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Premier of the Soviet Union
In office 21 Jan 1924 – 19 Dec 1930
Preceded by	Vladimir Lenin
Succeeded by	Vyacheslav Molotov
Premier of the Russian SFSR
In office 21 Jan 1924 – May 1929
Preceded by	Vladimir Lenin
Succeeded by	Vyacheslav Molotov

Personal details
Born	Alexey Ivanovich Rykov

Alexey Ivanovich Rykov (25 February 1881 - 15 March 1938) was a Russian revolutionary and Premier of the Soviet Union from 1924-30.

Early life

Rykov was born in 1881. He joined the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party in 1898. When the party split into Bolsheviks and Mensheviks, Rykov became a Bolshevik. He was arrested several times.

Alexey Rykov returned from Siberia after the February Revolution of 1917. During the October Revolution of 1917 he was a member of the Military Revolutionary Committee in Moscow.

After the revolution, Rykov became a Minister of the Interior. On 3 April 1918, Rykov became Chairman of the Supreme Council of National Economy.

After Lenin's death on 21 January 1924, Rykov became head of the government of both the USSR and Russia. He supported Stalin in the Communist Party.

Rykov lost the post of head of the government after a conflict with Stalin in 1929. He was later arrested and executed in 1938.

Preceded by Vladimir Lenin	Prime Minister of the Soviet Union 1924–1930	Succeeded by Vyacheslav Molotov

Alexei Rykov and Vladimir Lenin, 3 October 1922
Joseph Stalin, General Secretary of the Communist Party. Alexei Rykov, Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars (Prime Minister). Lev Kamenev, Deputy Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars (Deputy Prime Minister). Grigory Zinoviev, Chairman of the Comintern's Executive Committee, April 1925
Time cover, 14 July 1924
Alexey Rykov, Joseph Stalin and Klim Voroshilov, February 1928.
Photo Reporter Samsonov shows his camera to Alexei Rykov and Nikolai Bukharin, 1928