Original People's Commissars
The first council elected by the Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets was composed as follows:
| People's Commissar | Original incumbent | Death |
|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Vladimir Lenin | Natural causes 1924 |
| Secretary | Nikolai Gorbunov | Executed 1938 |
| People's Commissariat for Agriculture of the RSFSR | Vladimir Milyutin | Executed 1937 |
| Council of People's Commissars on War and Navy Affairs | Nikolai Krylenko (War College) | Executed 1938 |
| Pavel Dybenko (Navy College) | Executed 1938 | |
| People's Commissariat for Trade and Industry of the RSFSR | Viktor Nogin | Natural causes 1924 |
| People's Commissariat for Education of the RSFSR | Anatoly Lunacharsky | Natural causes 1933 |
| People's Commissariat for Food | Ivan Teodorovich | Executed 1937 |
| People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs of the RSFSR | Leon Trotsky | Assassinated 1940 |
| People's Commissariat for Interior Affairs of the RSFSR | Alexei Rykov | Executed 1938 |
| People's Commissariat for Justice of the RSFSR | Georgy Oppokov | Executed 1937 |
| People's Commissariat for Labour of the RSFSR | Alexander Shlyapnikov | Executed 1937 |
| People's Commissariat of Nationalities | Joseph Stalin | Natural causes 1953 |
| People's Commissariat for Posts and Telegraphs of the RSFSR | Nikolai Glebov-Avilov | Executed 1937 |
| People's Commissariat for Railways of the RSFSR | (vacant) | |
| People's Commissariat for Finance | Ivan Skvortsov-Stepanov | Natural causes 1928 |
| People's Commissariat for Social Welfare | Alexandra Kollontai | Natural causes 1952 |
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