Sergei Kirov

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Sergei Kirov was a prominent early Bolshevik leader and close ally of Joseph Stalin, whose 1934 assassination in Leningrad became a key pretext for the Great Purge in the Soviet Union.

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Label Occurrences
Sergey Kirov 10
Sergei Kirov canonical 8
Sergey Mironovich Kirov 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bolshevik revolutionary
Soviet politician
human
birthName Sergei Mironovich Kostrikov
causeOfDeath gunshot wound
closeAllyOf Joseph Stalin
commemoratedBy Mariinsky Theatre
surface form: Kirov Theatre in Leningrad

cities renamed Kirov in the Soviet Union
monuments and streets named after him
countryOfCitizenship Russian Empire
Soviet Union
dateOfBirth 1886-03-27
dateOfDeath 1934-12-01
employer Communist Party of the Soviet Union
surface form: All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
ethnicGroup Russians
familyName Kostrikov
givenName Sergei
hasInfluenced political repressions in the Soviet Union
ideology Marxism–Leninism
mannerOfDeath assassination
memberOfPoliticalParty Communist Party of the Soviet Union
surface form: All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)

Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks)
surface form: Russian Social Democratic Labour Party

Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks)
movement Bolshevism
name Sergei Kirov self-link
notableEvent assassination in Leningrad in 1934
notableFor being a close ally of Joseph Stalin
his assassination serving as a pretext for the Great Purge
notableWork leadership of the Leningrad party organization
occupation party functionary
politician
revolutionary
participantIn Russian Civil War
Russian Revolution
surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917

early Soviet state-building
patronymicName Mironovich
placeOfBirth Russian Empire
Urzhum
Vyatka Governorate
placeOfDeath Leningrad
Russian SFSR
surface form: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

Soviet Union
positionHeld First Secretary of the Leningrad Regional Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
surface form: First Secretary of the Leningrad City Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)

First Secretary of the Leningrad Regional Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
delegate to the Congress of Soviets
member of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
member of the Politburo of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
pseudonym Kirov
sexOrGender male

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Sergei Kirov name Sergei Kirov self-link
Kirovsk namedAfter Sergei Kirov
this entity surface form: Sergey Kirov
Kostrikov usedBy Sergei Kirov
Kostrikov revolutionaryName Sergei Kirov
subject surface form: Sergei Kirov
Kostrikov notableBearer Sergei Kirov
Urzhum birthplaceOf Sergei Kirov
Kirovsky District of Saint Petersburg namedAfter Sergei Kirov
this entity surface form: Sergey Kirov
Kirov pseudonym Sergei Kirov
Leningrad State Academic Kirov Theatre of Opera and Ballet namedAfter Sergei Kirov
this entity surface form: Sergey Kirov
Red Army invasion of Georgia commandedBy Sergei Kirov
this entity surface form: Sergey Kirov
Kirovsk namedAfter Sergei Kirov
this entity surface form: Sergey Kirov
Kirovsky District, Leningrad Oblast namedAfter Sergei Kirov
this entity surface form: Sergey Kirov
Kirov Theatre namedAfter Sergei Kirov
this entity surface form: Sergey Kirov
Kirovakan namedAfter Sergei Kirov
this entity surface form: Sergey Kirov
Sergei Mironovich Kostrikov alsoKnownAs Sergei Kirov
this entity surface form: Sergey Kirov
Kirov Factory namedAfter Sergei Kirov
this entity surface form: Sergey Kirov
SMK heavy tank prototype namedAfter Sergei Kirov
this entity surface form: Sergey Mironovich Kirov