title: Leningrad City Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
text: # Leningrad City Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
  
  The Leningrad City Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, commonly referred to as the Leningrad CPSU gorkom, was the position of highest authority in the city of Leningrad (until January 26, 1924 Petrograd) roughly equating to that of mayor. The position was created in March 1918, and abolished on August 24, 1991. The First Secretary was a de facto appointed position usually by the Politburo or the General Secretary himself. Until the abolition of the CPSU monopoly on power on March 14, 1990, he had actual power in Leningrad.
  
  ## First Secretaries
  
  | Name | Term of Office | Term of Office | Life years |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Name | Start | End | Life years |
  | Pyotr Zaslavsky | March 1918 | April 1919 | 1890–1967 |
  | Moisey Kharitonov | April 1919 | November 1919 | 1887–1948 |
  | Sergey Zorin | November 1919 | February 1921 | 1891–1937 |
  | Nikolay Uglanov | February 21, 1921 | December 14, 1921 | 1886–1937 |
  | Ivan Smirnov | December 15, 1921 | March 1922 | 1881–1936 |
  | Pyotr Zalutsky | March 1922 | December 1925 | 1888–1937 |
  | Grigory Evdokimov | December 1925 | January 7, 1926 | 1884–1936 |
  | Sergei Kirov | January 8, 1926 | December 1, 1934 | 1886–1934 |
  | Andrei Zhdanov | December 15, 1934 | January 17, 1945 | 1896–1948 |
  | Alexey Kuznetsov | January 17, 1945 | March 8, 1946 | 1905–1950 |
  | Pyotr Popkov | March 9, 1946 | February 15, 1949 | 1903–1950 |
  | Vasily Andrianov | February 22, 1949 | January 19, 1950 | 1902–1978 |
  | Frol Kozlov | January 19, 1950 | July 8, 1952 | 1908–1965 |
  | Aleksey Alekseyev | July 8, 1952 | April 1, 1953 | 1911– |
  | Nikolay Ignatov | April 1, 1953 | November 25, 1953 | 1901–1966 |
  | Ivan Zamchevsky | November 25, 1953 | July 27, 1956 | 1909–1979 |
  | Ivan Spiridonov | July 27, 1956 | December 24, 1957 | 1905–1991 |
  | Nikolay Rodionov | December 24, 1957 | January 8, 1960 | 1915–1999 |
  | Georgy Popov | January 9, 1960 | February 12, 1971 | 1912– |
  | Boris Aristov | February 13, 1971 | April 19, 1978 | 1925– |
  | Yury Solovyov | April 19, 1978 | March 12, 1984 | 1925–2011 |
  | Anatoly Dumachev | March 12, 1984 | January 17, 1986 | 1932–2004 |
  | Anatoly Gerasimov | January 17, 1986 | November 21, 1989 | 1931– |
  | Boris Gidaspov | November 21, 1989 | August 24, 1991 | 1939–2007 |
  