Karelia: Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Council: 1938-1940
| Predsedatel' Prezidiuma Verhovnogo Soveta Karel'skoj Avtonomnoj Sovetskoj Socialističeskoj Respubliki (Russian: Председатель Президиума Верховного Совета Карельской Автономной Советской Социалистической Республики) = Karel'skojn Avtonomnojn Sovetskojn Socialističeskojn Respublikan Verhovnojn Soviètan Prezidiuman Predseduatelja (Karelian: Карельскойн Автономнойн Советскойн Социалистическойн Республикан Верховнойн Совиэтан Президиуман Председуателя) | Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic [1][2] | |
| 28 Jul 1938 - 8 Jul 1940 | Mark Vasil'evič Gorbačëv (Russian/Karelian: Марк Васильевич Горбачёв) |
- The spelling and orthography for the Karelian style are given in accordance with the Karelian version of the Constitution of the Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic adopted by the Extraordinary Congress of Councils of the Karelian ASSR on 17 Jun 1937 and the collection of legislation published in 1939. The transliteration is according to the scheme used for the Russian language (GOST 16876-71).
- Russian, Karelian and Finnish were given equal status for the publication of legislation and judicial proceedings by the Constitution of the Karelian ASSR of 1937. The references to Finnish were excluded from the Constitution by a law passed by the Supreme Council of the Karelian ASSR on 27 Jul 1938 (a day before the election of the first Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Karelian ASSR on 28 Jul 1938).