-party
                             (acting to 5 May 2012)
 6 Feb 2017 -              Maksim Gennadyevich Reshetnikov    (b. 1979)           Non-party
                             (acting to 18 Sep 2017)

                  Adopted 22 Feb 1995

20 Oct 1938                Primorskiy kray 
1992 - 1993                Unilateral attempt to upgrade status to republic
                             (not recognized).

Heads of the Administration 
15 Oct 1991 - 24 May 1993  Vladimir Sergeyevich Kuznetsov     (b. 1954)            1993: PLP
24 May 1993 - Dec 1995     Yevgeniy Ivanovich Nazdratenko     (b. 1949)            PoP
Governors
Dec 1995 -  5 Feb 2001     Yevgeniy Ivanovich Nazdratenko     (s.a.)               PoP
 5 Feb 2001 - 13 Feb 2001  Konstantin Borisovich Tolstoshein  (b. 1952)
                             (1st time) (acting)
13 Feb 2001 - 26 Apr 2001  Valentin Stepanovich Dubinin       (b. 1946)
                             (acting)
26 Apr 2001 -  7 May 2001  Igor Lvovich Belchuk (acting)      (b. 1947)
 7 May 2001 - 25 Jun 2001  Konstantin Borisovich Tolstoshein  (s.a.)
                             (2nd time) (acting)
25 Jun 2001 - 28 Feb 2012  Sergey Mikhaylovich Darkin         (b. 1963)           Ind; 2004 YR
28 Feb 2012 -  4 Oct 2017  Vladimir Vladimirovich             (b. 1967)            YR
                             Miklushevskiy
                             (acting to 16 Mar 2012 and 31 May - 22 Sep 2014)
 4 Oct 2017 -              Andrey Vladimirovich Tarasenko     (b. 1963)            Non-party
                             (acting)

                  Adopted 30 May 1997

12 Jan 1943                Stavropol kray 

Heads of the Administration
24 Oct 1991 - 20 Jul 1995  Yevgeniy Semyonovich Kuznetsov     (b. 1938 - d. 2005)
20 Jul 1995 - Nov 1996     Pyotr Petrovich Marchenko          (b. 1948)            NDR
Governors
Nov 1996 - 16 May 2008     Aleksandr Leonidovich Chernogorov  (b. 1959)            KPR;2007 YR
16 May 2008 -  2 May 2012  Valeriy Veniaminovich Gayevskiy    (b. 1958)            YR
                             (acting to 23 May 2008)
 2 May 2012 - 27 Sep 2013  Valeriy Georgiyevich Zerenkov      (b. 1948)            YR
                             (acting to 5 May 2012)
27 Sep 2013 -              Vladimir Vladimirovich Vladimirov  (b. 1975)            YR
                             (acting to 27 Sep 2014)

Zabaikalskiy (Transbaikal)

                   Adopted 1 Mar 2009

 1 Mar 2008                Zabaikalskiy kray formed from merger of Chita oblast
                             and Agin-Buryat autonomous okrug.

Governors
 1 Mar 2008 -  1 Mar 2013  Ravil Faritovich Geniatullin       (b. 1955)            YR
 2 Mar 2013 - 17 Feb 2016  Konstantin Konstantinovich         (b. 1964)            SR
                             Ilkovskiy (acting to 18 Sep 2013) 
17 Feb 2016 -              Natalya Nikolayevna Zhdanova (f)   (b. 1964)            YR
                             (acting to 29 Sep 2016)

                  Adopted 26 Apr 1996

20 Oct 1932                Amur oblast

Heads of the Administration
 8 Oct 1991 - Apr 1993     Albert Arkadyevich Krivchenko      (b. 1935)
25 Apr 1993 -  5 Oct 1993  Aleksandr Vladimirovich Surat      (b. 1947 - d. 2016)
 5 Oct 1993 -  3 Dec 1994  Vladimir Pavlovich Polevanov       (b. 1949)
                             (acting to 18 Dec 1993)
 3 Dec 1994 -  3 Jun 1996  Vladimir Nikolayevich Dyachenko    (b. 1948)
 3 Jun 1996 - Mar 1997     Yuriy Gavriilovich Lyashko         (b. 1943 - d. 2015)
Mar 1997 - 21 Apr 2001     Anatoliy Nikolayevich Belonogov    (b. 1939)            KPRF
21 Apr 2001 - 10 May 2007  Leonid Viktorovich Korotkov        (b. 1965)            KPRF
10 May 2007 -  1 Jun 2007  Aleksandr Vasilyevich Nesterenko   (b. 1947)
                             (acting)
 1 Jun 2007 - 16 Oct 2008  Nikolay Aleksandrovich Kolesov     (b. 1956)            YR
16 Oct 2008 - 25 Mar 2015  Oleg Nikolayevich Kozhemyako       (b. 1962)            YR
                             (acting to 20 Oct 2008)
25 Mar 2015 -              Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Kozlov    (b. 1981)            YR
                             (acting to 20 Sep 2015)

                 Adopted 23 Sep 2009

23 Sep 1937                Arkhangelsk oblast

Heads of the Administration
 1 Oct 1991 - 21 Feb 1996  Pavel Nikolayevich Balakshin       (b. 1936)            1995: NDR
21 Feb 1996 -  4 Mar 1996  Valentin Stepanovich Vlasov        (b. 1946)
                             (acting)
 4 Mar 1996 - 14 Apr 2004  Anatoliy Antonovich Yefremov       (b. 1952 - d. 2009)
14 Apr 2004 - 18 Apr 2008  Nikolay Ivanovich Kiselyov         (b. 1950)
18 Apr 2008 - 13 Jan 2012  Ilya Filippovich Mikhalchuk        (b. 1957)            YR
13 Jan 2012 -              Igor Anatolyevich Orlov            (b. 1964)            YR
                             (acting to 3 Feb 2012 and 22 May - 24 Sep 2015)

                 Adopted 26 Dec 2001

27 Dec 1943                Astrakhan oblast

Heads of the Administration
28 Aug 1991 - 17 Aug 2004  Anatoliy Petrovich Guzhvin         (b. 1946 - d. 2004)  2001: YR
17 Aug 2004 -  2 Nov 2004  Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Zhilkin   (b. 1959)            YR
                             (1st time)(acting) 
 2 Nov 2004 - 23 Dec 2004  Aleksandr Pavlovich Glazkov        (b. 1951)
                             (acting) 
23 Dec 2004 -              Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Zhilkin   (s.a.)               YR
                             (2nd time)

