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'''Sergei Kirov''' was a Russian [[revolutionary]], old [[Bolshevik]], friend of [[Stalin]] and potential successor to Stalin along with [[Kaganovich]]. The [[Kirov Oblast]] and [[Kirov (City)]] were | '''Sergei Kirov''' was a Russian [[revolutionary]], old [[Bolshevik]], friend of [[Stalin]] and potential successor to Stalin along with [[Kaganovich]]. The [[Kirov Oblast]] and [[Kirov (City)]] were both renamed in his honor. | ||
==Assasination== | ==Assasination== | ||
On the afternoon of Saturday, 1 December 1934, [[Leonid Nikolayev]] who had connections to the [[Bloc of Rights and Trotskyites]], assassinated Kirov with a revolver. This lead to the uncovering of many underground [[terrorist]] cells such as the [[Trotsky-Zinoviev Center]] and the [[Anti-Soviet Trotskyist Center]] in [[the Moscow trials]].<ref>https://bannedthought.net/MLM-Theory/Trotskyism/Trotskyism-Counter-RevolutionInDisguise-Olgin-1935-OCR.pdf</ref> <br><br>Large figures implicated in these terrorist cells include: | On the afternoon of Saturday, 1 December 1934, [[Leonid Nikolayev]] who had connections to the [[Bloc of Rights and Trotskyites]], assassinated Kirov with a revolver. This lead to the uncovering of many underground [[terrorist]] cells such as the [[Trotsky-Zinoviev Center]] and the [[Anti-Soviet Trotskyist Center]] in [[the Moscow trials]].<ref>https://bannedthought.net/MLM-Theory/Trotskyism/Trotskyism-Counter-RevolutionInDisguise-Olgin-1935-OCR.pdf</ref> <br><br>Large figures implicated in these terrorist cells include: | ||
Revision as of 05:27, 17 October 2025
Sergei Mironovich Kirov Сергей Миронович Киров | |
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| Born |
Sergei Mironovich Kostrikov 27 March 1886 Urzhum, Russian Empire, now Russia |
| Died |
1 December 1934 (aged 48) Leningrad, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, USSR, now Russian Federation |
| Cause of death | Assassination |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Ideology |
Marxism-Leninism Bolshevism Anti-revisionism |
| Political party |
RSDLP (Bolsheviks)(1904–1918) All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)(1918–1934) |
Sergei Kirov was a Russian revolutionary, old Bolshevik, friend of Stalin and potential successor to Stalin along with Kaganovich. The Kirov Oblast and Kirov (City) were both renamed in his honor.
Assasination
On the afternoon of Saturday, 1 December 1934, Leonid Nikolayev who had connections to the Bloc of Rights and Trotskyites, assassinated Kirov with a revolver. This lead to the uncovering of many underground terrorist cells such as the Trotsky-Zinoviev Center and the Anti-Soviet Trotskyist Center in the Moscow trials.[1]
Large figures implicated in these terrorist cells include:
- Grigory Zinoviev
- Lev Kamenev
- Nikolai Bukharin
- Leon Trotsky
- Mikhail Tukhachevsky
- Mikhail Tomsky
- Alexei Rykov
- Nikolaj Krestinsky
- Christian Rakovsky
- Genrikh Yagoda
- Akmal Ikramov
- Ivan Smirnov