Putin, same as now. He actually came into power on the last day of 1999.
1924 - 1953 Stalin controlled Russia.
Joseph Stalin was the leader of Russia in 1939.
Hitler was never the leader of Russia.
An elected President.
Joseph Stalin became the leader of the communists and Dictator of Communist Russia in 1917, the same year that Russia pulled out of the 1st world war.
Lenin
Vladimir Lenin is the leader who wanted to get Russia out of World War 1.
he became leader of Russia
Czar Nicholas Romanov II was still Russia's leader in 1914. He abdicated in March 1917.
Tsar Nicholas II was the leader of Tsarist Russia in World War 1.
All leaders of Russia were important.
Putin