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Head of Sochi
Head of Sochi
	Flag of Sochi
	Incumbent; Andrey Proshunin; since 19 July 2024
	City Assembly of Sochi
Appointer	City Assembly of Sochi
Inaugural holder	Nikolay Karpov
Formation	December 1991 (Modern office)
Website	sochi.ru

The Head of the City of Sochi (Russian: Глава города Сочи)^[1], also referred to as the Mayor of Sochi, is the highest ranking official and head of the executive branch of the city of Sochi, Russia.

List of Heads of Sochi (1991–present)

Name	Term Start	Term End
Nikolay Karpov	December 1991	2000
Leonid Mostovoy	2001	2003
Viktor Kolodyazhny	2004	17 April 2008
Vladimir Afanasenkov	29 June 2008	30 October 2008
Dzhamvulat Khatuov (acting)	30 October 2008	20 January 2009
Anatoly Pakhomov^[2]^[3]^[4]	12 May 2009	9 September 2019
Alexey Kopaigorodsky	11 September 2019	14 May 2024
Andrey Proshunin	19 July 2024	Present^[5]

Previous leaders of Sochi (until 1991)

Russian Empire

City Elders

Reinhold Garbe (1874-1875)
Nikolai Kostarev (1898-1902)^[6]
Ivan Godzi (1902-1904)
Sergei Savich (1904)
Anatoly Bonker (1905)
Dmitry Prilukov (1905-1908)
Anton Tarnopolsky (1908)
Fyodor Klochanov (1908—1911)
Nikolai Kostarev (1911)
Alexey Kartashov (1913—1914)
Dmitry Kochenovsky (Acting, 1915-1917)

Soviet Union

Chairmen of the Sochi City Executive Committee

Yevgeny Lechno (June 13, 1917 — ?)
Morozov
M. Probenko, M. (September 20, 1920 — ?)
Nikifor Poyarko (1921—1922)
Pavel Prima (1928)
Nikolai Motuzko (? — 1934)
Alexei Belous (1938—1944)
Bezrukov (1946)
Dmitry Vasilyev (1956)
A. Bykov (1958)
Albert Churkin (1958—1962)
Pyotr Bazhanov (1963—1971)
Vyacheslav Voronkov (1974—1977)
Anatoly Udotov (1977—1982)
Vladimir Molyarenko (1982—1989)
Sergey Derendyaev (1989—1991)

First Secretaries of the Sochi City Committee of the CPSU

Sergei Medunov (1959-1969)
Yuri Polyakov (1982-1990)^[7]

Authorized representatives of the Central Executive Committee and the Council of People's Commissars in the Sochi Region for Resort Issues

Alexander Metelev (October 17, 1933 – June 1937)^[8]
Ivan Vargin (Acting, June 1937 - November 20, 1937)

References

↑ Official website of Sochi Archived January 11, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
↑ Ольга Десятова (2019-08-29). "Мэр Сочи не будет баллотироваться на третий срок" (in Russian). Эфкате. Retrieved 2019-09-17.^{[dead link]}
↑ "Депутаты Городского Собрания избрали главу Сочи" (in Russian). Администрация города Сочи. 10 September 2019. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
↑ "Pro-Putin mayor elected in Sochi". BBC News. 27 April 2009. Archived from the original on 30 April 2009. Retrieved 27 April 2009.
↑ "Администрация города Сочи - Глава города". Archived from the original on 2019-12-15. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
↑ "1910—1911 Николай Анатольевич Костарев на аллее виллы "Вера"". PastVu. Retrieved 2026-08-05.
↑ 14 марта 1990 года из ст. 6 Конституции СССР исключено положение о руководящей роли КПСС
↑ "Сочинские страницы жизни Метелева А. Д." www.privetsochi.ru. Retrieved 2026-08-05.

[Head-1] Official website of Sochi Archived January 11, 2014, at the Wayback Machine

[2] Ольга Десятова (2019-08-29). "Мэр Сочи не будет баллотироваться на третий срок" (in Russian). Эфкате. Retrieved 2019-09-17.^{[dead link]}

[3] "Депутаты Городского Собрания избрали главу Сочи" (in Russian). Администрация города Сочи. 10 September 2019. Retrieved 2019-09-17.

[4] "Pro-Putin mayor elected in Sochi". BBC News. 27 April 2009. Archived from the original on 30 April 2009. Retrieved 27 April 2009.

[5] "Администрация города Сочи - Глава города". Archived from the original on 2019-12-15. Retrieved 2024-06-21.

[6] "1910—1911 Николай Анатольевич Костарев на аллее виллы "Вера"". PastVu. Retrieved 2026-08-05.

[7] 14 марта 1990 года из ст. 6 Конституции СССР исключено положение о руководящей роли КПСС

[8] "Сочинские страницы жизни Метелева А. Д." www.privetsochi.ru. Retrieved 2026-08-05.

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