Mikhail Mikhailovich Fonin (Russian: Михаил Михайлович Фонин; 1905 – 1974) served as the eighth first secretary of the Communist Party of the Turkmen SSR. Fonin held this position throughout the

German-Soviet War The Eastern Front, also known as the Great Patriotic War (term), Great Patriotic War in the Soviet Union and its successor states, and the German–Soviet War in modern Germany and Ukraine, was a Theater (warfare), theatre of World War II ...

, serving from February 1939 until March 1947. His successor was

Şaja Batyrow Şaja Batyrowiç Batyrow (1908–1965) was a Soviet politician who served as the first secretary of the Communist Party of Turkmenistan. He also was head of the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan from 1959 to 1965. His term as first secreta ...

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1905 births 1974 deaths People from Kaluga Governorate First secretaries of the Communist Party of Turkmenistan First convocation members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union Second convocation members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union Recipients of the Order of Lenin {{Turkmenistan-politician-stub