Parliament is bicameral and is located in Moscow.
The State Duma has 450 members, who are elected to four-year terms by popular vote. The Federal Council has 178 members. They are local government officials, including regional governors and leaders of local legislatures.
Premiers
1906-1906 Ivan L. Goremykin
1905-1906 Sergius Y. Witte
1906-1906 Ivan L. Goremykin
1906-1911 Peter Stolypin
1911-1914 Vladimir N. Kokovtsov
1914-1916 Ivan L. Goremykin
1916-1916 Boris Stürmer
1916-1916 Alexsandr F. Trepov
1916-1917 Nikolai D. Golitsyn
1917-1917 Georgi E. Lvov
1917-1917 Alexsander F. Kerensky
1917-1924 Vladimir Ilich Lenin
1924-1930 Aleksei I. Rykov
1930-1941 Vyacheslav M. Molotov
1941-1953 Josef Stalin
1953-1955 Georgy Malenkov
1955-1958 Nikolai Bulganin
1958-1964 Nikita Khrushchev
1964-1980 Alexei Kosygin
1980-1985 Nikolai Tijonov
1985-1991 Nikolai I. Ryzhkov
1991-1991 Valentin S. Pavlov
1991-1991 Ivan Silayev
1991-1992 Boris Yeltsin
1992-1992 Yegor Gaidar
1992-1998 Viktor Chernomyrdin
1998-1998 Sergey Kiriyenko
1998-1998 Viktor Stepanovich Chernomyrdin (acting)
1998-1999 Yevgeniy Maksimovich Primakov
1999-1999 Sergey Vladimirovich Stepashin
1999-2000 Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin
2000-2004 Mikhail Kasyanov
2004-2007 Mikhail Fradkov
2007-2008 Viktor Zubkov
2008 now Vladimir Vladimirovic Putin
Presidents
1917-1917 Lev Borissovic Kamenev
1917-1919 Jakov Mihailovic Sverdlov
1919-1946 Mihail Ivanovic Kalinin
1946-1953 Nikolaj Mihailovic Shvernik
1953-1960 Kliment Voroshilov
1960-1964 Leonid Brezhnev
1964-1965 Anastas Mikoyan
1965-1977 Nikolaj Podgorny
1977-1982 Leonid Brezhnev
1983-1984 Juri Andropov
1984-1985 Konstantin Chernenko
1985-1988 Andrej Gromyko
1988-1991 Mihail Gorbachev
1991-1999 Boris Yeltsin
2000-2008 Vladimir Vladimirovic Putin
2008 now Dmitry Medvedev
Tsars and Empresses
1237-1246 Iaroslav
1248-1252 Andrew
1252-1263 Alexander Nevskii
1264-1271 Iaroslav
1272-1276 Vasili
1277-1294 Dmitrii
1294-1304 Andrew
1304-1319 Michael
1319-1322 Iurii
1322-1325 Dmitrii
1326-1328 Alexander
1328-1341 Ivan I ‘Moneybags’
1341-1353 Simeon ‘The Proud’
1353-1359 Ivan II ‘The Handsome’
1359-1389 Dimitrii Donskoi
1389-1425 Vasili I
1425-1462 Vasili II
1462-1505 Ivan III ‘The Great’
1505-1533 Vasili III
1533-1584 Ivan IV ‘The Terrible’
1584-1598 Fedor I
1598-1605 Boris
1605-1606 Dimitri
1606-1610 Shuiski
1610-1612 Wladyslaw
1613-1645 Michael
1645-1676 Alexis
1676-1682 Fedor III
1682-1689 Ivan V and Peter I
1689-1725 Peter I
1725-1727 Catherine I
1727-1730 Peter II
1730-1740 Anna
1740-1741 Regency
1741-1762 Elizabeth
1762-1762 Peter III
1762-1796 Catherine II ‘The Great’
1796-1801 Paul
1801-1825 Alexander I
1825-1855 Nicholas I
1855-1881 Alexander II
1881-1894 Alexander III
1894-1917 Nicholas II
