Dmitri Zakharovich Protopopov (4 October 1897 – 3 March 1986) was

First Secretary of the Communist Party of Tajikistan The First Secretary of the Communist Party of Tajikistan was the head of the Communist Party of Tajikistan and the highest Executive power in the republic of Tajikistan from 1924 until November 1990. History Shortly after the Soviet Union was f ...

from April 1938 to August 1946. He was a member of the Communist Party since 1917. He was twice awarded the

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. He was an ethnic

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, born in

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1897 births 1986 deaths People from Voronezh Oblast Russian military personnel of World War I Old Bolsheviks Cheka First Secretaries of the Communist Party of Tajikistan First convocation members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union Second convocation members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner Burials at Vagankovo Cemetery {{Tajikistan-politician-stub