- Grigory Aronshtam
Grigory Naumovich Aronshtam (1893-1938) served as the fourth
General Secretary of theCommunist Party of the Turkmen SSR , serving from11 May 1928 until August 1930. In addition, he was the third and final person to hold the position of President of theTurkmen SSR before its responsibilities were merged with those of the General Secretary.He was succeeded as General Secretary by
Yakov Popok .Descendants
Grigory Aronshtam's Descendants currently live in Toronto,Canada (North America), and they formerly lived in Riga, Latvia (former USSR).
References
* [http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Turkmenistan.html World Statesmen]
* [http://rulers.org/sovrep.html Rulers of Soviet Republics]
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