The position was created on November 10, 1917, following the October Revolution and abolished on August 24, 1991 although most authority was lost in June that year to the position of Mayor of Moscow.
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In September 2009 The Sunday Times erroneously stated that Witanhurst had been bought by Elena Baturina, the wife of the former Mayor of Moscow, Yuri Luzhkov, via an offshore front company.
Political figures he has close alliances with include Yury Luzhkov, the former Mayor of Moscow, Dmytro Firtash and Leonid Derkach, former head of the Security Service of Ukraine.