Yakov Abramovich Popok (1894–1938) served as the fifth
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 in August 1930, replacing
Grigory Aronshtam. He fell ill in early 1937, causing him to resign on 15 April. He died the following year in the
Great Purge
The Great Purge or the Great Terror (russian: Большой террор), also known as the Year of '37 (russian: 37-й год, translit=Tridtsat sedmoi god, label=none) and the Yezhovshchina ('period of Nikolay Yezhov, Yezhov'), was General ...
.
Deputy Secretary
Anna Mukhamedov Anna Muhamedov ('' tk, Anna Muhamedow, russian: Анна Мухамедов'') (1900–1938) was the acting first secretary of the Communist Party of the Turkmen SSR immediately following Yakov Popok's resignation due to ill health on 15 April 1937 ...
held his position for two days, until a replacement,
Yakov Chubin
Yakov Chubin also known as Yakov Shub (Mstsislaw, Mogilyov Governorate, 1893 – Moscow, November 1956) served as the seventh General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Turkmen SSR.
His term began on 17 April 1937, following the resignat ...
, was selected.
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