                   Adopted 6 May 2000

 6 Jan 1954                Belgorod oblast

Heads of the Administration
30 Nov 1991 - 11 Oct 1993  Viktor Ivanovich Berestovoy        (b. 1948)
11 Oct 1993 -              Yevgeniy Stepanovich Savchenko     (b. 1950)            2003: YR
                             (acting to 18 Dec 1993 and 17 Jun 2012 - 20 Oct 2012)

                 Adopted 20 Nov 1998

 5 Jul 1944                Bryansk oblast

Heads of the Administration
14 Dec 1991 - Apr 1993     Vladimir Aleksandrovich Barabanov  (b. 1951)
                             (acting to 22 Jan 1992)(1st time)
Apr 1993 - 25 Sep 1993     Yuriy Yevgenyevich Lodkin          (b. 1938)           
                             (1st time)
25 Sep 1993 - 16 Aug 1995  Vladimir Aleksandrovich Karpov     (b. 1948 - d. 2015)
                             (acting to 18 Dec 1993)
16 Aug 1995 - 29 May 1996  Vladimir Aleksandrovich Barabanov  (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
29 May 1996 - Dec 1996     Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Semernev    (b. 1958)
Dec 1996 - 28 Dec 2004     Yuriy Yevgenyevich Lodkin          (s.a.)               KPRF
                             (2nd time)
28 Dec 2004 -  9 Sep 2014  Nikolay Vasilyevich Denin          (b. 1958)            YR
 9 Sep 2014 -              Aleksandr Vasilyevich Bogomaz      (b. 1961)            YR 
                             (acting to 28 Sep 2015)

17 Jan 1934                Chelyabinsk oblast
1992 - 1993                Unilateral attempt to upgrade status to republic
                             (not recognized).

Heads of the Administration
24 Oct 1991 -  5 Jan 1997  Vadim Pavlovich Solovyev           (b. 1947)
 5 Jan 1997 - 22 Apr 2010  Pyotr Ivanovich Sumin              (b. 1946 - d. 2011)  2005: YR
22 Apr 2010 - 15 Jan 2014  Mikhail Valeryevich Yurevich       (b. 1969)            YR
15 Jan 2014 -              Boris Aleksandrovich Dubrovskiy    (b. 1958)            Non-party
                             (acting to 24 Sep 2014)

            23 Dec 1995 - 29 Feb 2008

26 Sep 1937                Chita oblast
 1 Mar 2008                Merged into Zabaikalsky kray.

Heads of the Administration
30 Nov 1991 -  1 Feb 1996  Boris Petrovich Ivanov             (b. 1941)
 1 Feb 1996 - 29 Feb 2008  Ravil Faritovich Geniatullin       (b. 1955)            Ind;2007 YR

                  Adopted 10 Sep 1997

26 Sep 1937                Irkutsk oblast
 1 Jan 2008                Ust-Ordynsky Buryat autonomous okrug merged into Irkutsk.

Head of the Administration
19 Sep 1991 - Mar 1994     Yuriy Abramovich Nozhikov          (b. 1934 - d. 2010)
Governors
Mar 1994 - May 1997        Yuriy Abramovich Nozhikov          (s.a.)
May 1997 - 21 Aug 1997     Vitaliy Innokentyevich Ivanov      (b. 1946)
                             (acting)
21 Aug 1997 -  8 Sep 2005  Boris Aleksandrovich Govorin       (b. 1947)
 8 Sep 2005 - 15 Apr 2008  Aleksandr Georgiyevich Tishanin    (b. 1966)            2006: YR
15 Apr 2008 - 10 May 2009  Igor Eduardovich Yesipovskiy       (b. 1960 - d. 2009)  YR
                             (acting to 13 Dec 2008)
11 May 2009 -  8 Jun 2009  Sergey Mikhaylovich Sokol (acting) (b. 1970)
 8 Jun 2009 - 18 May 2012  Dmitriy Fyodorovich Mezentsev      (b. 1959)            YR
18 May 2012 -  2 Oct 2015  Sergey Vladimirovich Yeroshchenko  (b. 1961)          Non-party;2015
                             (acting to 29 May 2012 and from 13 May 2015)          YR
 2 Oct 2015 -              Sergey Georgiyevich Levchenko      (b. 1953)            KPRF

                  Adopted 19 Mar 1998

11 Mar 1936                Ivanovo oblast

Heads of the Administration
24 Dec 1991 - 23 Jan 1996  Adol'f Fyodorovich Laptev          (b. 1935 - d. 2005)
 1 Feb 1996 - Dec 2000     Vladislav Nikolayevich Tikhomirov  (b. 1939 - d. 2017)
Dec 2000 - 23 Dec 2005     Vladimir Ilyich Tikhonov           (b. 1947)            KPRF
23 Dec 2005 - 16 Oct 2013  Mikhail Aleksandrovich Men         (b. 1960)            YR 
16 Oct 2013 - 10 Oct 2017  Pavel Alekseyevich Konkov          (b. 1958)            YR
                             (acting to 19 Sep 2014)
10 Oct 2017 -              Stanislav Sergeyevich Voskresenskiy(b. 1976)            Non-party
                             (acting)

                   Adopted 9 Jun 2006

 4 Jul 1946                Kaliningrad oblast

Heads of the Administration
25 Sep 1991 - Oct 1996     Yuriy Semyonovich Matochkin        (b. 1931 - d. 2006)
Oct 1996 -  9 Dec 2000     Leonid Petrovich Gorbenko          (b. 1939 - d. 2010)  NDR
 9 Dec 2000 - 28 Sep 2005  Vladimir Grigoryevich Yegorov      (b. 1938)            Ind
28 Sep 2005 - 28 Sep 2010  Georgiy Valentinovich Boos         (b. 1963)            YR
28 Sep 2010 - 28 Jul 2016  Nikolay Nikolayevich Tsukanov      (b. 1965)            YR
                             (acting 27 Jun - 21 Sep 2015)
28 Jul 2016 -  6 Oct 2016  Yevgeniy Nikolayevich Zinichev     (b. 1966)            Non-party
                             (acting)
 6 Oct 2016 -              Anton Andreyevich Alikhanov        (b. 1986)            Non-party
                             (acting to 29 Sep 2017)

                 Adopted 30 Jan 2004

 5 Jul 1944                Kaluga oblast

Heads of the Administration
25 Sep 1991 - 22 Jan 1996  Aleksandr Vasilyevich Deryagin     (b. 1941 - d. 2010)
22 Jan 1996 -  7 Mar 1996  Viktor Stepanovich Pakhno (acting) (b. 1938) 
 7 Mar 1996 - Nov 1996     Oleg Vitalyevich Savchenko         (b. 1948)             NDR
Governors
Nov 1996 - 18 Nov 2000     Valeriy Vasilyevich Sudarenkov     (b. 1940)             NPSR
18 Nov 2000 -              Anatoliy Dmitriyvich Artamonov     (b. 1952)             2004: YR
                             (acting 11 Jun - 19 Sep 2015)

               7 May 2004 - 30 Jun 2007 

20 Oct 1932                Kamchatka oblast
 1 Jul 2007                Merger of Kamchatka oblast and Koryakia autonomous okrug
                             to form Kamchatka kray.

