Moscow Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

The Moscow Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, commonly referred to as the Moscow CPSU obkom, was the position of highest authority in Moscow Oblast during most of the existence of the Soviet Union. The position was created on 24 January 1929 as the Central Industrial Oblast, and abolished on 29 August 1991 although most authority was lost in June that year to the position of Governor of Moscow Oblast. The First Secretary was a de facto appointed position usually by the Politburo or the General Secretary himself.

First Secretaries

The following individuals served as first secretaries of the Moscow Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

Name	Term of Office		Life years
	Start	End
Karl Baumann	24 January 1929	22 April 1930	1892–1937
Lazar Kaganovich	22 April 1930	7 March 1935	1893–1991
Nikita Khrushchev	7 March 1935	10 February 1938	1894–1971
Aleksandr Ugarov	10 February 1938	2 November 1938	1900–1939
Alexander Shcherbakov	2 November 1938	10 May 1945	1901–1945
Georgy Popov	12 June 1945	16 December 1949	1906–1968
Nikita Khrushchev	16 December 1949	10 March 1953	1894–1971
Nikolai Mikhailov	10 March 1953	25 March 1954	1906–1982
Ivan Kapitonov	27 March 1954	2 March 1959	1915–2002
Pyotr Demichev	2 March 1959	6 July 1960	1918–2010
Grigory Abramov	6 July 1960	January 1963	1918–
Vasily Konotop	15 December 1964	16 November 1985	1916–1995
Valentin Mesyats	16 November 1985	14 December 1990	1928–
Boris Balashov	15 December 1990	29 August 1991	1941–

See also

• Governor of Moscow Oblast
• Moscow City Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Sources

• [1] World Statesmen.org