List of heads of Moscow government


Tsardom of Russia and Russian Empire
was built in 1770s.
was built in 1778—1782.
Governorates of the Russian Empire was created by the edict of Peter the Great on December 18, 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 and Governor 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 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 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" was renamed "military governor-general". Vladimir Dolgorukov was appointed governor-general for the first time without the word "military" in 1865.
So, during the existence of both the Moscow Governorate and the Moscow Governorate-General 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.

List

Gorodskoy golova, 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.
ImageNameIn office
Demid Demidovich Meshchaninov6 October 1782 — 15 January 1786
Semyon Dmitrievich Sitnikov15 January 1786—1789
Yegor Emelyanovich Emelyanov 1789
Mikhail Pavlovich Gubin1789 — 1792
Afanasy Ivanovich Dolgov1792 — 1795
Vasily Yakovlevich Zhigarev1795 — 1798
Vladimir Yegorovich EmelyanovJanuary 1798 — 4 April 1799
Mikhail Pavlovich GubinMarch 1802 — December 1803
Dmitry Fedorovich FaleevDecember 1803 — December 1806
Gregory Abramovich Kiryakovbefore 30 July 1807 — after May 1810
Ivan Stepanovich NasonovJanuary 1810 — 21 July 1811
Aleksey Alekseyevich Kumanin21 July 1811 — March 1813
Peter Ivanovich NakhodkinSeptember — the beginning of October 1812
Shelaputin P. D. October 1812 — after 21 January 1813
Fyodor Ivanovich KozhevnikovMarch 1813 — 12 September 1814
Mikhail Ivanovich Titov1814 — 1819
Andrey Yakovlevich Saveliev23 January 1819 — 13 December 1821
Alexey Gavrilovich Popov13 December 1821 — 20 December 1824
Konstantin Alekseevich Kumanin20 December 1824—1828
Alexey Alekseevich Mazurin1 January 1828 — 31 December 1831
Ivan Matveevich Yartsov17 January 1831—1834
Ivan Alekseevich Kolesov7 February 1834—1837
Valentin Alexeyevich Kumanin1 January 1837—1840
Alexander Vasilyevich AlekseyevJanuary 1840 — 2 October 1841
Kondratiy Karpovich ShaposhnikovOctober 1841—1843
Andrey Petrovich Shestov1843 — 1845
Semyon Loginovich Lepeshkin1846 — 1849
Klavdiy Afanasievich Kiryakov1 January 1849 — 10 August 1849
Ilya Afanasievich Shchekin1849 — 31 December 1851
Pyotr Ivanovich Kumanin26 November 1851 — 10 December 1851
Kirill Afanasievich KukinJanuary 1852 — 1855
Efim Fedorovich GuchkovNovember 1858 — 29 September 1859
Sergey Dmitrievich Shiryaev27 October 1859 — 1861
Mikhail Leontievich Korolev1 January 1861 — 10 April 1863
Alexander Alekseevich Shcherbatov10 April 1863 — 18 February 1869
Vladimir Cherkassky4 April 1869 — 13 March 1871
Ivan Artemyevich Lyamin13 March 1871 — 19 March 1873
Sergey Alexandrovich Ladyzhensky 19 March 1873 — 16 October 1873
Daniil Danilovich Schumacher16 October 1873 — 16 April 1876
Sergey Alexandrovich Ladyzhensky 16 April 1876 — 7 January 1877
Sergei Tretyakov 7 January 1877 — 5 December 1881
Boris Chicherin22 December 1881 — 11 August 1883
Mikhail Fedorovich Ushakov 11 August 1883 — 9 April 1885
Stepan Alekseevich Tarasov28 March 1885 — 19 September 1885
Mikhail Fedorovich Ushakov 23 October 1885 — 9 November 1885
Nikolay Alekseyev9 November 1885 — 11 March 1893
Mikhail Fedorovich Ushakov 11 March 1893 — 13 April 1893
Konstantin Vasilievich Rukavishnikov13 April 1893 — 19 April 1897
Vladimir Mikhailovich Golitsyn19 April 1897 — 25 October 1905
Nikolay Ivanovich Guchkov17 November 1905 — 18 December 1912
Viktor Diodorovich Bryansky19 December 1912 — November 1914
Mikhail Vasilyevich Chelnokov29 September 1914 — 28 March 1917
Nikolay Ivanovich AstrovMarch - June 1917
Vadim Viktorovich Rudnev11 July 1917 – 2 November 1917

Gradonachalnik

On 1 January 1905 Nicholas II established Moscow City Authority, largely independent of the Moscow Governorate. Moscow City Authority was headed by gradonachalnik.
Both state and communist officeholders were called heads of Moscow.

Communist heads of Moscow

First Secretaries of the Moscow City Committee of the CPSU were de facto real powerful heads of Moscow.

State (nominal) heads of Moscow

Chairmen of the Presidium of the Executive Committee of Moscow Council of Workers' Deputies:
Chairmen of the Presidium of the Moscow Council of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies:
Chairmen of the Presidium of the Moscow Council of Workers' and Red Armymen's Deputies:
Chairmen of the Presidium of the Moscow Council of Workers', Peasants' and Red Armymen's Deputies:
Chairmen of the Executive Committee of the Moscow Council of Workers', Peasants' and Red Armymen's Deputies:
Chairmen of the Executive Committee of the Moscow Regional Council of Workers', Peasants' and Red Armymen's Deputies:
Chairmen of the Executive Committee of the Moscow City Council of Workers', Peasants' and Red Armymen's Deputies:
Chairmen of the Executive Committee of the Moscow City Council of Labourers' Deputies:
Chairmen of the Executive Committee of the Moscow City Council of People's Deputies:
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 in 1991-2001.
Mayors: