Up until March 1953 this was Josef Stalin. After his death, a 'Collective Leadership' was established consisting of four statesmen- Georgi Malenkov, Nikolai Bulganin, Nikita Krushchev and Sergei Molotov. These four were meant to govern the USSR jointly as a team, and did so in the early months following Stalin's death. However, Kruschev was sickened and appalled at the crimes against humanity that the other three men had carried out when they were ministers under Stalin, and at their complicity in Stalin's crimes. He set about establishing himself as de facto leader of the USSR, ensuring that Bulganin, Molotov and Malenkov ended up serving under him as ministers, and in the end having Molotov executed. By 1957, Kruschev was overall head of the Soviet Union, a position that he maintained until '64.
Brezhnev became the Soviet leader after Khruschev.
Leonid Brezhnev was the Soviet leader from 1964 until his death in 1982.
Stalin was the sole Soviet leader from 1927-1953.
Joseph Stalin was the Soviet leader responsible.
The Soviet Union does not have a leader as it ceased to exist in 1991.
Nikita Khrushchev
Not 1950s but.. Rasputin. Stalin who also wanted good to Russia.
The Soviet leader was Nikita Khrushchev
Senator Joseph McCarthy was the leader of the anti-Communist crusade of the 1950s in the US.
Brezhnev became the Soviet leader after Khruschev.
Leonid Brezhnev was the Soviet leader from 1964 until his death in 1982.
Stalin was the sole Soviet leader from 1927-1953.
The first communist leader of the Soviet Unionwas Vladimir Lenin.
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Joseph Stalin was the Soviet leader responsible.
The Russians of the Soviet Union.
The Soviet Union does not have a leader as it ceased to exist in 1991.