Yakov Popok

Yakov Abramovich Popok (1894–1938) served as the fifth first secretary of the Communist Party of the Turkmen SSR. His term began in August 1930, replacing Grigory Aronshtam.

He fell ill in early 1937, causing him to resign on 15 April. He was removed from office, then executed the following year in the Great Purge. Deputy Secretary Anna Muhamedow held his position temporarily, until a replacement, Yakov Chubin, was selected; Muhamedow was also purged and executed in 1938 in the Great Purge. Both Popok and Muhamedow were rehabilitated in the years following Stalin's death.

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