Karelian Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
The First Secretary of the Karelian regional branch of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the position of highest authority in the Karelian ASSR in the Russian SFSR, and in the Karelo-Finnish SSR of the Soviet Union. The position was created in 1921, and abolished in August 1991. The First Secretary was a de facto appointed position usually by the Politburo or the General Secretary himself.