Head of the Administration 
16 Nov 1991 - Dec 1996     Vladimir Afanasyevich Biryukov     (b. 1933)
Governors
Dec 1996 - 28 Dec 2000     Vladimir Afanasyevich Biryukov     (s.a.)
28 Dec 2000 - 23 May 2007  Mikhail Borisovich Mashkovtsev     (b. 1947)            KPRF       
23 May 2007 - 30 Jun 2007  Aleksey Alekseyevich Kuzmitskiy    (b. 1967)            YR

                              Adopted 7 Jun 2002

26 Jan 1943                Kemerovo oblast

Heads of the Administration
27 Aug 1991 -  1 Jul 1997  Mikhail Borisovich Kisluyk         (b. 1951)             DPR
 1 Jul 1997 - 25 Jan 2001  Aman-geldy Moldagazyevich Tuleyev  (b. 1944)           NPSR;2000 Ind
                             (1st time)
25 Jan 2001 -  4 May 2001  Valentin Petrovich Mazikin (acting)(b. 1945)
 4 May 2001 -  1 Apr 2018  Aman-geldy Moldagazyevich Tuleyev  (s.a.)                Ind;2003 YR
                             (2nd time)(acting 16 Apr - 22 Sep 2015)
 1 Apr 2018 -              Sergey Yevgenyevich Tsivilyov      (b. 1961)             YR
                             (acting)

                 Adopted 26 Jun 2003

 5 Dec 1936                Kirov oblast 

Head of the Administration
11 Dec 1991 - Oct 1996     Vasiliy Aleksyevich Desyatnikov    (b. 1942)
Governors
Oct 1996 - 14 Jan 2004     Vladimir Nilovich Sergeyenkov      (b. 1938 - d. 2014)
14 Jan 2004 - 15 Jan 2009  Nikolay Ivanovich Shaklein         (b. 1943)            YR
15 Jan 2009 - 28 Jul 2016  Nikita Yuryevich Belykh            (b. 1975)            Non-party
                             (acting 14 Jan - 23 Sep 2014)
28 Jul 2016 -              Igor Vladimirovich Vasilyev        (b. 1961)            YR
                             (acting to 19 Sep 2017)

13 Aug 1944                Kostroma oblast

Heads of the Administration
14 Dec 1991 -  5 Jan 1997  Valeriy Petrovich Arbuzov          (b. 1939)            1995: NDR
 5 Jan 1997 - 20 Sep 2007  Viktor Andreyevich Shershunov      (b. 1950 - d. 2007) KPRF;2001 YR
20 Sep 2007 - 25 Oct 2007  Yuriy Fyodorovich Tsikunov (acting)(b. 1947)            Ind
25 Oct 2007 - 13 Apr 2012  Igor Nikolayevich Slyunyayev       (b. 1966)            YR
13 Apr 2012 -              Sergey Konstantinovich Sitnikov    (b. 1963)            Non-party
                             (acting to 28 Apr 2012 and 15 May - 15 Oct 2015)            

                           Adopted 1 Dec 1997

 6 Feb 1943                Kurgan oblast

Heads of the Administration
24 Dec 1991 - 15 Aug 1995  Valentin Pavlovich Gerasimov       (b. 1940)
15 Aug 1995 - Dec 1996     Anatoliy Nikolayevich Sobolev      (b. 1940)
Dec 1996 - 14 Feb 2014     Oleg Aleksyevich Bogomolov         (b. 1950)       2000 OVR;2004 YR
14 Feb 2014 -              Aleksey Gennadyevich Kokorin       (b. 1961)             YR
                             (acting to 26 Sep 2014)

                 Adopted 17 Dec 1996

13 Jun 1934                Kursk oblast

Heads of the Administration
11 Dec 1991 - Oct 1996     Vasiliy Ivanovich Shuteyev         (b. 1942)
Oct 1996 - 18 Nov 2000     Aleksandr Vladimirovich Rutskoy    (b. 1947)             NPSR
18 Nov 2000 -              Aleksandr Nikolayevich Mikhaylov   (b. 1951)           KPRF;2005 YR
                             (acting 17 May - 23 Sep 2014)

                 Adopted 31 Dec 1997

 1 Aug 1927                Leningrad oblast

Heads of the Administration
20 Oct 1991 - Sep 1996     Aleksandr Semyonovich Belyakov     (b. 1945)            1995: NDR
Sep 1996 - 18 Sep 1998     Vadim Anatolyevich Gustov          (b. 1948)            Ind
18 Sep 1998 - 28 May 2012  Valeriy Pavlovich Serdyukov        (b. 1945)            2001: YR
                             (acting to Sep 1999)
28 May 2012 -              Aleksandr Yuryevich Drozdenko      (b. 1964)            YR
                             (acting 12 May - 30 Sep 2015)

 6 Jan 1954                Lipetsk oblast

Heads of the Administration
23 Oct 1991 - 23 Dec 1992  Gennadiy Vasilyevich Kuptsov       (b. 1940)
23 Dec 1992 - Apr 1993     Vladimir Vasilyevich Zaytsev       (b. 1951)
Apr 1993 - Apr 1998        Mikhail Tikhonovich Narolin        (b. 1933 - d. 2011)  NDR
Apr 1998 -                 Oleg Petrovich Korolyev            (b. 1952)            Ind;2003 YR
                             (acting 17 May - 19 Sep 2014) 

