Kiev City Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine explained

The Kyiv City Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine, commonly referred to as the Kyiv CPU gorkom, was the position of highest authority in the city of Kyiv.

The position was created in 1921, and abolished in August 1991 although most authority was lost in June that year to the position of Mayor of Kyiv. 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 Communist Party of Ukraine. The First Secretary exercised a large influence throughout the Soviet Union.

First Secretaries

NameTerm of OfficeLife years
StartEnd
?1921193.
E.D. Aronsky193.1934
Nikita Alekseyev193419351892–1937
?19351937
Sergei KudryavtsevJanuary 1937September 19371903–1938
Afanasiy Yegorov19381938
Nikita Khrushchev193819411894–1971
Nazi German occupation (September 19, 1941 – November 6, 1943)
Nikita KhrushchevNovember 1943March 22, 19471894–1971
Zynoviy SerdyukMarch 22, 1947February 19491903–1982
Oleksiy HryzaFebruary 194919501907–1969
Mykhailo Synytsya195019601913–1985
Vasyl DrozdenkoJune 1960August 19621924–1982
Oleksandr BotvynAugust 1962January 19631918–1998
?1963December 1964
Oleksandr BotvynDecember 1963January 11, 19801918–1998
Yuriy YelchenkoJanuary 11, 1980April 28, 19871929–
Kostyantyn MasykApril 28, 1987July 22, 19891936–
Anatoliy KorniyenkoJuly 22, 1989August 19911938–

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