List of Soviet and Russian leaders by height
The following table lists the heights of Soviet and Russian paramount leaders (Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, President of the Soviet Union and President of Russian Federation). The average height of Russian leaders is AbOUT 1.72 m (5'8).
Rank |
Name |
Term |
Height in meters |
Height in feet and inches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Boris Yeltsin |
1991-1999 |
1.87 |
6'1½ |
2 |
Yuriy Andropov |
1982-1984 |
1.79 |
5'10½ |
3 |
Konstantin Chernenko |
1984-1985 |
1.77 |
5'9¾ |
4 |
Leonid Brezhnev |
1964-1982 |
1.76 |
5'9½ |
5 |
Mikhail Gorbachev |
1985-1991 |
1.75 |
5'9 |
6 |
Georgy Malenkov |
1953 |
1.70 |
5'7 |
6 |
Vladimir Putin |
since 1999 |
1.70 |
5'7 |
8 |
Vladimir Lenin |
1917-1924 |
1.65 |
5'5 |
9 |
Joseph Stalin |
1924-1953 |
1.64 |
5'4½ |
10 |
Nikita Khrushchev |
1953-1964 |
1.60 |
5'3 |