title: Moldavia Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine
text: # Moldavia Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine
  
  The Moldavia Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine, commonly referred to as the Moldavia CPU obkom, was the position of highest authority in the Moldavian ASSR, in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union.
  
  The position was established on 15 October 1924 by former members of the former Soviet puppet state Bessarabian Socialist Soviet Republic. After an unsuccessful attempt to establish the Bessarabian Socialist Soviet Republic soon after World War I. The position was known as a responsible secretary of Orgbureau of the Communist Party of Ukraine for the Moldavian ASSR until 21 December 1924. In 1924–1932 it was known as a responsible secretary of the Moldavia Regional Committee. Upon occupation of the Romanian Bessarabia on 14 August 1940, the position was reorganized as part of the separate Communist Party of the Moldavian SSR.
  
  The First Secretary was a de facto appointed position usually by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine or the First Secretary of that party.
  
  ## List of First Secretaries of Moldavia Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine
  
  | Name | Term of Office | Term of Office | Life years |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Name | Start | End | Life years |
  | Responsible Secretaries of the Oblast Committee of the Communist Party ||||
  | Iosif Badeev | 15 October 1924 | 27 December 1928 | 1880–1937 |
  | Haim Bogopolski | 27 December 1928 | 25 February 1930 | 1891–1937 |
  | Ilia Ilin | 9 April 1930 | 2 October 1931 | 1893–1973 |
  | Ivan Placinda | 2 October 1931 | 3 July 1932 | 1898–1937 |
  | First Secretaries of the Oblast Committee of the Communist Party ||||
  | Ivan Sirko | 3 July 1932 | 5 June 1933 | 1900–1976 |
  | Gurgen Bulat | 5 June 1933 | 28 August 1935 | 1900–1949 |
  | Zinovie Siderski | 28 August 1935 | 17 May 1937 | 1897–1938 |
  | Vladimir Todres | 17 May 1937 | 30 August 1937 | 1897–1959 |
  | Nicolea Golub (acting) | 30 August 1937 | 23 May 1938 | 1905–19?? |
  | Vladimir Borisov | 23 May 1938 | 26 February 1939 | 1901–1984 |
  | Aleksei Melnikov | 26 February 1939 | 6 August 1939 | 1900–1967 |
  | Piotr Borodin | 6 August 1939 | 14 August 1940 | 1905–1986 |
  