Chairman of The Central Executive Committee of The RSFSR
- Lev Kamenev (November 9, 1917 - November 21, 1917)
- Yakov Sverdlov (November 21, 1917 - March 16, 1919) (died in office)
- Mikhail Vladimirsky (acting)(March 16, 1919 - March 30, 1919)
- Mikhail Kalinin (March 30, 1919 - July 15, 1938)
On December 30, 1922 the Soviet Union was formed. It comprised Soviet Russia (RSFSR) and other Communist-controlled Soviet republics. Mikhail Kalinin retained his position as Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the All-Russian Congress of Soviets and became Chairman of the newly formed Central Executive Committee of the USSR as well. Both positions were mostly ceremonial, increasingly so in later years.
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