Grigory Aronshtam

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Naumovich and the family name is Aronshtam.

Grigory Naumovich Aronshtam (1893 – 1938) served as the fourth first secretary of the Communist Party of the Turkmen SSR, serving from 11 May 1928 until August 1930. In addition, he was the third and final person to hold the position of president of the Turkmen SSR before its responsibilities were merged with those of the first secretary. He was the brother of Lazar Aronshtam. Like his brother he was executed during the Great Purge and posthumously rehabilitated in 1956.^[1]

Grigory Aronshtam
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Turkmenistan
In office 11 May 1928 – August 1930
General Secretary	Joseph Stalin
Preceded by	Nikolay Paskutsky
Succeeded by	Yakov Popok
Personal details
Born	1893 Borzna, Chernihiv Governorate
Died	19 March 1938(1938-03-19) (aged 44–45) Kommunarka shooting ground, Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union
Resting place	Kommunarka shooting ground
Citizenship	Soviet
Political party	Communist Party of Turkmenistan

He was succeeded as first secretary by Yakov Popok.