Who has the longest tenure as leader of the Soviet Union?

At 30 years 7 months, Stalin was by far the longest-serving General Secretary, serving for almost half of the USSR’s entire existence. Khrushchev reestablished the office on 14 September 1953 under the name First Secretary.

What really happened after the death of Stalin?

After Stalin died in March 1953, he was succeeded by Nikita Khrushchev as First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) and Georgi Malenkov as Premier of the Soviet Union.

Who led Russia before Putin?

Boris Yeltsin

Boris Yeltsin Борис Ельцин
Vice President	Alexander Rutskoy (1991–93)
Preceded by	Vitaly Vorotnikov (as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR)
Succeeded by	Vladimir Putin (acting)
First Secretary of the Moscow City Party Committee

Where does Putin live now?

Saint Petersburg
Novo-Ogaryovo
Vladimir Putin/Places lived

How long is Vladimir Putin’s term in office?

Putin was re-elected in 2012 and the law changed so that the term would be six years instead of four. Meaning that Putin is in the office until 2018. But as this is his first term since another president, he can run for president again.

Why can’t a Russian president serve more than two terms?

Because the Russian law regarding elections does not exclude the possibility of the same person having another consecutive two terms, after someone else became president for one full term. And that’s what happened – after 8 years as presiident Vladimir Putin had co-opted Dimitry Medvded for a term in 2008.

Will Putinism stay or go?

But it has also been designed to make sure that, while Putin may one day go, Putinism will stay.

What will Vladimir Putin’s new State Council do?

Putin is widely expected to take up the position of chairman of the state council — a presidential advisory board that will be enshrined in the constitution and endowed with ill-defined powers to “determine the main directions of domestic, foreign and socio-economic policy.”