First Secretary of the Moscow Communist Party
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The First Secretary of the Communist Party of Moscow was the position of highest authority in the city of Moscow roughly equating to that of mayor. 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. The First Secretary was a de-facto appointed position usually by the Politburo or the General Secretary himself. The First Secretary exercised a a large influence throughout the Soviet Union.
[edit] List of First Secretaries of the Communist Party of Moscow
| Name | Term of Office | Life years | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start | End | ||
| Vadim Podbelskiy | November 10, 1917 | April 12, 1918 | 1887-1920 |
| Dominik Yefremov | April 12, 1918 | September 07, 1918 | 1883-1925 |
| Vladimir Zagorsky | September 07, 1918 | September 25, 1919 | 1883-1919 |
| Dominik Yefremov | October 1919 | November 1919 | 1883-1925 |
| Aleksandr Myasnikov | November 1919 | April 1920 | 1886-1925 |
| Iosif Pyatnitsky | April 1920 | November 1920 | 1882-1938 |
| Fedor Sergeyev (Artem) | November 1920 | March 1921 | 1883-1921 |
| Isaak Zelensky | March 1921 | August 20, 1924 | 1890-1938 |
| Nikolay Uglanov | August 20, 1924 | November 27, 1928 | 1886-1937 |
| Vyacheslav Molotov | November 27, 1928 | August 15, 1929 | 1890-1986 |
| Karl Bauman | August 15, 1929 | July 12, 1930 | 1892-1937 |
| Lazar Kaganovich | July 12, 1930 | January 1934 | 1893-1991 |
| Nikita Khrushchev | January 1934 | January 27, 1938 | 1894-1971 |
| Aleksandr Ugarov | February 11, 1938 | September 19, 1938 | 1900-1939 |
| Aleksandr Shcherbakov | December 02, 1938 | May 10, 1945 | 1901-1945 |
| Georgy Popov | May 10, 1945 | February 12, 1950 | 1906-1968 |
| Ivan Rumyantsev | February 12, 1950 | July 1952 | 1913-1994 |
| Ivan Kapitonov | August 1952 | March 29, 1954 | 1915-2002 |
| Yekaterina Furtseva | November 17, 1954 | June 30, 1957 | 1910-1974 |
| Vladimir Ustinov | June 30, 1957 | March 04, 1960 | 1907-1971 |
| Pyotr Demichev | March 04, 1960 | November 01, 1962 | 1918- |
| Nikolay Yegorychev | November 01, 1962 | October 04, 1967 | 1920-2005 |
| Viktor Grishin | October 04, 1967 | June 30, 1985 | 1914-1992 |
| Boris Yeltsin | June 30, 1985 | November 11, 1987 | 1931-2007 |
| Lev Zaykov | November 11, 1987 | November 21, 1989 | 1923-2002 |
| Yury Prokofyev | November 21, 1989 | August 24, 1991 | 1939- |
Source:
[1]World Statesmen.org
