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 The Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, shortened to Moldavian ASSR, was an Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republics, autonomous republic of the Ukrainian SSR between 12 October 1924 and 2 August 1940, encompassing the modern territory ...

, in the

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of the

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. The position was established on 15 October 1924 by former members of the former Soviet

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Bessarabian Socialist Soviet Republic. After an unsuccessful attempt to establish the Bessarabian Socialist Soviet Republic soon after

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. The position was known as a responsible secretary of Orgbureau of the

Communist Party of Ukraine The Communist Party of Ukraine (CPU or KPU) is a banned political party in Ukraine. It was founded in 1993 and claimed to be the successor to the Soviet-era Communist Party of Ukraine, which had been banned in 1991. In 2002 it held a "unifi ...

for the

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

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List of First Secretaries of Moldavia Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine

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