The Leningrad City Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, commonly referred to as the Leningrad CPSU gorkom, was the position of highest authority in the city of Leningrad (until January 26, 1924, Petrograd) roughly equating to that of mayor. The position was created in March 1918, and abolished on August 24, 1991. The First Secretary was a de facto appointed position usually by the Politburo or the General Secretary himself. Until the abolition of the CPSU monopoly on power on March 14, 1990, he had actual power in Leningrad.

First Secretaries

Name Term of Office Life years Start End Pyotr Zaslavsky March 1918 April 1919 1890–1967 Moisey Kharitonov April 1919 November 1919 1887–1948 Sergey Zorin November 1919 February 1921 1891–1937 Nikolay Uglanov February 21, 1921 December 14, 1921 1886–1937 Ivan Smirnov December 15, 1921 March 1922 1881–1936 Pyotr Zalutsky March 1922 December 1925 1888–1937 Grigory Evdokimov December 1925 January 7, 1926 1884–1936 Sergei Kirov January 8, 1926 December 1, 1934 1886–1934 Andrei Zhdanov December 15, 1934 January 17, 1945 1896–1948 Alexey Kuznetsov January 17, 1945 March 8, 1946 1905–1950 Pyotr Popkov March 9, 1946 February 15, 1949 1903–1950 Vasily Andrianov February 22, 1949 January 19, 1950 1902–1978 Frol Kozlov January 19, 1950 July 8, 1952 1908–1965 Aleksey Alekseyev July 8, 1952 April 1, 1953 1911–? Nikolay Ignatov April 1, 1953 November 25, 1953 1901–1966 Ivan Zamchevsky November 25, 1953 July 27, 1956 1909–1979 Ivan Spiridonov July 27, 1956 December 24, 1957 1905–1991 Nikolay Rodionov December 24, 1957 January 8, 1960 1915–1999 Georgy Popov January 9, 1960 February 12, 1971 1912–1968 Boris Aristov February 13, 1971 April 19, 1978 1925–2018 Yury Solovyov April 19, 1978 March 12, 1984 1925–2011 Anatoly Dumachev March 12, 1984 January 17, 1986 1932–2004 Anatoly Gerasimov January 17, 1986 November 21, 1989 1931– Boris Gidaspov November 21, 1989 August 24, 1991 1939–2007

See also Lensovet Governor of Saint Petersburg Leningrad Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Sources World Statesmen.org