The Kharkiv Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine, commonly referred to as the Kharkiv CPU obkom, was the position of highest authority in the Kharkiv Oblast, in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union. The position was created on February 27, 1932, and abolished in August 1991. The First Secretary was a de facto appointed position usually by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine or the First Secretary of the Republic.
List of First Secretaries of the Communist Party of Kharkiv
Name Term of Office Life years Start End First Secretaries of the Oblast Committee of the Communist Party Roman Terekhov February 27, 1932 January 29, 1933 1890–1979 Pavel Postyshev January 29, 1933 June 5, 1934 1887–1939 Mykola Demchenko June 5, 1934 September 21, 1936 1896–1937 Sergei Kudryavtsev September 21, 1936 February 5, 1937 1903–1938 Mykola Hykalo February 5, 1937 October 1937 1897–1938 Oleksandr Osypov October 1937 December 1938 1899–193. Oleksiy Frolkov December 1938 March 17, 1940 Oleksiy Yepishev March 20, 1940 April 1942 1908–1985Nazi German occupation (1941–1943) Illya Profatilov 1943 1944 1906–1975 Viktor Churayev 1944 June 1948 1904–1982 Borys Koval June 1948 December 1948 1903–1959 Viktor Churayev December 1948 April 1950 1904–1982 Nikolai Podgorny 1950 1953 1903–1983 Vitaliy Titov July 1953 March 2, 1961 1907–1980 Mykola Sobol March 2, 1961 July 1963 1910–1991 Borys Voltovsky January 8, 1963 December 1964 1906–1983 Hryhoriy Vashchenko July 1963 June 15, 1972 1920–1990 Ivan Sokolov June 15, 1972 February 1976 1928–1982 Ivan Sakhnyuk February 1976 June 10, 1980 1927– Vladyslav Mysnychenko June 10, 1980 January 5, 1990 1929– Anatoliy Myalytsya January 5, 1990 August 1991 1940–
See also Kharkiv Oblast
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