                 Adopted 29 Dec 2001

 2 Dec 1953                Magadan oblast

Head of the Administration
24 Oct 1991 - Nov 1996     Viktor Grigoryevich Mikhaylov      (b. 1936)
Governors
Nov 1996 - 18 Oct 2002     Valentin Ivanovich Tsvetkov        (b. 1948 - d. 2002)
18 Oct 2002 -  3 Feb 2013  Nikolay Nikolayevich Dudov         (b. 1952)            YR
                             (acting to 28 Feb 2003)
 3 Feb 2013 -              Vladimir Petrovitch Pecheny        (b. 1949)            YR
                             (acting to 18 Sep 2013)

                   Adopted 3 Dec 1997

 3 Jun 1929                Moscow oblast

Heads of the Administration
16 Oct 1991 -  6 Jan 2000  Anatoliy Stepanovich Tyazhlov      (b. 1942 - d. 2008)1995NDR;99 OVR
 6 Jan 2000 -  9 Jan 2000  Vasiliy Yuryevich Golubev (acting) (b. 1957)
Governors
 9 Jan 2000 - 11 May 2012  Boris Vsevolodovich Gromov         (b. 1943)            OVR;2003 YR
11 May 2012 -  6 Nov 2012  Sergey Kuzhugetovich Shoygu        (b. 1955)            YR
 6 Nov 2012 -  8 Nov 2012  Ruslan Khadzhismelovich Tsalikov   (b. 1956)            Non-party
                             (acting)                     
 8 Nov 2012 -              Andrey Yuryevich Vorobyov          (b. 1970)            YR
                             (acting to 14 Sep 2013)

                   Adopted 1 Jul 2004

28 May 1938                Murmansk oblast

Heads of the Administration
10 Nov 1991 -  7 Dec 1996  Yevgeniy Borisovich Komarov        (b. 1942)
 7 Dec 1996 - Dec 1997     Yuriy Alekseyevich Yevdokimov      (b. 1946)
Governors
Dec 1997 - 21 Mar 2009     Yuriy Alekseyevich Yevdokimov      (s.a.)               2004: YR
21 Mar 2009 -  4 Apr 2012  Dmitriy Vladimirovich Dmitriyenko  (b. 1963)            YR
                             (acting to 25 Mar 2009)
 4 Apr 2012 -              Marina Vasilyevna Kovtun (f)       (b. 1962)            YR
                             (acting to 13 Apr 2012 and 5 May - 8 Oct 2014)

                  Adopted 28 Apr 2005

 5 Dec 1936                Gorkiy oblast
22 Oct 1990                Renamed Nizhny Novgorod oblast.

Head of the Administration
30 Nov 1991 - Dec 1995     Boris Yefimovich Nemtsov           (b. 1959 - d. 2015)
Governors 
Dec 1995 - Mar 1997        Boris Yefimovich Nemtsov           (s.a.)
Mar 1997 - Jul 1997        Yuriy Isakovich Lebedev (acting)   (b. 1951)
Jul 1997 -  8 Aug 2001     Ivan Petrovich Sklyarov            (b. 1948 - d. 2007)
 8 Aug 2001 -  8 Aug 2008  Gennadiy Maksimovich Khodyrev      (b. 1942)           KPRF;2002 YR
 8 Aug 2005 - 26 Sep 2017  Valeriy Pavlinovich Shantsev       (b. 1947)            YR
                             (acting 30 May - 24 Sep 2014)
26 Sep 2017 -              Gleb Sergeyevich Nikitin (acting)  (b. 1977)            Non-party

Heads of the Administration
24 Oct 1991 -  3 Aug 2007  Mikhail Mikhaylovich Prusak        (b. 1960)          1995:NDR; 2001
                                                                                   DPR;2005 YR
 3 Aug 2007 - 13 Feb 2017  Sergey Gerasimovich Mitin          (b. 1951)            YR
                             (acting to 7 Aug 2007 and 8 Aug 2012 - 20 Oct 2012)
13 Feb 2017 -              Andrey Sergeyevich Nikitin         (b. 1979)            Non-party
                             (acting to 14 Oct 2017)

                   Adopted 25 Jul 2003

28 Sep 1937                Novosibirsk oblast

Heads of the Administration
26 Nov 1991 -  5 Oct 1993  Vitaliy Petrovich Mukha (1st time) (b. 1936 - d. 2005)
Oct 1993 - Dec 1995        Ivan Ivanovich Indinok             (b. 1938)
Dec 1995 - 17 Jan 2000     Vitaliy Petrovich Mukha (2nd time) (s.a.)
Governors
17 Jan 2000 -  9 Sep 2010  Viktor Aleksandrovich Tolokonskiy  (b. 1953)            2001: YR
 9 Sep 2010 - 17 Mar 2014  Vasiliy Alekseyevich Yurchenko     (b. 1960)            YR
                             (acting to 22 Sep 2010)
17 Mar 2014 -  6 Oct 2017  Vladimir Filippovich Gorodetskiy   (b. 1948)            YR
                             (acting to 24 Sep 2014)
 6 Oct 2017 -              Andrey Aleksandrovich Travnikov    (b. 1971)            Non-party
                             (acting)

                   Adopted 13 Jun 2003

17 Dec 1934                Omsk oblast

Head of the Administration
11 Nov 1991 - Dec 1995     Leonid Konstantinovich Polezhayev  (b. 1940)
Governors
Dec 1995 - 30 May 2012     Leonid Konstantinovich Polezhayev  (s.a.)               2001: YR
30 May 2012 -  9 Oct 2017  Viktor Ivanovich Nazarov           (b. 1962)            YR
                             (acting 14 May - 22 Sep 2015)
 9 Oct 2017 -              Aleksandr Leonidovich Burkov       (b. 1967)            SR
                             (acting)

                  Adopted 17 Nov 1997

 4 Dec 1957                Orenburg oblast

Heads of the Administration
24 Oct 1991 - 29 Dec 1999  Vladimir Vasilyevich Yelagin       (b. 1955)            1995: NDR
29 Dec 1999 - 15 Jun 2010  Aleksey Andreyevich Chernyshev     (b. 1939)            APR;2008 YR
15 Jun 2010 -              Yuriy Aleksandrovich Berg          (b. 1953)            YR
                             (acting 17 May - 26 Sep 2014)

Heads of the Administration
 5 Dec 1991 - Apr 1993     Nikolay Pavlovich Yudin            (b. 1938)
Apr 1993 - 16 Feb 2009     Yegor Semyonovich Stroyev          (b. 1937)           Ind; 2005 YR
16 Feb 2009 - 26 Feb 2014  Aleksandr Petrovich Kozlov         (b. 1949)           YR
                             (acting to 27 Feb 2009)
26 Feb 2014 -  5 Oct 2017  Vadim Vladimirovich Potomskiy      (b. 1972)           KPRF
                             (acting to 23 Sep 2014)
 5 Oct 2017 -              Andrey Yevgenyevich Klychkov       (b. 1979)           KPRF
                             (acting)

