This article is a list of officeholders of the prosecutor generals of Russia and later the Soviet Union, starting from the 18th century to present.
Prosecutors General of the Russian Empire Prosecutor GeneralTerm of Office Emperor Count Pavel Yaguzhinsky 12 January 1722 1726 Peter the GreatCatherine I Vacant(1726 — 1730) Count Pavel Yaguzhinsky 1730 6 April 1736 Anne Vacant(6 April 1736 — 28 April 1740) Prince Nikita Trubetskoy 28 April 1740 15 August 1760 AnneIvan VIElizabeth Prince Yakov Shakhovsky 15 August 1760 25 December 1761 Elizabeth Alexander Glebov 25 December 1761 3 February 1764 Peter IIICatherine the Great Prince Alexander Vyazemsky 3 February 1764 17 September 1792 Catherine the Great Count Alexander Samoylov 17 September 1792 4 December 1796 Catherine the GreatPaul I Prince Alexey Kurakin 4 December 1796 8 August 1798 Paul I Prince Pyotr Lopukhin 8 August 1798 7 July 1799 Alexander Bekleshov 7 July 1799 2 February 1800 Peter Obolyaninov 2 February 1800 16 March 1801 Paul IAlexander I Alexander Bekleshov 16 March 1801 8 September 1802 Alexander I
Prosecutors General and Ministers of Justice
Prosecutors General of Provisional Government
Procurator General of the Soviet Union
Prosecutors of Soviet Russia ProsecutorTerm of Office Leader of the RSFSR Dmitry Kursky 28 May 1922 16 January 1928 Mikhail Kalinin Nikolai Janson 16 January 1928 May 1929 Nikolai Krylenko May 1929 5 May 1931 Andrey Vyshinsky 11 May 1931 1933 Vladimir Antonov-Ovseyenko 25 May 1934 25 September 1936 Faina Nyurina(acting Prosecutor) 14 November 1936 August 1937 Nikolay Rychkov August 1937 January 1938 Ivan Golyakov 31 January 1938 14 April 1938 Mikhail Pankratyev 20 May 1938 31 May 1939 Mikhail KalininAlexei Badayev Anatoly Volin 25 July 1939 25 August 1948 Alexei BadayevNikolai ShvernikIvan Vlasov Pavel Baranov 31 December 1948 13 April 1954 Ivan VlasovMikhail Tarasov Alexei Kruglov 13 April 1954 19 August 1963 Mikhail TarasovNikolai IgnatovNikolai OrganovNikolai Ignatov Vladimir Blinov 29 November 1963 September 1970 Nikolai IgnatovMikhail Yasnov Boris Kravtsov 21 January 1971 12 April 1984 Mikhail Yasnov Sergei Yemelyanov 26 June 1984 28 May 1990 Mikhail YasnovVladimir OrlovVitaly Vorotnikov Nikolai Trubin 28 May 1990 11 December 1990 Boris Yeltsin
Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation
Prosecutor GeneralTerm of Office President of Russia Valentin Stepankov 28 February 1991 5 October 1993 Boris Yeltsin Alexey Kazannik 5 October 1993 14 March 1994 Alexey Ilyushenko(acting Prosecutor General) 26 March 1994 8 October 1995 Oleg Gaidanov(acting Prosecutor General) 8 October 1995 24 October 1995 Yury Skuratov 24 October 1995 2 February 1999 Yury Chaika(acting Prosecutor General) 2 February 1999 6 August 1999 Vladimir Ustinov(acting Prosecutor Generalfrom 6 August 1999 to 17 May 2000) 17 May 2000 2 June 2006 Boris YeltsinVladimir Putin Yury Chaika 23 June 2006 22 January 2020 Vladimir PutinDmitry MedvedevVladimir Putin Igor Krasnov 22 January 2020 24 September 2025Vladimir Putin Aleksandr Gutsan 24 September 2025 present
See also List of Justice Ministers of Imperial Russia Procurator General of the Soviet Union
External links
Official site of the Prosecutor General of Russia