The Volgograd Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, commonly referred to as the Volgograd CPSU obkom, was the position of highest authority in the Volgograd Oblast (until November 10, 1961, Stalingrad Oblast), in the Russian SFSR of the Soviet Union. The position was created in January 1934, and abolished in August 1991. The First Secretary was a de facto appointed position usually by the Politburo or the General Secretary himself.