The First Secretary of the Chuvash regional branch of the

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was the position of highest authority in the Chuvash AO (1920–1925) and the

Chuvash ASSR The Chuvash Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic ( cv, Чӑваш Автономлӑ Совет Социаллӑ Республики, Chăwash Avtonomlă Sovet Sociallă Respubliki; russian: link=no, Чувашская Автономная Со ...

(1925–1991) in the

Russian SFSR The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...

of the

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. The position was created on October 8, 1920, and abolished in August 1991. The First Secretary was a de facto appointed position usually by the

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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 Chuvash Communist Party

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World Statesmen.org 1920 establishments in Russia 1991 disestablishments in the Soviet Union Regional Committees of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Politics of Chuvashia

List of First Secretaries of the Chuvash Communist Party

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