 4 Feb 1939                Penza oblast

Heads of the Administration
24 Oct 1991 - Apr 1993     Aleksandr Andreyevich Kondratyev   (b. 1947 - d. 2017)  Ind
Apr 1993 - Apr 1998        Anatoliy Fyodorovich Kovlyagin     (b. 1938 - d. 2009)  NDR
12 Apr 1998 - 25 May 2015  Vasiliy Kuz'mich Bochkarev         (b. 1949 - d. 2016)  2005: YR
25 May 2015 -              Ivan Aleksandrovich Belozertsev    (b. 1958)            YR
                             (acting to 21 Sep 2015)

             14 May 2003 - 1 Dec 2005

 2 Oct 1957                Perm oblast
1992 - 1993                Unilateral attempt to upgrade status to republic
                             (not recognized).
 1 Dec 2005                Merged with Komi-Permyak autonomous okrug as Perm kray. 

Heads of the Administration
24 Dec 1991 - 12 Jan 1996  Boris Yuryevich Kuznetsov          (b. 1935 - d. 2013)  Ind;1995 NDR
12 Jan 1996 - 14 Dec 2000  Gennadiy Vyacheslavovich Igumnov   (b. 1936)
14 Dec 2000 - 11 Mar 2004  Yuriy Petrovich Trutnev            (b. 1956)            2001: YR
11 Mar 2004 - 12 Mar 2004  Anatoliy Arkadyevich Temkin        (b. 1955)            Ind
                             (acting)
12 Mar 2004 -  1 Dec 2005  Oleg Anatolyevich Chirkunov        (b. 1958)            Ind 
                             (acting)

23 Aug 1944                Pskov oblast

Heads of the Administration
24 Oct 1991 - 22 May 1992  Anatoliy Alekseyevich Dobryakov    (b. 1939)
22 May 1992 -  3 Nov 1996  Vladislav Nikolayevich Tumanov     (b. 1958)
Nov 1996 - 17 Dec 2004     Yevgeniy Eduardovich Mikhaylov     (b. 1963)           LDPR;2001 YR
17 Dec 2004 - 16 Feb 2009  Mikhail Varfolomeyevich Kuznetsov  (b. 1968)            YR
16 Feb 2009 - 12 Oct 2017  Andrey Anatolyevich Turchak        (b. 1975)            YR    
                             (acting to 27 Feb 2009 and 27 Feb - 25 Sep 2014)
12 Oct 2017 -              Mikhail Yuryevich Vedernikov       (b. 1975)            YR                              (acting)

                    Adopted 31 Oct 1996

13 Sep 1937                Rostov oblast

Heads of the Administration
 8 Oct 1991 - 14 Jun 2010  Vladimir Fyodorovich Chub          (b. 1948)            NDR;2001 YR
14 Jun 2010 -              Vasiliy Yuryevich Golubev          (b. 1957)             YR
                             (acting 8 Jun - 29 Sep 2015)

                  Adopted 2 Jun 2000

26 Sep 1937                Ryazan oblast

Heads of the Administration
25 Sep 1991 - 25 Jan 1994  Lev Polyevktovich Bashmakov        (b. 1938)
25 Jan 1994 - 15 Oct 1996  Gennadiy Konstantinovich Merkulov  (b. 1940 - d. 2015)  1995: NDR
15 Oct 1996 -  6 Jan 1997  Igor Aleksandrovich Ivlev (acting) (b. 1941)
 6 Jan 1997 - 12 Apr 2004  Vyacheslav Nikolayevich Lyubimov   (b. 1947)
12 Apr 2004 - 12 Apr 2008  Georgiy Ivanovich Shpak            (b. 1943)            PR;2006 SR
12 Apr 2008 - 14 Feb 2017  Oleg Ivanovich Kovalyev            (b. 1948)            YR
                             (acting 11 Jul 2012 - 19 Oct 2012)
14 Feb 2017 -              Nikolay Viktorovich Lyubimov       (b. 1971)            YR
                             (acting to 18 Sep 2017)

                  Adopted 27 Apr 1997

 2 Jan 1947                Sakhalin oblast

Heads of the Administration
 8 Oct 1991 -  8 Apr 1993  Valentin Petrovich Fyodorov        (b. 1939)
 8 Apr 1993 - 24 Apr 1995  Yevgeniy Alekseyevich Krasnoyarov  (b. 1939)
24 Apr 1995 - Oct 1996     Igor Pavlovich Farkhutdinov        (b. 1950 - d. 2003)  NDR
Governors
Oct 1996 - 20 Aug 2003     Igor Pavlovich Farkhutdinov        (s.a.)               NDR
20 Aug 2003 -  7 Aug 2007  Ivan Pavlovich Malakhov            (b. 1953)            YR
                             (acting to 30 Dec 2003)
 7 Aug 2007 - 25 Mar 2015  Aleksandr Vadimovich Khoroshavin   (b. 1959)            YR
                             (acting to 11 Aug 2007; under arrest from 4 Mar 2015)
 4 Mar 2015 - 25 Mar 2015  Sergey Aleksandrovych Karaganov    (b. 1958)
                             (acting for Khoroshavin)
25 Mar 2015 -              Oleg Nikolayevich Kozhemyako       (b. 1962)            YR
                             (acting to 21 Sep 2015)

                  Adopted 13 Oct 1998 

 5 Dec 1936                Kuybyshev oblast
25 Jan 1991                Renamed Samara oblast.
1992 - 1993                Unilateral attempt to upgrade status to republic
                             (not recognized).

