Arrange the following order in sequence the regime period of Soviet and Russia.

(A) Joseph Stalin
(B) Leonid Brezhnev
(C) Nikita Khrushchev
(D) Boris Yeltsin
(E) Mikhail Gorbachev

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(A), (C), (B), (E), (D)

The correct answer is option (3) - (A), (C), (B), (E), (D)

Correct sequence:

(A) Joseph Stalin
(C) Nikita Khrushchev
(B) Leonid Brezhnev
(E) Mikhail Gorbachev
(D) Boris Yeltsin

Joseph Stalin (1879-1953) Successor to Lenin and led the Soviet Union during its consolidation (1924-53); began rapid industrialisation and forcible collectivisation of agriculture; credited with Soviet victory in the Second World War; held responsible for the Great Terror of the 1930s, authoritarian functioning and elimination of rivals within the party. 

Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971) Leader of the Soviet Union (1953-64); denounced Stalin’s leadership style and introduced some reforms in 1956; suggested “peaceful coexistence” with the West; involved in suppressing popular rebellion in Hungary and in the Cuban missile crisis.

Leonid Brezhnev (1906-82) Leader of the Soviet Union (1964- 82); proposed Asian Collective Security system; associated with the détente phase in relations with the US; involved in suppressing a popular rebellion in Czechoslovakia and in invading Afghanistan.

Mikhail Gorbachev (Born 1931) Last leader of the Soviet Union (1985- 91); introduced economic and political reform policies of perestroika (restructuring) and glasnost (openness); stopped the arms race with the US; withdrew Soviet troops from Afghanistan and eastern Europe; helped in the unification of Germany; ended the Cold War; blamed for the disintegration of the Soviet Union.

Boris Yeltsin (1931-2007) The first elected President of Russia (1991- 1999); rose to power in the Communist Party and was made the Mayor of Moscow by Gorbachev; later joined the critics of Gorbachev and left the Communist Party; led the protests against the Soviet regime in 1991; played a key role in dissolving the Soviet Union; blamed for hardships suffered by Russians in their transition from communism to capitalis