President of the USSR

The President of the Soviet Union (Russian: Президент Советского Союза, Prezident Sovetskogo Soyuza), officially called President of the USSR (Russian: Президент СССР) or President of the Union of Soviet Sovereign Republics (Russian: Президент Союза Советских Cуверенных Республик), is the head of state and head of government of the USSR. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the Soviet Armed Forces. This position places its holder in leadership of the nation that has the one of the largest economies by real and nominal GDP with command authority over the second-largest active nuclear arsenal. The president is frequently described as one of the most powerful persons in the world.

The presidency is an executive post, based on a mixture of the U. S. and French presidencies.