The First Secretary of the Kalmyk regional branch of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the position of highest authority in the Kalmyk AO (1920–1935, 1957–1958) and the Kalmyk ASSR (1935–1943, 1958–1991) in the Russian SFSR of the Soviet Union. The position was created on February 20, 1921, and abolished in August 1991. The First Secretary was a de facto appointed position usually by the Politburo or the General Secretary himself.
List of First Secretaries of the Communist Party of Kalmykia
Name Term of Office Life years Start End First Secretaries of the Communist Party Arashi Chapchayev February 20, 1921 August 11, 1921 1890–1938 Ivan Marbush-Stepanov August 14, 1921 October 1923 Trofim Borisov October 1923 May 1925 1891–1943 Ivan Glukhov May 1925 November 17, 1927 1892–1962 Khokhol Dzhalykov November 19, 1927 January 6, 1934 1887–1938 Andzhur Pyurbeyev January 10, 1934 November 30, 1935 1904–1938 Ivan Karpov November 30, 1935 February 28, 1939 1892–? Pyotr Lavrentyev February 28, 1939 February 27, 1943 Aleksandr Likomidov February 27, 1943 December 1943 Post abolished (December 1943 – December 1956) Nikolay Zhezlov December 16, 1956 February 1959 1910–1985 Mikhail Ponomaryov February 1959 August 1961 1918–2001 Basan Gorodovikov August 1961 December 20, 1978 1910–1983 Vladimir Nikulin December 20, 1978 December 20, 1985 1929– Vladimir Zakharov December 20, 1985 September 25, 1990 1936– Boris Muyev October 27, 1990 August 1991 1942–
See also Kalmyk Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
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