The First Secretary of the Mari 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 Mari AO (1920–1936) and the Mari ASSR (1936–1991) in the

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of the

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. The position was created on February 24, 1921, and abolished on August 25, 1991. The First Secretary was a de facto appointed position usually by the

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or the

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himself.

List of First Secretaries of the Mari Communist Party

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List of First Secretaries of the Mari Communist Party

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