Mikhail Temurovich Bgazhba (Russian: Михаил Тимурович Бгажба; Georgian: მიხეილ ბღაჟბა; 1915 – 1993) was an Abkhaz Communist leader who served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Abkhazia from February 1958 until September 1965.[1]

Mikhail Bgazhba
Михаил Бгажба (Russian)
Bgazhba on a 2009 stamp of Abkhazia
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Abkhazia
In office
February 1958 – September 1965
Preceded byOtar Gotsiridze
Succeeded byValerian Kobakhia
Personal details
Born1915
Died1993 (aged 77–78)
NationalitySoviet
Political partyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union

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