The First Secretary of the Tatarstan regional branch of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the position of highest authority in the Tatar ASSR in the Russian SFSR of the Soviet Union. The position was created in 1920, 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 Tatarstan
Name Term of Office Life years Start End First Secretaries of the Communist Party Semyon Kanatchikov 1920 1920 Aleksandr Tanyayev August 1920 December 1920 1898–1974 Dmitry Orlov December 1920 January 1921 1894–1974 Karl Fige January 1921 March 1921 1897–1938 Nikolay Baryshev March 1921 June 1921 1898–1937 Aleksandr Karpov June 1921 December 1921 1896–1937 Aleksey Galaktionov December 1921 June 5, 1922 1888–1922 Dmitry Zhivov June 1922 November 1923 1896–1939 Boris Pinson November 1923 January 1924 1892–1936 Ivan Bazhanov January 1924 March 1924 1896–1938 Ivan Morozov March 1924 November 5, 1925 1889–1957 Mendel Khatayevich November 5, 1925 June 7, 1928 1893–1939 Mikhail Razumov June 7, 1928 October 1933 1894–1937 Alfred Lepa October 1933 July 1937 1896–1937 Aleksandr Alemasov August 26, 1937 March 9, 1942 1902–1972 Anatoly Kolybanov March 9, 1942 July 8, 1943 1905–1978 Vladimir Nikitin July 8, 1943 December 28, 1944 1907–1959 Zinnyat Muratov December 28, 1944 June 6, 1957 1905–1988 Semyon Ignatyev June 6, 1957 October 28, 1960 1904–1983 Fikryat Tabyev October 28, 1960 November 2, 1979 1928–2015 Rashid Musin November 2, 1979 October 2, 1982 1921–1982 Gumer Usmanov October 29, 1982 September 23, 1989 1932–2015 Mintimer Shaimiev September 23, 1989 August 30, 1990 1937– Revo Idiatullin September 1990 August 1991 1938–
See also Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
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