Heads of the Administration
31 Aug 1991 -  6 Apr 2000  Konstantin Alekseyevich Titov      (b. 1944)          DVR;1995 NDR;
                             (1st time)                                          1999 SPS
 6 Apr 2000 -  9 Jul 2000  Yuriy Mikhaylovich Logoydo (acting)(b. 1938)
 9 Jul 2000 - 27 Aug 2007  Konstantin Alekseyevich Titov      (s.a.)             RPSD; 2005 YR
                             (2nd time)
27 Aug 2007 - 10 May 2012  Vladimir Vladimirovich Artyakov    (b. 1959)            YR         
                             (acting to 29 Aug 2007)
10 May 2012 - 25 Sep 2017  Nikolay Ivanovich Merkushkin       (b. 1951)            YR
                             (acting to 12 May 2012 and 6 Jun - 23 Sep 2014)
25 Sep 2017 -              Dmitriy Igorevich Azarov (acting)  (b. 1970)            YR

 5 Dec 1936                Saratov oblast

Heads of the Administration
1989 - 1991                Nikolay Pavlovich Grishin          (b. 1936) 
25 Feb 1992 - 21 Feb 1996  Yuriy Vasilyevich Belykh           (b. 1941)
                             (acting to 30 Jun 1992)
21 Feb 1996 - 15 Apr 1996  Leonid Yefimovich Vashenkov        (b. 1933)
                             (acting)
15 Apr 1996 -  1 Sep 1996  Dmitriy Fyodorovich Ayatskov       (b. 1950)
Governors
 1 Sep 1996 -  2 Apr 2005  Dmitriy Fyodorovich Ayatskov       (s.a.)
 2 Apr 2005 - 23 Mar 2012  Pavel Leonidovich Ipatov           (b. 1950)            YR 
23 Mar 2012 -              Valeriy Vasilyevich Radayev        (b. 1961)            YR
                             (acting to 5 Apr 2012 and 17 Mar - 21 Sep 2017)        

                 Adopted 30 Dec 1998

27 Sep 1937                Smolensk oblast

Heads of the Administration
 1 Nov 1991 - Apr 1993     Valeriy Petrovich Fateyev          (b. 1946)
Apr 1993 - May 1998        Anatoliy Yegorovich Glushenkov     (b. 1942 - d. 2017)  1995: NDR
May 1998 -  7 Jun 2002     Aleksandr Dmitriyevich Prokhorov   (b. 1953)
 7 Jun 2002 - 19 Dec 2007  Viktor Nikolayevich Maslov         (b. 1950)            YR
19 Dec 2007 - 20 Apr 2012  Sergey Vladimirovich Antufyev      (b. 1955)            YR
                             (acting to 24 Dec 2007)
20 Apr 2012 -              Aleksey Vladimirovich Ostrovskiy   (b. 1976)            LDPR
                             (acting to 26 Apr 2012 and 18 May - 28 Sep 2015)

17 Jan 1934                Sverdlovsk oblast
Jul 1993 - 10 Nov 1993     Unilateral attempt to upgrade status to republic
                             as Ural Republic (not recognized).

Heads of the Administration
16 Oct 1991 - 10 Nov 1993  Eduard Yergartovich Rossel         (b. 1937) 
10 Nov 1993 -  6 Jan 1994  Valeriy Georgiyevich Trushnikov    (b. 1950 - d. 2008)
                             (acting)
 6 Jan 1994 - Aug 1995     Aleksey Leonidovich Strakhov       (b. 1942)
Governors
Aug 1995 - 23 Nov 2009     Eduard Yergartovich Rossel         (s.a.)               TU; 2004 YR
23 Nov 2009 - 14 May 2012  Aleksandr Sergeyevich Misharin     (b. 1959)            YR
10 Dec 2011 -  6 Feb 2012  Anatoliy Leonidovich Gredin        (b. 1956)
                             (acting for Misharin)
14 May 2012 -              Yevgeniy Vladimirovich Kuyvashev   (b. 1971)            YR
                             (acting to 29 May 2012 and 17 Apr - 18 Sep 2017)

                  Adopted 22 Feb 2005

27 Sep 1937                Tambov oblast

Heads of the Administration
11 Dec 1991 - 24 Mar 1995  Vladimir Dmitriyevich Babenko      (b. 1931 - d. 1996)
Mar 1995 - Dec 1995        Oleg Ivanovich Betin (1st time)    (b. 1950)
Dec 1995 - Dec 1999        Aleksandr Ivanovich Ryabov         (b. 1936)
Dec 1999 - 25 May 2015     Oleg Ivanovich Betin (2nd time)    (s.a.)               NDR;2003 YR
25 May 2015 -              Aleksandr Valeryevich Nikitin      (b. 1976)            YR
                             (acting to 22 Sep 2015)

                  Adopted 29 May 1997

13 Aug 1944                Tomsk oblast

Head of the Administration
20 Oct 1991 - Dec 1995     Viktor Melkhyorovich Kress         (b. 1948)
Governors
Dec 1995 - 17 Mar 2012     Viktor Melkhyorovich Kress         (s.a.)               2004: YR
17 Mar 2012 -              Sergey Anatolyevich Zhvachkin      (b. 1957)            Non-party
                             (acting from 21 Feb - 18 Sep 2017)

                 Adopted 25 Nov 2005

26 Sep 1937                Tula oblast

Heads of the Administration
20 Oct 1991 - 31 Mar 1997  Nikolay Vasilyevich Sevryugin      (b. 1939 - d. 2002)  1995: NDR
31 Mar 1997 - 29 Apr 2005  Vasiliy Aleksandrovich Starodubtsev(b. 1931 - d. 2011)  APR
29 Apr 2005 - 29 Jul 2011  Vyacheslav Dmitriyevich Dudka      (b. 1960)            YR
29 Jul 2011 -  2 Feb 2016  Vladimir Sergeyevich Gruzdev       (b. 1967)            YR
                             (acting 18 Aug 2011)  
 2 Feb 2016 -              Aleksey Gennadyevich Dyuumin       (b. 1972)            Non-party
                             (acting to 22 Sep 2016)

                  Adopted 28 Nov 1996

29 Jan 1935                Kalinin oblast
17 Jul 1990                Renamed Tver oblast.

Head of the Administration
Oct 1991 - 30 Dec 1995     Vladimir Antonovich Suslov         (b. 1939)
Governors
30 Dec 1995 - 30 Dec 2003  Vladimir Ignatievich Platov        (b. 1946 - d. 2012)
30 Dec 2003 - 16 Jun 2011  Dmitriy Vadimovich Zelenin         (b. 1962)            2007: YR
16 Jun 2011 -  2 Mar 2016  Andrey Vladimirovich Shevelyov     (b. 1970)            YR
                             (acting to 7 Jul 2011)
 2 Mar 2016 -              Igor Mikhaylovich Rudenya          (b. 1968)            Non-party
                             (acting to 23 Sep 2016)

14 Aug 1944                Tyumen oblast
1992 - 1993                Unilateral attempt to upgrade status to republic
                             (not recognized).

