Tsardom of Russia The Tsardom of Russia or Tsardom of Rus' also externally referenced as the Tsardom of Muscovy, was the centralized Russian state from the assumption of the title of Tsar by Ivan IV in 1547 until the foundation of the Russian Empire by Peter I i ...
and
Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. ...

Governorates of the Russian Empire A governorate, gubernia, province, or government ( rus, губе́рния, p=ɡʊˈbʲɛrnʲɪjə, also romanized ; uk, губернія, huberniia), was a major and principal administrative subdivision of the Russian Empire. After the empir ...

was created by the edict (ukase) of

Peter the Great Peter I ( – ), most commonly known as Peter the Great,) or Pyotr Alekséyevich ( rus, Пётр Алексе́евич, p=ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ, , group=pron was a Russian monarch who ruled the Tsardom of Russia from t ...

on 18 December 1708 "On the establishment of the gubernias and cities assigned to them", which divided Russia into eight guberniyas. Peter appointed Governors-General only in the St. Petersburg and Azov governorates. The heads of the other six governorates were named by Peter as governors. Initially, the titles Governor-General (генерал-губернатор - general-gubernator) and Governor (губенатор - gubernator) were no different. The title was only an honorific title. Tikhon Streshnev was the first governor of Moscow in 1709–1711. In 1712–1714, the capital of the Tsardom of Russia was moved to St. Petersburg. The higher chief (главный начальник - glavny nachal'nik) was the head of the Moscow governorate since 1727. It was appointed by the Emperor. From time to time, the Emperor sometimes voluntarily called this position as "Governor-General" or "commander-in-chief". In 1780s, older Moscow governorate was disestablished. The territory of former Moscow province becomes the new subdivision with the name "Moscow governorate". On 5 October 1781,

Catherine II , en, Catherine Alexeievna Romanova, link=yes , house = , father = Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst , mother = Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp , birth_date = , birth_name = Princess Sophie of Anha ...

signed ukaz "On the Establishing of Moscow governorate". The title of the head was defined in this ukaz. On 30 October 1816, the title "chief" (начальник - nachal'nik) was renamed "military governor-general" (военнный генерал-губернатор - voyenny general-gubernator). Vladimir Dolgorukov was appointed governor-general of the

Moscow Military District The Order of Lenin Moscow Military District was a military district of the Soviet Armed Forces and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The district was awarded the Order of Lenin in 1968. In 2010 it was merged with the Leningrad Military Di ...

for the first time without the word "military" in 1865. During the existence of both the Moscow Governorate and the Moscow Governorate-General (with Moscow Governorate-General consisted only of the Moscow Governorate) as two administrative units in the same time, there were simultaneously two posts of heads of Moscow in the same time. The responsibilities between the Military Governor and the Civil Governor were divided in a very complex way. In 1905, the Moscow gradonachalnik and Moscow Civil governor were subordinated to the Moscow Governor-General. Therefore there were three offices of heads of Moscow in the same time.

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Tikhon Streshnev Tikhon Nikitich Streshnev (russian: Тихон Никитич Стрешнев; 1649 – 15 January 1719, in St Petersburg) was a Russian boyar and statesman during the reign of Peter I of Russia, one of the first members of the Governing Se ...

(1709–1711) * Vasili Yershov (1711–1712) * Mikhail Romodanovsky (1712–1713) *

Alexei Petrovich Saltykov Alexey, Alexei, Alexie, Aleksei, or Aleksey (russian: Алексе́й ; bg, Алексей ) is a Russian language, Russian and Bulgarian language, Bulgarian male first name deriving from the Greek language, Greek ''Aléxios'' (), meaning "D ...

(1713–1716) * Kirill Alexeyevich Naryshkin (1716–1719) *

Ivan Voeikov Ivan () is a Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John) from Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. The earliest person known to bear the name was Bulgari ...

(1719–1726) * Pyotr Velyaminov-Zernov (1726–1738) *

Ivan Romodanovsky The House of Romodanovsky (russian: Ромодановские) was a Rurikid princely family descending from sovereign rulers of Starodub-on-the-Klyazma. Their progenitor was Prince Vasily Fyodorovich Starodubsky (Василий Фёдорови� ...

