After 1991, the USSR ceased to exist. The 15 countries that made up the USSR (Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikstan, Turkemistan and Kyrgystan) declared independence.
About 1/2 of the population of the USSR lived in Russia, so often when people talk about the "History of Russia", they follow the fate of Russia after the union dissolved. So the person you're interested in is Boris Yeltsin, who became the President of the newly-independent Russia.
Putin?
Mikhail Gorbachev became the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and thus the leader of the USSR, in 1985.
USSR
Yes, Mikhail Gorbachev was the last Communist leader of the USSR. Moreover, Gorbachev was the last leader of the USSR, period, as the USSR ceased to exist in 1991 while Gorbachev was in power - and thanks in no small part to Gorbachev's reforms of the late 1980s.
Mikhail Gorbachev
Many would argue that Gorbachev did not fail as a leader but helped lead the Soviet Union out of the cold war and into a new era of capitalism and freedom. No one's reign is forever.
Mikhail Gorbachev became the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and thus the leader of the USSR, in 1985.
Mikhail Gorbachev became the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and thus the leader of the USSR, in 1985.
USSR
Yes, Mikhail Gorbachev was the last Communist leader of the USSR. Moreover, Gorbachev was the last leader of the USSR, period, as the USSR ceased to exist in 1991 while Gorbachev was in power - and thanks in no small part to Gorbachev's reforms of the late 1980s.
President Gorbachev was the leader who oversaw the collapse of the USSR.
Gorby was a nickname given to Mikhail Gorbachev when he was leader of the USSR.
1985, according to Encyclopedia Britannica.
Mikhail Gorbachev
Many would argue that Gorbachev did not fail as a leader but helped lead the Soviet Union out of the cold war and into a new era of capitalism and freedom. No one's reign is forever.
WHO WAS THE LEADER OF THE USSR WHEN YURI GAGARIN BECAME THE FIRST MAN TO GO INTO SPACE
Mikhail Gorbachev was the most progressive leader of the Soviet Union. He was not a terrorist and served his mission by relaxing the restraints of other USSR hard line leaders such as Stalin.
Mikhail Gorbachev, president of the USSR resigned on 25th December 1991.--Swaroop Atnoorkar,Mumbai, Maharashtra,India.