Heads of the Administration
27 Sep 1991 - 12 Feb 1993  Yuriy Konstantinovich Shafranik    (b. 1952)
12 Feb 1993 - 26 Jan 2001  Leonid Yulianovich Roketskiy       (b. 1942)            1995: NDR
26 Jan 2001 - 14 Nov 2005  Sergey Semyonovich Sobyanin        (b. 1958)            YR
14 Nov 2005 - 24 Nov 2005  Sergey Ivanovich Smetanyuk (acting)(b. 1962) 
24 Nov 2005 -              Vladimir Vladimirovich Yakushev    (b. 1968)            YR
                             (acting 17 May - 25 Sep 2014)

19 Jan 1943                Ulyanovsk oblast

Heads of the Administration
24 Oct 1991 -  9 Jan 1992  Valentin Vasilyevich Malafeyev     (b. 1938)
 9 Jan 1992 -  6 Jan 2001  Yuriy Frolovich Goryachev          (b. 1938 - d. 2010)
 6 Jan 2001 - 22 Nov 2004  Vladimir Anatolyevich Shamanov     (b. 1957)           Ind;2003 YR
22 Nov 2004 - 14 Jan 2005  Mariya Grigoryevna Bolshakova (f)  (b. 1947)
                             (acting) 
14 Jan 2005 -              Sergey Ivanovich Morozov           (b. 1959)            YR
                             (acting 7 Apr - 1 Oct 2016)

14 Aug 1944                Vladimir oblast

Heads of the Administration
25 Sep 1991 - Dec 1996     Yuriy Vasilyevich Vlasov           (b. 1961)
Dec 1996 - 24 Mar 2013     Nikolay Vladimirovich Vinogradov   (b. 1947)            KPRF
24 Mar 2013 -              Svetlana Yuryevna Orlova (f)       (b. 1954)            YR
                             (acting to 23 Sep 2013)

                  Adopted 13 Oct 2000

10 Nov 1961                Volgograd oblast

Heads of the Administration
19 Sep 1991 -  6 Jan 1997  Ivan Petrovich Shabunin            (b. 1935 - d. 2006)
 6 Jan 1997 - 12 Jan 2010  Nikolay Kirillovich Maksyuta       (b. 1947)           KPRF:2007 Ind
12 Jan 2010 - 17 Jan 2012  Anatoliy Grigoryevich Brovko       (b. 1966)            YR
17 Jan 2012 -  2 Apr 2014  Sergey Anatolyevich Bozhenov       (b. 1965)            YR
                             (acting to 2 Feb 2012)     
 2 Apr 2014 -              Andrey Ivanovich Bocharov          (b. 1969)            YR
                             (acting to 24 Sep 2014)

                 Adopted 5 Dec 1997

23 Sep 1937                Vologda oblast
1992 - 1993                Unilateral attempt to upgrade status to republic
                             (not recognized).

Heads of the Administration
24 Oct 1991 - 23 Mar 1996  Nikolay Mikhaylovich Podgornov     (b. 1949)
23 Mar 1996 -  6 Oct 1996  Vyacheslav Yevgenyevich Pozgalev   (b. 1946)            NDR
                             (acting to 3 Jun 1996)
Governors
 6 Oct 1996 - 14 Dec 2011  Vyacheslav Yevgenyevich Pozgalev   (s.a.)               NDR;2006 YR
14 Dec 2011 -              Oleg Aleksandrovich Kuvshinnikov   (b. 1965)            YR
                             (acting to 28 Dec 2011 and 17 May - 23 Sep 2014)          

13 Jun 1934                Voronezh oblast

Heads of the Administration
16 Oct 1991 - 18 Mar 1992  Viktor Kirillovich Kalashnikov     (b. 1940) 
10 Apr 1992 - 24 Sep 1996  Aleksandr Yakovlevich Kovalev      (b. 1942)
24 Sep 1996 - 18 Dec 1996  Aleksandr Nikolayevich Tsapin      (b. 1949)
18 Dec 1996 - 29 Dec 2000  Ivan Mikhaylovich Shabanov         (b. 1939)            NPSR
29 Dec 2000 - 12 Mar 2009  Vladimir Grigoryevich Kulakov      (b. 1944)            2004: YR
12 Mar 2009 - 25 Dec 2017  Aleksey Vasilyevich Gordeyev       (b. 1955)            YR
                             (acting 7 Mar - 20 Sep 2014)
25 Dec 2017 -              Aleksandr Viktorovich Gusev        (b. 1963)            YR
                             (acting)

11 Mar 1936                Yaroslavl oblast

Head of the Administration
 3 Dec 1991 - 17 Dec 1995  Anatoliy Ivanovich Lisitsyn        (b. 1947)
                             (acting to 10 Sep 1992)
Governors 
17 Dec 1995 - 19 Dec 2007  Anatoliy Ivanovich Lisitsyn        (s.a.)               2003: YR
19 Dec 2007 - 28 Apr 2012  Sergey Alekseyevich Vakhrukov      (b. 1958)            YR
                             (acting to 25 Dec 2007)
28 Apr 2012 - 28 Jul 2016  Sergey Nikolayevich Yastrebov      (b. 1954)            Non-party
                             (acting to 5 May 2012)
28 Jul 2016 -              Dmitriy Yuryevich Mironov          (b. 1968)            Non-party
                             (acting to 19 Sep 2017)

                  Adopted 23 Aug 1994

                  Adopted 8 Jun 1991

                  Adopted 1 Oct 1996

 7 May 1934                Yevreyskaya (Jewish) autonomous oblast

Heads of the Administration
14 Dec 1991 - 25 Feb 2010  Nikolay Mikhaylovich Volkov        (b. 1951)           NDR;2006 Ind
25 Feb 2010 - 25 Feb 2015  Aleksandr Aronovich Vinnikov       (b. 1955)           YR
25 Feb 2015 -              Aleksandr Borisovich Levintal      (b. 1957)           Non-party
                             (acting to 22 Sep 2015)

 7 Oct 1977                Agin-Buryat autonomous okrug
 1 Mar 2008                Merged with Chita oblast as Zabaikalsky kray.

