Yakov Chubin also known as Yakov Shub (

Mstsislaw Mstislaw or Mstislavl ( be, Мсціслаў, [], russian: Мстиславль [msʲtʲɪˈslavlʲ], pl, Mścisław, lt, Mstislavlis) is a town in the Mogilev Region, Eastern Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Mstsislaw District ...

, Mogilyov Governorate, 1893 – Moscow, November 1956) served as the seventh

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 ...

of the

Communist Party of the Turkmen SSR The Communist Party of Turkmenistan (russian: Коммунистическая партия Туркменистана; tk, Türkmenistanyň Kommunistik Partiýasy) was the ruling communist party of the Turkmen SSR, and a part of the Communis ...

. His term began on 17 April 1937, following the resignation of

Yakov Popok Yakov Abramovich Popok (1894–1938) served as the fifth General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Turkmen SSR. His term began in August 1930, replacing Grigory Aronshtam. He fell ill in early 1937, causing him to resign on 15 April. H ...

. He was replaced in February 1939 by

Mikhail Fonin Mikhail Mikhailovich Fonin (1905 – 1974) served as the eighth first secretary of the Communist Party of the Turkmen SSR. Fonin held this position throughout the German-Soviet War The Eastern Front of World War II was a theatre o ...

. In 1920 Chubin served as the Communist party leader of the

Chernigov Governorate The Chernigov Governorate (russian: Черниговская губерния; translit.: ''Chernigovskaya guberniya''; ), also known as the Government of Chernigov, was a guberniya in the historical Left-bank Ukraine region of the Russian ...

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1893 births 1956 deaths People from Mstsislaw People from Mstislavsky Uyezd Belarusian communists Party leaders of the Soviet Union Communist Party of Turkmenistan politicians First convocation members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union {{Turkmenistan-politician-stub