All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions

The All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions (ACCTU; Всесоюзный центральный совет профессиональных союзов, VTsSPS) was the national trade union federation of the Soviet Union.

The federation was established in January 1918. In October 1990, it was dissolved, and replaced by the General Confederation of Trade Unions of the USSR.

Precursors
In 1905, First All Russian Conference of Trade Unions was held.

In 1906, Second All Russian Conference of Trade Unions was held.

In 1917, Third All-Russian Conference of Trade Unions was held.

In 1918, Fourth All Russian Conference of Trade Unions was held.

The Federation
In 1945, the World Trade Union Conference took place in London, United Kingdom, organised alongside the British Trades Union Congress and the U.S. Congress of Industrial Organizations.

Presidents

 * 1918: Grigory Zinoviev
 * 1918: Mikhail Tomsky
 * 1929: Alexander Dogadov
 * 1930: Nikolai Shvernik
 * 1944: Vasili Kuznetsov
 * 1953: Nikolai Shvernik
 * 1956: Viktor Grishin
 * 1967: Alexander Shelepin
 * 1976: Alexei Shibaev
 * 1982: Stepan Shalaev
 * 1990: Gennady Yanayev