(1727–1729) * Alexei Plescheyev (February–May 1727, 1729–1730) * Vasily Saltykov (March–October 1730) * Grigory Chernyshyov (1731–1735) *

Ivan Baryatinsky Ivan () is a Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John) from Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. The earliest person known to bear the name was Bulgari ...

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Fyodor Nikolayevich Balk Fyodor, Fedor (russian: Фёдор) or Feodor is the Russian form of the name "Theodore" meaning “God’s Gift”. Fedora () is the feminine form. Fyodor and Fedor are two English transliterations of the same Russian name. It may refer to: Giv ...

(1734–1738) *

Boris Yusupov Prince Boris Grigoryevich Yusupov (Russian : Борис Григорьевич Юсупов; 1695–1759) was a Russian nobleman and politician. Life From the house of Yusupov, a Russian noble family descended from 10th-century khans, he was ele ...

(1738–1740, 1740–1741) *

Ivan Trubetskoy Prince Ivan Yurievich Trubetskoy (russian: Иван Юрьевич Трубецкой; 28 June 1667 – 27 January 1750 in Aleksandr Nevsky Monastery) was a Russian Field Marshal, promoted in 1728. Son of Yuriy Trubetskoy, as a member of the ...

(May–December 1739) *

Karl Biron Karl may refer to: People * Karl (given name), including a list of people and characters with the name * Karl der Große, commonly known in English as Charlemagne * Karl Marx, German philosopher and political writer * Karl of Austria, last Austria ...

(March–November 1740) *

Vladimir Saltykov Vladimir may refer to: Names * Vladimir (name) for the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak and Slovenian spellings of a Slavic name * Uladzimir for the Belarusian version of the name * Volodymyr for the Ukr ...

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Alexander Buturlin Count Aleksander Borisovich Buturlin (Russian language, Russian, in full: граф Александр Борисович Бутурлин; 1694 – 1767) was a Russian general and courtier whose career was much furthered by his good looks and pers ...

(1742–1744, 1762–1763) *

Vasily Levashov Vasili, Vasily, Vasilii or Vasiliy (Russian: Василий) is a Russian masculine given name of Greek origin and corresponds to ''Basil''. It may refer to: *Vasili I of Moscow Grand Prince from 1389–1425 * Vasili II of Moscow Grand Prince fr ...

(1744–1751) *

Semyon Ushakov Simeon () is a given name, from the Hebrew (Biblical ''Šimʿon'', Tiberian ''Šimʿôn''), usually transliterated as Shimon. In Greek it is written Συμεών, hence the Latinized spelling Symeon. Meaning The name is derived from Simeon, son ...

(1751–1755) *

Sergei Alexeyevich Golitsyn Sergius is a male given name of Ancient Roman origin after the name of the Latin ''gens'' Sergia or Sergii of regal and republican ages. It is a common Christian name, in honor of Saint Sergius, or in Russia, of Saint Sergius of Radonezh, and h ...

(1753–1756) * Nikolai Zherebtsov (1755–1762, 1762–1764) * Pyotr Cherkassky (1760–1762) *

Pyotr Saltykov Count Pyotr Semyonovich Saltykov (russian: Пётр Семёнович Салтыков) (11 December 1697/1698/1700 – 26 December 1772) was a Russian statesman and a military officer, promoted to the rank of Field marshal on 18 August 1759. E ...

(1763–1771) * Grigory Grigorievich Orlov (September–November 1771) * Mikhail Volkonsky (1771–1780) *

Vasily Dolgorukov-Krymsky Prince Vasily Mikhailovich Dolgorukov-Krymsky (Russian: Князь Васи́лий Миха́йлович Долгору́ков-Кры́мский; 1 July 1722 – 30 January 1782) was a general of the Russian Empire and Governor-General of Mosc ...

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Zakhar Chernyshyov Zakhar Grigoryevich Chernyshev (172231 August 1784) was a Russian noble, courtier to Catherine the Great, Imperial Russian Army officer, and Imperial Russian politician in the 18th century. After made a courtier to then-Princess Sophie of Anha ...

