USSR Presidents By martinamaniobra Period: May 21, 1917 to Apr 20, 1927 Lenin Period: May 21, 1927 to Apr 20, 1953 Iosef Stalin Period: May 21, 1953 to May 21, 1964 Nikita Jrushchev Period: May 21, 1964 to May 21, 1982 Leonidas Breznev Period: May 21, 1982 to May 21, 1984 Yuri Andropov Period: May 21, 1984 to May 21, 1985 Konstantin Chernenko Period: May 21, 1985 to May 21, 1989 Mijail Gorvachev Period: May 21, 1989 to May 21, 1990 Boris Yeltsin