Heads of the Administration
26 Dec 1991 - 13 Jan 1996  Gurodarma Tsedashiyevich           (b. 1954)
                             Tsedashiyev
13 Jan 1996 - Feb 1997     Bolot Vandanovich Ayushiyev        (b. 1949)
Feb 1997 - 29 Feb 2008     Bayr Bayaskhalanovich Zhamsuyev    (b. 1959)

 7 Oct 1977                Chukotka autonomous okrug

Heads of the Administration
11 Nov 1991 - 17 Jan 2001  Aleksandr Viktorovich Nazarov      (b. 1951)
17 Jan 2001 -  3 Jul 2008  Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich       (b. 1966)
 3 Jul 2008 -              Roman Valentinovich Kopin          (b. 1974)            YR
                             (acting to 13 Jul 2008 and 23 Jul - 24 Sep 2013)

              23 Mar 1995 - 31 Dec 2006

 7 Oct 1977                Evenkiya autonomous okrug
 1 Jan 2007                Merged into Krasnoyarsk kray.

Heads of the Administration
18 Dec 1991 -  4 Apr 1997  Anatoliy Mikhaylovich Yakimov      (b. 1949 - d. 2013) 
 4 Apr 1997 - 22 Apr 2001  Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Bokovikov (b. 1956 - d. 2010)  NPSR
22 Apr 2001 - 31 Dec 2006  Boris Nikolayevich Zolotarev       (b. 1953)            2004: YR

                          Adopted 6 Dec 1995

 7 Oct 1977                Khanty-Mansi autonomous okrug
25 Jul 2003                Khanty-Mansi autonomous okrug - yugra
 

Head of the Administration
18 Dec 1991 - Oct 1996     Aleksandr Vasilyevich Filipenko    (b. 1950)
Governors
Oct 1996 -  1 Mar 2010     Aleksandr Vasilyevich Filipenko    (s.a.)               2003: YR
 1 Mar 2010 -              Natalya Vladimirovna Komarova (f)  (b. 1955)            YR
                             (acting 27 Feb - 13 Sep 2015)

                        12 Feb 1996 - 1 Dec 2005

 7 Oct 1977                Komi-Permyak autonomous okrug
 1 Dec 2005                Merged with Perm oblast as Perm kray. 
 

Heads of the Administration
14 Dec 1991 - Dec 2000     Nikolay Andreyevich Poluyanov      (b. 1952)
Dec 2000 -  1 Dec 2005     Gennadiy Petrovich Savelyev        (b. 1945)

               28 Jul 1999 - 30 Jun 2007

 7 Oct 1977                Koryakiya autonomous okrug
 1 Jul 2007                Merger of Koryakiya autonomous okrug and Kamchatka oblast 
                             to form Kamchatka kray.

Head of the Administration
16 Nov 1991 - 26 Nov 1996  Sergey Gennadyevich Leushkin       (b. 1950 - d. 2008)
Governors
26 Nov 1996 - 16 Dec 2000  Valentina Tadeyevna Bronevich (f)  (b. 1956)            NPSR
16 Dec 2000 -  9 Mar 2005  Vladimir Aleksandrovich Loginov    (b. 1960 - d. 2016)
 9 Mar 2005 - 30 Jun 2007  Oleg Nikolayevich Kozhemyako       (b. 1962)            YR
                             (acting to 15 Apr 2005)

                  Adopted 3 Oct 2003

 7 Oct 1977                Nenets autonomous okrug
 

Heads of the Administration
30 Nov 1991 - 22 Feb 1996  Yuriy Vladimirovich Komarovskiy    (b. 1952)
21 Mar 1996 - 25 Dec 1996  Vladimir Viktorovich Khabarov      (b. 1951 - d. 2010)
25 Dec 1996 - 18 Feb 2005  Vladimir Yakovlevich Butov         (b. 1958)
18 Feb 2005 - 21 Jul 2006  Aleksey Viktorovich Barinov        (b. 1951)            YR
                             (suspended 2 Jun 2006)
23 May 2006 -  2 Jun 2006  Aleksandr Nikolayevich Sharenkov   (b. 1957)
                             (acting for Barinov)
 2 Jun 2006 - 16 Feb 2009  Valeriy Nikolayevich Potapenko     (b. 1958)
                             (acting [for Barinov to 21 Jul 2006] to 7 Aug 2006)
16 Feb 2009 - 22 Feb 2014  Igor Gennadyevich Fyodorov         (b. 1964)            YR
                             (acting to 24 Feb 2009)
22 Feb 2014 - 28 Sep 2017  Igor Viktorovich Koshin            (b. 1974)            YR
                             (acting to 20 Sep 2014)
28 Sep 2017 -              Aleksandr Vitalyevich Tsybulskiy   (b. 1979)            Non-party
                             (acting)

              23 Jun 2000 - 31 Dec 2006

 7 Oct 1977                Taymyr (Dolgano-Nenets) autonomous okrug 
 1 Jan 2007                Merged into Krasnoyarsk kray. 
 

Heads of the Administration
18 Dec 1991 - 21 Feb 2001  Gennadiy Pavlovich Nedelin         (b. 1938)
21 Feb 2001 - 10 Oct 2002  Aleksandr Gennadyevich Khloponin   (b. 1965)
10 Oct 2002 - 17 Feb 2003  Sergey Vladimirovich Nauman        (b. 1972)
                             (acting)
17 Feb 2003 - 31 Dec 2006  Oleg Mikhaylovich Budargin         (b. 1960)

 7 Oct 1977                Ust-Ordynskiy Buryat autonomous okrug
 1 Jan 2008                Merged into Irkutsk oblast.

Heads of the Administration
26 Dec 1991 - Nov 1996     Aleksey Nikolayevich Batagayev     (b. 1950 - d. 2002)  1995: NDR
Nov 1996 - 26 Jan 2007     Valeriy Gennadyevich Maleyev       (b. 1964)            2005: YR
26 Jan 2007 - 31 Dec 2007  Aleksandr Georgiyevich Tishanin    (b. 1966)

                 Adopted 9 Dec 1998

 7 Oct 1977                Yamalo-Nenets autonomous okrug

Heads of the Administration
Oct 1991 - 12 Feb 1994     Lev Sergeyevich Bayandin           (b. 1942 - d. 2018)
12 Feb 1994 - Oct 1996     Yuriy Vasilyevich Neyelov          (b. 1952)
                             (acting to 4 Aug 1994)
Governors
Oct 1996 - 16 Mar 2010     Yuriy Vasilyevich Neyelov          (s.a.)               2001: YR
16 Mar 2010 -              Dmitriy Nikolayevich Kobylkin      (b. 1971)            YR
                             (acting 12 Mar - 1 Oct 2015)