The World - News from July 23, 1989

The Communist Party boss of the Soviet city of Kiev resigned, four months after failing to win a seat in the new Soviet legislature, the official Tass news agency reported. The resignation of Konstantin I. Masik followed a warning by President Mikhail S. Gorbachev on Tuesday that inefficient officials would be replaced. Masik was relieved of his post “at his own request,” Tass added. It said he was transferred to another position, but it did not identify Masik’s new job. He was replaced by A. I. Kornienko, formerly deputy head of the city’s construction and personnel department, Tass said. Masik is the second party boss of a major city to leave office after losing in the elections.