title: Rostov Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
text: # Rostov Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
  
  The Rostov Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, commonly referred to as the Rostov CPSU obkom, was the position of highest authority in the Rostov Oblast, in the Russian SFSR of the Soviet Union. The position was created in 1920, 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 Communist Party of Rostov
  
  | Name | Term of Office | Term of Office | Life years |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Name | Start | End | Life years |
  | First Secretaries of the Oblast Committee of the Communist Party ||||
  | ? | 1920 | 1922 | |
  | Nikolay Kolotilov | 1922 | 1924 | 1885–1937 |
  | First Secretaries of the Kray Committee of the Communist Party ||||
  | Anastas Mikoyan | May 1924 | September 24, 1926 | 1895–1978 |
  | Grigol Ordzhonikidze | September 24, 1926 | November 1926 | 1886–1937 |
  | Mikhail Chudov | November 1926 | January 1928 | 1893–1937 |
  | Andrey Andreyev | November 1928 | January 1931 | 1895–1971 |
  | Boris Sheboldayev | January 1931 | January 7, 1937 | 1895–1937 |
  | Yefim Yevdokimov | January 1937 | September 13, 1937 | 1891–1940 |
  | First Secretaries of the Oblast Committee of the Communist Party ||||
  | Yefim Yevdokimov | September 13, 1937 | May 1938 | 1891–1940 |
  | Boris Dvinsky | May 1938 | September 1944 | 1894–1973 |
  | Pyotr Aleksandryuk | September 1944 | August 1947 | 1904–1968 |
  | Nikolai Patolichev | August 1947 | June 1950 | 1908–1989 |
  | Pyotr Pastushenko | June 1950 | January 1952 | 1905–? |
  | Nikolay Kiselyev | January 1952 | January 12, 1960 | 1903–1983 |
  | Aleksey Kirichenko | January 12, 1960 | June 15, 1960 | 1908–1975 |
  | Aleksandr Basov | June 15, 1960 | August 15, 1962 | 1912–1988 |
  | Vladimir Skryabin | August 15, 1962 | December 1964 | 1908–1988 |
  | Georgiy Neronov | January 1963 | December 1964 | 1916–? |
  | Mikhail Solomentsev | December 24, 1964 | November 16, 1966 | 1913–2008 |
  | Ivan Bondarenko | November 16, 1966 | July 25, 1984 | 1926–2009 |
  | Aleksandr Vlasov | July 25, 1984 | January 24, 1986 | 1932–2002 |
  | Boris Volodin | January 25, 1986 | April 5, 1990 | 1931– |
  | Vitaly Suslin | April 5, 1990 | August 1991 | 1937–1997 |
  