Leningrad Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

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The Leningrad Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union , commonly referred to as the Leningrad CPSU obkom, was the position of highest authority in Leningrad Oblast during most of the existence of the Soviet Union. The position was created on 1 August 1927, and abolished on 29 August 1991 although most authority was lost in June that year to the position of Governor of Leningrad Oblast. The First Secretary was a de facto appointed position usually by the Politburo or the General Secretary himself.

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First Secretaries

The following individuals served as first secretaries of the Leningrad Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. [1]

NameTerm of OfficeLife years
StartEnd
Sergey Kirov 1 August 19271 December 19341886–1934
Andrei Zhdanov 15 December 193417 January 19451896–1948
Alexey Kuznetsov 17 January 194526 March 19461905–1950
Pyotr Popkov 26 March 194622 February 19491903–1950
Vasily Andrianov 22 February 194925 November 19531902–1978
Frol Kozlov 25 November 195324 December 19571908–1965
Ivan Spiridonov 24 December 19573 May 19621905–1991
Vasily Tolstikov 3 May 196216 September 19701917–2003
Grigory Romanov 16 September 197021 June 19831923–2008
Lev Zaykov 21 June 19838 July 19851923–2002
Yuri Solovyev 8 July 198512 July 19891925–2011
Boris Gidaspov 12 July 198929 August 19911933–2007

Second Secretary

NameTerm of OfficeLife years
StartEnd
Terentii Shtykov 16 June 19381 January 19451907–1964
Vasily Rykov 195219611918-2011

See also

Sources

  1. Справочник по истории Коммунистической партии и Советского Союза 1898 - 1991 (in Russian). knowbysight.info. Archived from the original on 26 August 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2014.

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