The Sakhalin Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, commonly referred to as the Sakhalin CPSU obkom, was the position of highest authority in the Sakhalin Oblast,Until 1945, the Sakhalin Oblast encompassed only the northern part of the island of Sakhalin. The southern part was ruled by the Empire of Japan, as the Karafuto Prefecture in the Russian SFSR of the Soviet Union. The position was created in July 1925, 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 Sakhalin

Name Term of Office Life years Start End First Secretaries of the Okrug Committee of the Communist Party Nikolay Rudakov July 1925 June 1926 Nikolay Sedov June 1926 April 1927 Filipp Konyukhov April 1927 February 1930 Nikolay Ivanov March 1930 October 20, 1932 1894–1938 First Secretaries of the Oblast Committee of the Communist Party Nikolay Ivanov October 20, 1932 April 17, 1934 1894–1938 Pavel Ulyansky April 17, 1934 November 14, 1937 1898–1938 ? November 14, 1937 March 4, 1938 Fyodor Bespalko March 4, 1938 September 24, 1938 1901–? Grigoriy Shatalin February 9, 1939 June 21, 1940 1911–? Aleksey Spridonov June 21, 1940 December 8, 1943 1909–1988 Ivan Chizhov December 8, 1943 August 4, 1945 1899–? Dmitriy Melnik August 4, 1945 June 15, 1951 1912–1969 Pyotr Cheplakov June 15, 1951 August 25, 1960 1906–1985 Pavel Leonov August 1960 December 23, 1978 1918–1992 Pyotr Tretyakov December 23, 1978 June 17, 1988 1927– Viktor Bondarchuk June 17, 1988 October 24, 1989 1936– Viktor Zhigailo October 24, 1989 August 1991 1940–

See also Sakhalin Oblast

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