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Sergei Kirov
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Soviet politician and Bolshevik revolutionary (1886–1934)
Sergei Kirov was a prominent Soviet politician and Bolshevik revolutionary who rose to leadership in the Communist Party during the 1920s and early 1930s. His assassination in 1934 became a pivotal moment in Soviet history, as Stalin used it as justification to launch brutal purges that killed thousands of party members and citizens.
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Sergey
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union
- Place of birth
- Urzhum
- Place of death
- Saint Petersburg
- Occupation
- politician
- Political party
- Russian Social Democratic Labour Party
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Participant in
- 17th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party
- Image
- Sergei Kirov 1934.jpg
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- Commons category
- Sergei Kirov
- date of birth
- 1886-03-27
- date of death
- 1934-12-01
- Commons gallery
- Сергей Миронович Киров
- place of burial
- Kremlin Wall Necropolis
- manner of death
- homicide
- topic's main category
- Category:Sergei Kirov
- name in native language
- Сергей Миронович Киров
- birth name
- Sergey Mironovich Kostrikov
- killed by
- Leonid Nikolaev
- Commons Creator page
- Sergei Kirov
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Encyclopedic overview
Personal details BornSergei Mironovich Kostrikov (1886-03-27)27 March 1886 Urzhum, Russia
Died1 December 1934(1934-12-01) (aged 48) Leningrad, Soviet Union
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