Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership
Russian Local Leaders

Also see Russia Ministers, Leaders in the Former USSR and Female Presidents of Unterstate Entities

Reperesentatives of the Government of Russia

1921 Representative of the Central Committee of the Communist Party in Irkutsk Praskovia Gedymin-Tiudesheva
Later she was Representative in Ulan Ude. She lived (1883-1975)

Around 1993 Representative of the Russian President Tamara A. Poluyektova, Kalningrad Oblast (Region)

Around 1993 Permanent Representative in Moskva Alexandra G. Balenko, Kamchatka Oblast

Around 1993 Permanent Representative in Moskva Yelena A. Kucherova, Novgorod Oblast

Around 1993 Permanent Representative in Moskva Nina M. Mikhailova, Novosibirsk Oblast

Around 1998 Representative of the President Tamara Teventiyevna Karyakina, Iver Oblast

Around 1998 Plenipotentiary of the President of the Russian Federation in the Arkhangelsk Oblast Marina Belogubova
Vice-Chairperson of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet  of Arkhangelsk Oblast ca.1991-98

2000- Deputy Plenipotentiary Representative of the President in the North-Western Federal Region Lubov Pavlovna Sovershayeva
Vice-Governor and Chairperson of the Committee of Management of the Region State Propertyof the Leningrad Union/St. Petersburg 1996-2000

2003 Representative of the President North-West Russia Federal District Valentina Matviyenko
First secretary of the Communist Committee of the Krasnogvardeiski District in Leningrad 1984-86,  Deputy Chairperson of the Executive Committee 1986-89, Deputy Chairperson  the Leningrad Council of the People's Deputies, Ambassador  1991-95 and 1997-98 before becoming Vice-Premier and since 2003 Governor of Saint Petersburg (b. 1949-).

Republic of Adygeya

Around 2004- Chairperson of the Council of Representatives of the State Council Khassay Tatiana Petrova

Arkhangelsk Oblast

Ca. 1991-98 Vice-Chairperson of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet Marina Belogubova 
Around 1998 Plenipotentiary of the President of the Russian Federation in the Arkhangelsk Oblast

Ca. 1998- Vice-Chairperson of the Government in Social Sphere Tamara Rumyantseva

Briansk

1960-67 Chairperson of the Executive Committee Domna Pavlovna Komarova
She was 1. Secretary of the Communist Party 1948-60 and Russian Minister of Social Affairs 1967-ca.84. (b. 1920-).

Republic of Bashkortostan (Bashkiria)

1976 Minister of Petroleum Zola Casanova

1990-91 Vice-Minister of Health Mini Minikhazievna Nazmetdinova

Republic of Buryatia

-2004- Minister of Economic Development and Foreign Relations Tatyana G. Dumnova

Republic of Chechenia (Russian Administration)

Ca. 2005- Vice-Chairperson of the Government Belkis Baidayeva

Republic of Chuvashia

1937-38 Chairperson of the Executive Committee Zoya Ananevna Andreyeva
1938-55 Chairperson of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
Vice-Chairperson of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of Russia 1958-59. She lived (1899-1983)

2001-04 Prime Minister Natalya Partasova
She was 1st Deputy Prime Minister when she became chief of the government. (b. 1957)

Chukotka Okrug (Autonomous District)

1961-70 Chairperson of the Executive Committee Anna Dmitriyevna Nutetegryne
(b. 1930- )

1970-80 Chairperson of the Executive Committee Lina Grigoryevna Tynel
(b. 1932-)

1980-90 Chairperson of the Executive Committee Nadezhda Pavlovna Otke
(b. 1941-)

Around 2001- Vice-Governor Irina Panczenko
Responsible for finance.

Republic of Daghestan 

1957-62 Chairperson of the Council of Ministers Rosa Abdul-Basyrovna El'darova
1962-69 Chairperson of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet

Ca. 1993 Minister of Information N.N.

1996- Vice-Chairperson of the State Council Taiga Takibat

Ca. 1998- Minister of Tourism and Youth  Surd Z. Suleimanova

Ca. 1998- Minister of Culture Naiad Abdulgamidova

Republic of Ingushetia

Ca. 2004- 1. Deputy Prime Minister Khava Yevloyeva
2008 Acting Prime Minister (12.03-14.03)
Became Chief of Government when her predecessor was dismissed.

Ivanovo Oblast

1985-87 Chairperson of the Executive Committee Zoya Pavlovna Pukhova
(b. 1936-)

The Jewish Autonomous Region

Ca. 2000- Vice-Chairperson of the Government Maria M. Zhirdetskaya

Kaluga Oblast (Region)

 1963-76 Chairperson of the Executive Committee Aleksandra Ivanovna Demidova

Republic of Karelia (Was part of Russia 1956-1991)

Ca. 1995-2000 Chairperson of the Chamber of the Representatives Valentine N. Pimento

Ca. 1995- Chairperson of the House of Representatives N.V. Kotsyuba

Ca. 1998- Substitute of the Minister of Foreign Relations Galina Stephovna Michailova

Khabarovsk Krai Oblast (Sibiria)

1987-92 Vice-Chairperson of the Executive Committee Iraida Ivanovna Strelkova
1992- Vice-Governor and Chair of the Social Issues Committee

Ca. 1993-? Vice-Governor Ilina Tylkova

1994-2002 Vice-Governor and Chairperson of the Committee on State Property Management
2002- Deputy Chairperson of the Government and Minister of Property Relations Galina Alexeevna Gromova
She was Chairperson of the Okhobsk District Executive 1985-91 and in charge of the Committee of Management of the Region State Property. (b. 1946-)

Khanty-Mansi Okrug

1969-82 Chairperson of the Executive Committee Antonina Georgiyevna Grigoryeva
She lived (1918-98).
                            
