Leaders cold war By stefania16 Period: Jan 21, 1924 to Mar 5, 1953 Stalin Period: 1933 to 1945 Franklin D roosevelt democrat Period: 1945 to 1953 Harry S Truman Democrat Period: 1953 to 1961 Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican Period: 1953 to 1964 Nikita Kruschev Period: 1961 to 1963 John F Kennedy Democrat Period: 1963 to 1969 Lyndon B Johnson Democrat Period: 1964 to 1982 Brezhnev Period: 1969 to 1974 Richard Nixon Republican Period: 1974 to 1977 Gerald Ford Republican party Period: 1977 to 1981 Jimmy Carter Democrat Period: 1981 to 1989 Ronald Reagan Republican Period: 1982 to 1984 Yuri Andropov Period: 1984 to 1985 Konstantin Chernenko Period: 1985 to 1991 Mikhail Gorbachev