(1782–1784) *

Jacob Bruce }, tr. ; 11 May 1669 – 30 April 1735) was a Russian general, statesman, diplomat and scientist of Scottish descent (Clan Bruce), one of the chief associates of Peter the Great. According to his own record, his ancestors had lived in Russia s ...

(1784–1786) * Pyotr Dmitrievich Yeropkin (1786–1790) *

Alexander Prozorovsky Prince Alexander Alexandrovich Prozorovsky (russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Прозоро́вский, Romanization of Russian, tr. ; 1733 – 21 August 1809) was the only Field Marshal from the Prozorovsky, Prozorovsky ...

(1790–1795) * Mikhail Izmailov (1795–1797) * Yuri Vladimirovich Dolgorukov (May–November 1797) *

Ivan Saltykov Count Ivan Petrovich Saltykov (russian: Иван Петрович Салтыков; 28 June 1730 – 14 November 1805) was a Russian Field Marshal, the Governor-General of Moscow from 1797 to 1804, and owner of the grand estate of Marfino. Bio ...

(1797–1804) * Alexander Bekleshov (1804–1806) * Timofei Tutolmin (1806–1809) *

Ivan Gudovich Count Ivan Vasilyevich Gudovich (russian: Граф Ива́н Васи́льевич Гудо́вич, tr. ; 1741–1820) was a Russian noble and military leader of Ukrainian descent. His exploits included the capture of Khadjibey (1789) and the ...

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Fyodor Rostopchin Count Fyodor Vasilyevich Rostopchin (russian: Фёдор Васильевич Ростопчин) ( – ) was a Russian statesman and General of the Infantry who served as the Governor-General of Moscow during the French invasion of Russia. H ...

(1812–1814) *

Alexander Tormasov Count Alexander Petrovich Tormasov (; 22 August 1752 – 25 November 1819) was a Russian cavalry general prominent during the Napoleonic Wars. Early life Alexander Tormasov was born on 22 August 1752 into an old Russian noble family. At t ...

(1814–1819) *

Dmitry Golitsyn Prince Dmitry Vladimirovich Golitsyn (russian: Князь Дмитрий Владимирович Голицын; 29 October 177127 March 1844, Paris) was an Imperial Russian cavalry general prominent during the Napoleonic Wars, statesman and mi ...

(1820–1844) * Alexei Grigorievich Scherbatov (1844–1848) *

Arseniy Zakrevsky Count Arseny Andreyevich Zakryevsky (russian: Граф Арсе́ний Андре́евич Закре́вский; September 24, 1783 or 1786 in Tver Governorate – January 23, 1865 in Florence) was a Russian statesman and Minister of the ...

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Sergei Stroganov Count Sergei Grigoryevich Stroganov (russian: Граф Сергей Григорьевич Строганов; 8 November 1794 – 22 March 1882) was a Russian nobleman, statesman, art historian, archaeologist, collector, and philanthropist. He w ...

(April–September 1859) *

Pavel Tuchkov Pavel ( Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian and Macedonian: Павел, Czech, Slovene, Romanian: Pavel, Polish: Paweł, Ukrainian: Павло, Pavlo) is a male given name. It is a Slavic cognate of the name Paul (derived from the Greek Pavlos). Pa ...

(1859–1864) * Mikhail Ofrosimov (1864–1865) * Vladimir Andreyevich Dolgorukov (1865–1891) *

Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia (''Сергей Александрович''; 11 May 1857 – 17 February 1905) was the fifth son and seventh child of Emperor of All Russia, Emperor Alexander II of Russia. He was an influential figure ...

(1891–1905) *Alexander Kozlov (April–July 1905) * Pyotr Durnovo (July–November 1905) *

Fyodor Dubasov Admiral Fyodor Vasilyevich Dubasov (russian: Фёдор Васильевич Дубасов ) (3 July ( O.S. 21 June) 1845 – 2 July (O.S. 19 June) 1912, Saint Petersburg) was, Governor General of Moscow from 24 November 1905 to 5 July 1906. Fy ...

