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The Kyiv City Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine , commonly referred to as the Kyiv CPU gorkom, was the position of highest authority in the city of Kyiv.
The position was created in 1921, and abolished in August 1991 although most authority was lost in June that year to the position of Mayor of Kyiv. The First Secretary was a de facto appointed position usually by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine or the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine. The First Secretary exercised a large influence throughout the Soviet Union.
| Name | Term of Office | Life years | |
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| Start | End | ||
| ? | 1921 | 193. | |
| E.D. Aronsky | 193. | 1934 | |
| Nikita Alekseyev | 1934 | 1935 | 1892–1937 |
| ? | 1935 | 1937 | |
| Sergei Kudryavtsev | January 1937 | September 1937 | 1903–1938 |
| Afanasiy Yegorov [lower-alpha 1] | 1938 | 1938 | |
| Nikita Khrushchev | 1938 | 1941 | 1894–1971 |
| Nazi German occupation (September 19, 1941 – November 6, 1943) | |||
| Nikita Khrushchev | November 1943 | March 22, 1947 | 1894–1971 |
| Zynoviy Serdyuk | March 22, 1947 | February 1949 | 1903–1982 |
| Oleksiy Hryza | February 1949 | 1950 | 1907–1969 |
| Mykhailo Synytsya | 1950 | 1960 | 1913–1985 |
| Vasyl Drozdenko | June 1960 | August 1962 | 1924–1982 |
| Oleksandr Botvyn | August 1962 | January 1963 | 1918–1998 |
| ? | 1963 | December 1964 | |
| Oleksandr Botvyn | December 1963 | January 11, 1980 | 1918–1998 |
| Yuriy Yelchenko | January 11, 1980 | April 28, 1987 | 1929– |
| Kostyantyn Masyk | April 28, 1987 | July 22, 1989 | 1936– |
| Anatoliy Korniyenko | July 22, 1989 | August 1991 | 1938– |
| Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine | |
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