The First Secretary of the Moscow

Moscow

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 gorkom of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Communist Party of the Soviet Union

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was the position of highest authority in the city of Moscow roughly equating to that of mayor

Mayor

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. The position was created on November 10, 1917, following the October Revolution

October Revolution

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 and abolished on August 24, 1991 although most authority was lost in June that year to the position of Mayor of Moscow. The First Secretary was a de-facto appointed position usually by the Politburo

Politburo

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 or the General Secretary

General Secretary

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 himself. The First Secretary exercised a large influence throughout the Soviet Union

Soviet Union

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.

List of First Secretaries of the Communist Party of Moscow

Name	Term of Office		Life years
	Start	End
Vadim Podbelskiy	November 10, 1917	April 12, 1918	1887-1920
Dominik Yefremov	April 12, 1918	September 07, 1918	1883-1925
Vladimir Zagorsky	September 07, 1918	September 25, 1919	1883-1919
Dominik Yefremov	October 1919	November 1919	1883-1925
Aleksandr Myasnikov	November 1919	April 1920	1886-1925
Iosif Pyatnitsky	April 1920	November 1920	1882-1938
Fedor Sergeyev (Artem) Fyodor Sergeyev Fyodor Andreyevich Sergeyev , better known as Comrade Artyom , was a Russian revolutionary, Soviet politician, agitator, and journalist. He was a close friend of Sergei Kirov and Stalin...	November 1920	March 1921	1883-1921
Isaak Zelensky	March 1921	August 20, 1924	1890-1938
Nikolai Uglanov Nikolai Uglanov Nikolai Aleksandrovich Uglanov was a Russian Bolshevik politician, who played an important role in the government of the Soviet Union.* 20 August 1924 - November 27, 1928, First Secretary of the Moscow Communist Party...	August 20, 1924	November 27, 1928	1886-1937
Vyacheslav Molotov Vyacheslav Molotov Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov was a Soviet politician and diplomat, an Old Bolshevik and a leading figure in the Soviet government from the 1920s, when he rose to power as a protégé of Joseph Stalin, to 1957, when he was dismissed from the Presidium of the Central Committee by Nikita Khrushchev...	November 27, 1928	August 15, 1929	1890-1986
Karl Bauman	August 15, 1929	July 12, 1930	1892-1937
Lazar Kaganovich Lazar Kaganovich Lazar Moiseyevich Kaganovich was a Soviet politician and administrator and one of the main associates of Joseph Stalin.-Early life:Kaganovich was born in 1893 to Jewish parents in the village of Kabany, Radomyshl uyezd, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire...	July 12, 1930	January 1934	1893-1991
Nikita Khrushchev Nikita Khrushchev Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev led the Soviet Union during part of the Cold War. He served as First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964, and as Chairman of the Council of Ministers, or Premier, from 1958 to 1964...	January 1934	January 27, 1938	1894-1971
Aleksandr Ugarov	February 11, 1938	September 19, 1938	1900-1939
Aleksandr Shcherbakov Aleksandr Shcherbakov Aleksandr Sergueyevich Shcherbakov , was a founding member of the Soviet Writers' Union, along with Maxim Gorky. Following the latter's death in 1936, Shcherbakov was transferred from his role as First Secretary to the lower role of Secretary of the Leningrad Regional Committee where he reported...	December 02, 1938	May 10, 1945	1901-1945
Georgy Popov	May 10, 1945	February 12, 1950	1906-1968
Ivan Rumyantsev	February 12, 1950	July 1952	1913-1994
Ivan Kapitonov	August 1952	March 29, 1954	1915-2002
Yekaterina Furtseva	November 17, 1954	June 30, 1957	1910-1974
Vladimir Ustinov Vladimir Ustinov Vladimir Vasilyevich Ustinov is a Russian politician.He currently is the Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Southern Federal District. Until 2008, he was Russia's Minister of Justice....	June 30, 1957	March 04, 1960	1907-1971
Pyotr Demichev Pyotr Demichev Pyotr Nilovich Demichev was a Soviet-Russian political figure; First Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet from 1986 to 1988 and Minister of Culture from 1974 to 1986....	March 04, 1960	November 01, 1962	1918-
Nikolay Yegorychev	November 01, 1962	October 04, 1967	1920-2005
Viktor Grishin Viktor Grishin Viktor Vasilyevich Grishin was a Soviet politician. He was a Candidate and Full Member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.Grishin was born in Serpukhov, Moscow Oblast. He served in the Red Army from 1938 until 1940...	October 04, 1967	December 23, 1985	1914-1992
Boris Yeltsin Boris Yeltsin Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin was the first President of the Russian Federation, serving from 1991 to 1999.Originally a supporter of Mikhail Gorbachev, Yeltsin emerged under the perestroika reforms as one of Gorbachev's most powerful political opponents. On 29 May 1990 he was elected the chairman of...	December 23, 1985	November 11, 1987	1931-2007
Lev Zaykov	November 11, 1987	November 21, 1989	1923-2002
Yury Prokofyev	November 21, 1989	August 24, 1991	1939-