History Daily: The Assassination of Sergei Kirov

Dec 1, 2025 · 20 min · Season 90 · 19.3 MB

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December 1, 1934. Leningrad mayor Sergei Kirov is assassinated by a lone gunman, giving Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin the justification to purge the Communist Party of his rivals.

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