The First Secretary of the Mordovian regional branch of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the position of highest authority in the Mordovian AO (1930–1934) and the Mordovian ASSR (1934–1991) in the Russian SFSR of the Soviet Union. The position was created in September 1928, 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 Mordovia
Name Term of Office Life years Start End First Secretaries of the Communist Party Grigory Polumordvinov September 1928 November 1929 1897–1937 Pavel Pellinen November 1929 September 1932 1897–1937 Veniamin Gantman September 1932 January 1934 1891–1937 Mikhail Prusakov January 1934 June 7, 1937 1896–1938 Vladimir Putnin June 14, 1937 July 19, 1937 1896–1938 Aleksandr Polyakov July 19, 1937 September 9, 1937 1902–1938 Ivan Kuznetsov September 9, 1937 January 1940 1897–1983 Vasily Petushkov January 1940 1945 1894–1974 Sergey Kochergin 1945 December 1948 1899–1959 Ivan Piksin December 1948 September 1951 1905–1974 Vasily Zakhurdayev September 1951 January 1958 1903–1974 Georgy Osipov January 1958 March 3, 1968 1906–1980 Pyotr Elistratov March 3, 1968 April 1971 1917–1987 Anatoly Beryzin April 1971 August 24, 1990 1931–1998 Vladimir Sanayev August 24, 1990 October 27, 1990 1932– Viktor Skoptsov October 27, 1990 August 1991 1939–2009
See also Mordovian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
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