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The First Secretary of the Moscow City Committee 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 city of Moscow roughly equating to that of mayor. The position was created on November 10, 1917, following the October Revolution and abolished on August 24, 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. Until the abolition of the CPSU monopoly on power on March 14, 1990, he had actual power in Moscow.


First Secretaries

{, class="wikitable" !rowspan="2", Name !colspan="2", Term of Office !rowspan="2", Life years , - ! Start ! End , - , Vadim Podbelskiy , 10 November 1917 , 12 April 1918 , 1887–1920 , - , Dominik Yefremov , 12 April 1918 , 7 September 1918 , 1883–1925 , - ,
Vladimir Zagorsky Vladimir Mikhailovich Zagorsky (real name ''Wolf Mikhelevich Lubotsky'', January 15, 1883, Nizhny Novgorod – September 25, 1919, Moscow) was a revolutionary, party activist, Secretary of the Moscow Committee of the Russian Communist Party (Bols ...
, 17 September 1918 , 25 September 1919 , 1883–1919 , - , Dominik Yefremov , October 1919 , November 1919 , 1883–1925 , - , Alexander Myasnakov , November 1919 , April 1920 , 1886–1925 , - , Osip Piatnitsky , April 1920 , November 1920 , 1882–1938 , - , Fedor Sergeyev (Artem) , November 1920 , March 1921 , 1883–1921 , - ,
Isaak Zelensky Isaak Abramovich Zelensky (russian: Исаа́к Абра́мович Зеле́нский) (22 June 1890 – 15 March 1938) was a Soviet Union, Soviet politician, Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Communist Party official, and a victim of the ...
, March 1921 , 20 August 1924 , 1890–1938 , - ,
Nikolai Uglanov Nikolai Aleksandrovich Uglanov (russian: Никола́й Алекса́ндрович Угла́нов; December 5, 1886 – May 31, 1937) was a Russian Bolshevik politician and Soviet statesman who played an important role in the government of t ...
, 20 August 1924 , 27 November 1928 , 1886–1937 , - , Vyacheslav Molotov , 27 November 1928 , 15 August 1929 , 1890–1986 , - ,
Karl Bauman Karl Yanovich Bauman (russian: Карл Янович Бауман, lv, Kārlis Baumanis; August 29, 1892 – October 14, 1937) was a Latvian-born Soviet politician and functionary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. He was born in Viļ ...
, 15 August 1929 , 12 July 1930 , 1892–1937 , - ,
Lazar Kaganovich Lazar Moiseyevich Kaganovich, also Kahanovich (russian: Ла́зарь Моисе́евич Кагано́вич, Lázar' Moiséyevich Kaganóvich; – 25 July 1991), was a Soviet politician and administrator, and one of the main associates of ...
, 12 July 1930 , January 1934 , 1893–1991 , - , Nikita Khrushchev , January 1934 , 27 January 1938 , 1894–1971 , - , Aleksandr Ugarov , 11 February 1938 , 19 September 1938 , 1900–1939 , - , Aleksandr Shcherbakov , 2 December 1938 , 10 May 1945 , 1901–1945 , - ,
Georgy Popov Georgy Arturovich Popov (russian: Георгий Артурович Попов; born 27 May 2001), is a Russian taekwondo athlete. He won the gold medal at the 2018 Youth Olympics The 2018 Summer Youth Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de l ...
, 10 May 1945 , 12 February 1950 , 1906–1968 , - , Ivan Rumyantsev , 12 February 1950 , July 1952 , 1913–1992 , - ,
Ivan Kapitonov Ivan () is a Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John) from Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. The earliest person known to bear the name was Bulgari ...
, August 1952 , 29 March 1954 , 1915–2002 , - , Yekaterina Furtseva , 17 November 1954 , 30 June 1957 , 1910–1974 , - , Vladimir Ustinov , 30 June 1957 , 4 March 1960 , 1907–1971 , - ,
Pyotr Demichev Pyotr Nilovich Demichev (russian: Пётр Ни́лович Де́мичев; 3 January 191810 August 2010) was a Soviet and Russian politician. He was First Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet from 1986 to 1988 and Minister o ...
, 4 March 1960 , 1 November 1962 , 1917–2010 , - , Nikolay Yegorychev , 1 November 1962 , 4 October 1967 , 1920–2005 , - , Viktor Grishin , 4 October 1967 , 23 December 1985 , 1914–1992 , - , Boris Yeltsin , 23 December 1985 , 11 November 1987 , 1931–2007 , - ,
Lev Zaykov Lev Nikolaevich Zaikov (Russian:Лев Никола́евич Зайко́в; April 3, 1923, Tula, RSFSR, USSR – January 7, 2002, St. Petersburg, Russia) was a Soviet politician and statesman. Member of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Commi ...
, 11 November 1987 , 21 November 1989 , 1923–2002 , - , Yury Prokofyev , 21 November 1989 , 24 August 1991 , 1939–


See also

* Mayor of Moscow *
Moscow Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union The Moscow Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, commonly referred to as the Moscow CPSU obkom, was the position of highest authority in Moscow Oblast during most of the existence of the Soviet Union. The position was crea ...


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World Statesmen.org City Committees of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Politics of Moscow 1917 establishments in Russia 1991 disestablishments in the Soviet Union