Nikolai Shvernik | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Николай Шверник | |||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() Shvernik in 1938 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 19 March 1946 – 15 March 1953 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
General Secretary | Joseph Stalin | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Mikhail Kalinin | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Kliment Voroshilov | ||||||||||||||||||||||
First Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet | |||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 4 March 1944 – 25 June 1946 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Position established | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Position abolished (Until 1977)
Vasily Kuznetsov | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR | |||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 4 March 1944 – 25 June 1946 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Aleksei Badayev Ivan Vlasov (Acting) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Ivan Vlasov | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Full member of the 20th, 22nd Presidium | |||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 29 June 1957 – 8 April 1966 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 16 October 1952 – 5 March 1953 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal details | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | St. Petersburg, Russian Empire | 7 May 1888||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 24 December 1970 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | (aged 82)||||||||||||||||||||||
Resting place | Kremlin Wall Necropolis, Moscow | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Soviet | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Political party | RSDLP (Bolsheviks) (1905–1918) Russian Communist Party (1918–1966) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Mariya Fedorovna Ulazovskaya | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Nikolai Mikhailovich Shvernik (Russian: Николай Михайлович Шверник, 19 May [O.S. 7 May] 1888 – 24 December 1970) was a Soviet politician who served as the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet from 19 March 1946 until 15 March 1953. Though the titular Soviet head of state, Shvernik had less power than Joseph Stalin as Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union.