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Sergej Mironovič Kirov
1886 – 1934
About this person
Wikipedia SummarySergei Mironovich Kirov was a Russian and Soviet politician and Bolshevik revolutionary. Kirov was an early revolutionary in the Russian Empire and a member of the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party. Kirov became an Old Bolshevik and personal friend to Joseph Stalin, rising through the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ranks to become head of the party in Leningrad and a member of the Politburo.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
March 15, 1886
Urzhum
Date of death
December 1, 1934
Saint Petersburg
Citizenship
Russian Empire · Soviet Union
Occupations & fields
politician
Awards & honours
Order of LeninOrder of the Red BannerOrder of the Red Banner of Labour of the Azerbaijan SSR
- Field and occupation
- sovětský politik
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