List of chairmen of the Soviet of Nationalities

The chairman of the Soviet of Nationalities was the presiding officer of the upper chamber of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.

ImageNamePeriodRepresentingNikolay ShvernikJanuary 12, 1938–February 10, 1946Russian SFSRVasily KuznetsovMarch 12, 1946–June 12, 1950 Russian SFSR Zhumabay ShayakhmetovJune 12, 1950–April 20, 1954Kazakh SSRVilis LācisApril 20, 1954–March 27, 1958Latvian SSRJānis PeiveMarch 27, 1958–August 2, 1966Latvian SSRJustas PaleckisAugust 2, 1966–July 14, 1970Lithuanian SSRYadgar Nasriddinova July 14, 1970–July 25, 1974Uzbek SSRVitālijs RubenisJuly 25, 1974–April 11, 1984Latvian SSRAugusts VossApril 11, 1984–May 25, 1989Latvian SSRRafiq NishonovJune 6, 1989–September 5, 1991Uzbek SSR Source:

Chairman of the Soviet of the Republics

Name PeriodRepresentingAnuarbek AlimzhanovOctober 29, 1991–December 26, 1991Kazakh SSR

See also List of Chairmen of the Soviet of the Union

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