Mikhail Yasnov

{{Short description|Soviet politician (1906–1991)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Mikhail Yasnov

| native_name_lang = ru

| native_name = {{nobold|Михаил Яснов}}

| image = Mikhail Alekseevich Yasnov.jpg

| caption = Yasnov in 1970

| imagesize =

| office = Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR

| term_start = 23 December 1966

| term_end = 26 March 1985

| premier = Alexei Kosygin
Nikolai Tikhonov

| predecessor = Nikolay Ignatov

| successor = Vladimir Orlov

| office2 = Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Russian SFSR

| term_start2 = 24 January 1956

| term_end2 = 19 December 1957

| premier2 = Nikolai Bulganin

| predecessor2 = Alexander Puzanov

| successor2 = Frol Kozlov

| birth_date = {{birth date|1906|6|5|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kostroma Oblast, Russian Empire

| death_date = {{death date and age|1991|7|23|1906|6|5|df=y}}

| death_place = Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

| nationality = Soviet and Russian

| party = Communist Party of the Soviet Union

| signature = Signature of Mikhail Yasnov.png

}}

Mikhail Alekseyevich Yasnov ({{langx|ru|Михаил Алексеевич Яснов}}; {{OldStyleDateDY|5 June|1906|23 May}} – 23 July 1991) was a Soviet politician. He was Chairman of the Moscow City Executive Committee and head of Moscow in 1950–1956.

Between 1956 and 1957 he was the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Russian SFSR. Between 1957 and 1966 he was First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR and between 1966 and 1985 he was Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (head of state) and later deputy. Between 1950 and 1956 he was Chairman of the Soviet of the Union,{{Cite web|url=http://whp057.narod.ru/sssr.htm|title=СОЮЗ СОВЕТСКИХ СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКИХ РЕСПУБЛИК|date=September 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928130334/http://whp057.narod.ru/sssr.htm|archive-date=2011-09-28}} the upper chamber of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. He was made a Hero of Socialist Labor in 1976.