The First Secretary of the Abkhaz regional branch of the

Communist Party of the Soviet Union "Hymn of the Bolshevik Party" , headquarters = 4 Staraya Square, Moscow , general_secretary = Vladimir Lenin (first) Mikhail Gorbachev (last) , founded = , banned = , founder = Vladimir Lenin , newspaper ...

was the position of highest authority in the SSR Abkhazia (1921–1931) and the Abkhaz ASSR (1931–1991) in the Georgian SSR of the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

. The position was created on February 14, 1921, and abolished in 1991. The First Secretary was a de facto appointed position usually by the

Politburo A politburo () or political bureau is the executive committee for communist parties. It is present in most former and existing communist states. Names The term "politburo" in English comes from the Russian ''Politbyuro'' (), itself a contraction ...

or the

General Secretary Secretary is a title often used in organizations to indicate a person having a certain amount of authority, power, or importance in the organization. Secretaries announce important events and communicate to the organization. The term is derived ...

himself.

List of First Secretaries of the Communist Party of Abkhazia

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1921 establishments in Russia 1991 disestablishments in the Soviet Union Regional Committees of the Communist Party of Georgia (Soviet Union) Politics of Abkhazia Political organizations based in Abkhazia

List of First Secretaries of the Communist Party of Abkhazia

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