(1905–1906) * Sergei Gershelman (1906–1909) *

Vladimir Dzhunkovsky Vladimir Fyodorovich Dzhunkovsky (russian: Владимир Фёдорович Джунковский, , Saint Petersburg - February 21, 1938, Moscow) was a Russian statesman. He held the posts of the Governor of Moscow Gubernia and the Governor-G ...

(1908–1913) * Alexander Adrianov (1908–1915) *

Count Felix Sumarokov-Elston Count (feminine: countess) is a historical title of nobility in certain European countries, varying in relative status, generally of middling rank in the hierarchy of nobility. Pine, L. G. ''Titles: How the King Became His Majesty''. New York: ...

(May–September 1915) * Joseph Mrozovsky (1915–1917) * Mikhail Chelnokov (March 1 – 6, 1917) * Nikolai Kishkin (March–September 1917)

Gorodskoy golova

Gorodskoy golova (городской голова, literally "City's head"), the head of the Moscow Executive body, was appointed by Moscow City Duma. This office is roughly equals the post of speaker of regional or municipal parliament with executive powers. The post was established by Empress Catherine II in 1767. Gorodskoy golova was elected for a term of three years, and was confirmed in office by the Governor. In accordance with the city regulations of 1862 and 1870, Gorodskoy golova was elected for 4 years and approved by the Emperor. Gorodskoy golova was subordinate to the Governor-General. He presided over meetings of the Moscow city Duma.

Gradonachalnik

On 1 January 1905

Nicholas II Nicholas II or Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov; spelled in pre-revolutionary script. ( 186817 July 1918), known in the Russian Orthodox Church as Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer,. was the last Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Pola ...

established Moscow City Authority (московское градоначальство - moskovskoye gradonachal'stvo), largely independent of the Moscow Governorate. Moscow City Authority was headed by gradonachalnik (градоначальник, literally "city's chief"). * Ivan Nikolayevich Rudnev (acting, 1 January 1905 – 16 January 1905) * Evgeny Nikolayevich Volkov (16 January 1905 – 18 April 1905) *

Pavel Pavlovich Shuvalov Pavel (Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian and Macedonian: Павел, Czech, Slovene, Romanian: Pavel, Polish: Paweł, Ukrainian: Павло, Pavlo) is a male given name. It is a Slavic cognate of the name Paul (derived from the Greek Pavlos). Pavel ...

(18 April 1905 – 28 June 1905) * Ivan Nikolayevich Rudnev (acting, 28 June 1905 – 16 July 1905) *

Georgy Petrovich von Medem Georgy may refer to: *Georgy (given name) *Diminituve for Georgina (disambiguation), Georgina *Georgy, the protagonist in ''Georgy Girl (disambiguation), Georgy Girl'' novel, film, and song *Georgy (musical), ''Georgy'' (musical), a musical from the ...

(16 July 1905 – 30 December 1905) * Anatoly Anatolyevich Reynbot (7 January 1906 – 11 December 1907) * Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Adrianov (7 February 1908 – 30 May 1915) * Vadim Nikolayevich Shebeko (17 February 1916 – 1 March 1917)

Russian SFSR

Both state and communist officeholders were called heads of Moscow.

Communist heads of Moscow

Until March 1990, the first secretaries of the Moscow City Committee of the CPSU were the de facto real influential leaders of Moscow

State (nominal) heads of Moscow

Chairmen of the Presidium of the Executive Committee of Moscow Council of Workers' Deputies: *

Viktor Nogin The name Victor or Viktor may refer to: * Victor (name), including a list of people with the given name, mononym, or surname Arts and entertainment Film * ''Victor'' (1951 film), a French drama film * ''Victor'' (1993 film), a French shor ...

(September to November 1917) Chairmen of the Presidium of the Moscow Council of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies: *

Mikhail Pokrovsky Mikhail Nikolayevich Pokrovsky (russian: Михаи́л Никола́евич Покро́вский; – April 10, 1932) was a Russian Marxist historian, Bolshevik revolutionary and a public and political figure. One of the earliest professio ...

(1917–1918) Chairmen of the Presidium of the Moscow Council of Workers' and Red Armymen's Deputies: *

Pyotr Smidovich Pyotr Germogenovich Smidovich (russian: Пётр Гермогенович Смидович; 19 May 1874 – 16 April 1935), was a Russian revolutionary and Soviet politician. Born in to a noble family of the Suchekomanty coat of arms, he joined ...