1982-87 Chairperson of the Executive Committee Valentina Pavlovna Telenkova
(b. 1939-)

Republic of Komi

1998- Deputy Head of the Government G. V. Butireva

Koryak Autonomous Okrug

1985-87 Chairmen of the Executive Committee Valentina Ivanova Uspenskaya

1987-90 Chairmen of the Executive Committee Valentina Tadeyevna Bronevich
1996-2001 Governor
Before becoming governor she was Chairperson of the local Executive Committee. She is the only female leader of a territorial unit in Russia. (b. 1956-)

Kostroma Oblast

Ca. 1998 Head of the Regional Representation in Moskva Galina Mikhalovna Pshenitsyva

Lipetok Oblast

1997/98- Vice-Governor and Chairperson of the Education Committee Ludmilla Kurakova

Republic of Mari-El

Ca. 1998 Permanent Representative in Muskrat Elena Anatoliyevna Skorobogatova

Republic of Mordovia (Mordvinia)

1947-4? Chairperson of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet Vera Petrovna Lemnoza

1965-72 Chairperson of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet Yefima Davydovna Yaskina

Federal City of Moscow

1917 Chairperson of the Council of National Economy Inessa T. Armand
She lived (1874-1920)

1917 Secretary of the Presidium of the City Soviet Sofia Nikolajevna Smidovich
Another version of her surname is Smidovitj. She lived (1872-1934)

1917-18 Chairperson of the City Soviet Executive Comittee Iraida Ulianova
1918 Commissar of City Economy of Kolomna

1954-57 1. Secretary of the Communist Party Yekaterina Alekseyevna Furtseva
Later Minister of Culture. She lived (1910-74)

Murmansk Oblast

Ca. 1998- Vice-Governor L.A. Chistova

Republic of North Ossetia (Autonomous Republic)

1949-54 Vice-Minister of Finance Tamara Soltnovna Khetagurova
1958-59 Minister of Finance and Vice-Premier
1959-62 Chairperson of the Council of Ministers
1962-74 Chairperson of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
(b. 1913)

2005- Speaker of the Duma Larisa Khabitseva

Republic of Tartastan (Proclaimed Sovereignty in August 1996)

1992-? Vice-Chairperson of the Parliament Filia Valeviava

Around 2000 Permanent Representative in Uzbekistan Umida L. Sabirova 

Tannu Tuva (Tyva)
Independent 1921-44, People's Republic 1926 and incorporated in the USSR as an Autonomous Republic in 1944

1942-44 Chairperson of the Presidium of the Little Hural Khertek Anchimaa-Toka
1944-1961 Deputy Chairperson of Oblast Executive Committee
1961-1972 Deputy Chairperson of the Council of Ministers
Khertek Amyrbitovna was married to the First Secretary of the Tuvinian People's Revolutionary Party Salchak
She had held various jobs in local administration and the party administration, Chairperson of the Women Department of the Central Committee of  the Tuvinian People's Revolutionary Party 1938-1940. Married to the First Secretary of the TPRP, Salchak Kalbakkhorekovich Toka in 1940. (b. 1912-)

1962-80 Chairperson of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Autonomous Republic Baykara Sozhulbeyevna Dolchanmaa
(B. 1916-)      
 

Saint Petersburg Oblast (Formerly Leningrad)

1976-? Vice-Chief of Government Nathalie G. Eliseeva

1986-89 Deputy Chairperson of the Executive Committee Valentina Matviyenko, Leningrad
2003 Representative of the President North-West Russia Federal District
2003- Governor of Saint Petersburg
First secretary of the Communist Committee of the Krasnogvardeiski District in Leningrad 1984-86 and then Deputy Chairperson  the Leningrad Council of the People's Deputies, Ambassador  1991-95 and 1997-98 before becomming Vice-Premier. (b. 1949-).

1996-2000 Vice-Governor of the Leningrad Union/St. Petersburg Lubov Pavlovna Sovershayeva
Also Chairperson of the Committee of Management of the Region State Property. From 2000 Deputy Plenipotentiary Representative of the President in the North-Western Federal Region

2001- Vice-Governor and Chairperson of the Press and Public Relations Committee Irina Petrovna Potekhina
In 1993 headed the representative office of the Komsomolskaya Pravda in North-West Region.

2002- Vice-Governor and Chairperson of the Administrative Committee Anna Borisovna Markova
Until 1999 Head of the Internal Affairs Department of Kolpino Region and 1999-2002 head of the Administration of Frunzensky District of St. Petersburg. 2003 Candidate for Governor.

Sverdlovsk Oblast (in the Ural Region)

1997/98- 1. Vice-chairperson of the Government for Economics and Finance G.A. Kovaleva

Ulyanovsk Oblast

2004-05 Acting Governor Mariya Bolshakov

Republic of Yakutia (Sakha Republic)

1948-59 Chairperson of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet Sofiya P. Sidorova

1959- 1963 Chairperson of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet Mariya Dmitriyevna Nartakhova

1963-79 Chairperson of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet Aleksandra Yakovlevna Ovchinikova
(b. 1914-)

Until 1985 Chairperson of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet Ye.N. Gorokhova

1985-8? Chairperson of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet Lyuliya Nikolayevna Grigoryeva

1993-? Permanent Representative in Moskva Zoya A. Kornilova

Yaroslavl Province (oblast)

Around 2001- Vice-Governor Irina Il'ichna Skorokhovdova

Last update 28.03.08