title: Karelian Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
text: # Karelian Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
  
  The First Secretary of the Karelian regional branch of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the position of highest authority in the Karelian ASSR (1923–1940, 1956–1991) in the Russian SFSR, and in the Karelo-Finnish SSR (1940–1956) of the Soviet Union. The position was created in 1921, and abolished in August 1991. The First Secretary was a de facto appointed position usually by the Politburo or the General Secretary himself.
  
  ## List of First Secretaries of the Karelian Communist Party
  
  | Name | Term of Office | Term of Office | Life years |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Name | Start | End | Life years |
  | First Secretaries of the Communist Party ||||
  | Vasily Kudzhyev | 1921 | 1922 | 1889–1976 |
  | Johan Järvisalo | 1922 | May 1929 | 1888–1929 |
  | Kustaa Rovio | June 19, 1929 | August 21, 1935 | 1887–1938 |
  | Petr Irklis | August 21, 1935 | July 25, 1937 | 1887–1937 |
  | Mihail Nikolsky | July 1937 | September 1937 | 1902–1938 |
  | Nikolay Ivanov | September 1937 | June 1938 | 1896–? |
  | Gennady Kupriyanov | June 1938 | January 24, 1950 | 1905–1979 |
  | Aleksandr Kondakov | January 24, 1950 | September 27, 1950 | 1908–1951 |
  | Aleksandr Yegorov | September 27, 1950 | August 16, 1955 | 1904–1988 |
  | Leonid Lubennikov | August 16, 1955 | September 1958 | 1910–1988 |
  | Ivan Senkin | September 1958 | April 18, 1984 | 1915–1986 |
  | Vladimir Stepanov | April 18, 1984 | November 30, 1989 | 1927–2022 |
  | Nikolay Kiryanov | November 30, 1989 | August 1991 | 1940– |
  