(March to October 1918) Chairmen of the Presidium of the Moscow Council of Workers', Peasants' and Red Armymen's Deputies: *

Lev Kamenev Lev Borisovich Kamenev. (''né'' Rozenfeld; – 25 August 1936) was a Bolshevik revolutionary and a prominent Soviet politician. Born in Moscow to parents who were both involved in revolutionary politics, Kamenev attended Imperial Moscow Uni ...

(1918–1926) Chairmen of the Executive Committee of the Moscow Council of Workers', Peasants' and Red Armymen's Deputies: * Konstantin Ukhanov (1926–1929) Chairmen of the Executive Committee of the Moscow Regional Council of Workers', Peasants' and Red Armymen's Deputies: * Konstantin Ukhanov (1929–1931) Chairmen of the Executive Committee of the Moscow City Council of Workers', Peasants' and Red Armymen's Deputies: *

Nikolai Bulganin Nikolai Alexandrovich Bulganin (russian: Никола́й Алекса́ндрович Булга́нин; – 24 February 1975) was a Soviet politician who served as Minister of Defense (1953–1955) and Premier of the Soviet Union (1955–1 ...

(1931–1937) * Ivan Sidorov (1937–1938) * Aleksandr Yefremov (1938–1939) Chairmen of the Executive Committee of the Moscow City Council of Labourers' Deputies: * Vasili Pronin (1939–1944) * Georgi Popov (1944–1949) * Mikhail Yasnov (1950–1956) * Nikolai Bobrovnikov (1956–1961) *

Nikolai Dygai Nikolai or Nikolay is an East Slavic variant of the masculine name Nicholas. It may refer to: People Royalty * Nicholas I of Russia (1796–1855), or Nikolay I, Emperor of Russia from 1825 until 1855 * Nicholas II of Russia (1868–1918), or Nik ...

(1961–1963) *

Vladimir Promyslov Vladimir Fyodorovich Promyslov (russian: Владимир Фёдорович Промыслов) (28 August 1908 – 22 May 1993) was a Russian Soviet Communist political figure. He served as the Mayor of Moscow between 1963 and 1986 and was succe ...

(1963–1977) Chairmen of the Executive Committee of the Moscow City Council of People's Deputies: *

(1977–1985) *

Valery Saikin The French name Valery () is a male given name or surname of Germanic origin ''Walaric'' (see Walric of Leuconay), that has often been confused in modern times with the Latin name ''Valerius''—that explains the variant spelling Valéry (). The S ...

(1986–1990) *

Yury Luzhkov Yury Mikhailovich Luzhkov ( rus, Ю́рий Миха́йлович Лужко́в, p=ˈjʉrʲɪj mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ lʊˈʂkof; 21 September 1936 – 10 December 2019) was a Russian politician who served as mayor of Moscow from 1992 to 2010 ...

(1990–1991)

Moscow after 1991

Mayor of Moscow is the holder of the highest office of subject of the Russian Federation. The separate office of the Premier of the Government of Moscow existed from 1991 to 2001. Mayors: * Gavriil Popov (1991–1992) *

Yuri Luzhkov Yuri may refer to: People and fictional characters Given name *Yuri (Slavic name), the Slavic masculine form of the given name George, including a list of people with the given name Yuri, Yury, etc. * Yuri (Japanese name), also Yūri, feminine Ja ...

(1992–2010) *

Vladimir Resin Vladimir Iosifovich Resin ( be, Уладзімір Іосіфавіч Рэсін; russian: Влади́мир Ио́сифович Ре́син; born 21 February 1936) is a Russian politician who was the acting mayor of Moscow, appointed by R ...

(2010) (acting) *

Sergey Sobyanin Sergey Semyonovich Sobyanin (russian: link=no, Сергей Семёнович Собянин; born 21 June 1958) is a Russian politician, serving as the 3rd Mayor of Moscow since 21 October 2010. Sobyanin previously served as the Governor of ...

(2010–present)

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