<page_title> List of heads of state of the Soviet Union </page_title> <section_title> List of heads of state </section_title> <table> <cell> Nikolay Shvernik (1888–1970) <col_header> Name (Birth–Death) </col_header> <col_header> Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Congress of Soviets (1922–1938) </col_header> <col_header> Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (1938–1989) </col_header> <row_header> 2 </row_header> </cell> </table>
Shvernik was the Soviet head of state.