# Sergey Kirov

> Shot dead in his Leningrad offices in 1934, his murder gave Stalin the pretext for the Great Purge—a wave of show trials and executions that consumed the Soviet state.

*Soviet politician and Bolshevik revolutionary (1886–1934)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/sergey-kirov

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Politician
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Born:** 1886-03-15
- **Died:** 1934-12-01
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born Kostrikov on 27 March 1886, he joined the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party as an early revolutionary in the Russian Empire. An Old Bolshevik and personal friend of Joseph Stalin, he rose through Communist Party ranks to head the party organization in Leningrad and win a seat on the Politburo. On 1 December 1934, Leonid Nikolaev shot and killed him at his offices in the Smolny Institute. Nikolaev and several alleged accomplices were convicted in a show trial and executed less than 30 days later. Stalin used the assassination as the catalyst for the Moscow trials and the Great Purge that followed.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 57.7 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 25.4 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Topics
#Politicians, #Politician, #Politics, #20th Century

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Kirov)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207682)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Sergey%20Kirov)
- [سيرجى كيروف](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%89_%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%81)
- [Sergey Kirov](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Kirov)
- [Киров Сергей Миронович](https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87)
- [Сяргей Кіраў](https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%8F%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%9A%D1%96%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%9E)
- [Сяргей Міронавіч Кіраў](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%8F%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%9C%D1%96%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%87_%D0%9A%D1%96%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%9E)
- [Сергей Киров](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%9A%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2)
- [Serguei Kírov](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serguei_K%C3%ADrov)
- [Sergej Mironovič Kirov](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergej_Mironovi%C4%8D_Kirov)
- [Sergej Kirov](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergej_Kirov)
- [Sergei Mironowitsch Kirow](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Mironowitsch_Kirow)
- [Σεργκέι Κίροφ](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B3%CE%BA%CE%AD%CE%B9_%CE%9A%CE%AF%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%86)
- [Sergei Kirov](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Kirov)
- [Sergej Kirov](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergej_Kirov)
- [Serguéi Kírov](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergu%C3%A9i_K%C3%ADrov)
- [Sergei Kirov](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Kirov)
- [Sergei Kirov](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Kirov)
- [سرگی کیروف](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%B1%DA%AF%DB%8C_%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%81)
- [Sergei Kirov](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Kirov)
- [Sergueï Kirov](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergue%C3%AF_Kirov)
- [סרגיי קירוב](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%A8%D7%92%D7%99%D7%99_%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%91)
- [Sergej Mironowič Kirow](https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergej_Mironowi%C4%8D_Kirow)
- [Szergej Mironovics Kirov](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szergej_Mironovics_Kirov)
- [Սերգեյ Կիրով](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8D%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%A3%D5%A5%D5%B5_%D4%BF%D5%AB%D6%80%D5%B8%D5%BE)
- [Wikiquote](https://az.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sergey_Kirov)
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sergej_Mironovi%C4%8D_Kirov)
- [Wikiquote](https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Siergiej_Kirow)
- [Wikiquote](https://ru.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87_%D0%9A%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2)

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