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Sergey Kirov

1886 - 1934

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Sergei Mironovich Kirov (born Kostrikov; 27 March 1886 – 1 December 1934) 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. On 1 December 1934, Kirov was shot and killed by Leonid Nikolaev at his offices in the Smolny Institute. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sergey Kirov is the 1,360th most popular politician (down from 1,031st in 2019), the 126th most popular biography from Russia (down from 118th in 2019) and the 46th most popular Russian Politician.

Sergey Kirov was a Russian communist party leader and a close ally of Joseph Stalin. He was assassinated in 1934, which led to the Great Purge.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sergey Kirov ranks 1,360 out of 19,576. Before him are Romanos I Lekapenos, Calpurnia, Tabaré Vázquez, Jianwen Emperor, Francesco I Sforza, and Arsinoe III of Egypt. After him are Shah Rukh, Bill Nelson, Alauddin Khalji, Peter I of Portugal, Leo V the Armenian, and Georgy Lvov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Sergey Kirov ranks 11. Before him are Robert Schuman, Robert Robinson, Manne Siegbahn, Oskar Kokoschka, Béla Kun, and Jean Arp. After him are Mir Osman Ali Khan, Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Karl von Frisch, Ernst Thälmann, Athenagoras I of Constantinople, and Marc Bloch. Among people deceased in 1934, Sergey Kirov ranks 12. Before him are Fritz Haber, Ernst Röhm, Raymond Poincaré, Albert I of Belgium, Nestor Makhno, and Kurt von Schleicher. After him are Engelbert Dollfuss, Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Gregor Strasser, Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont, John Dillinger, and John Collier.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Sergey Kirov ranks 126 out of 3,761. Before him are Nikolai Lobachevsky (1792), Mikhail Sholokhov (1905), Feodor III of Russia (1661), Dzhokhar Dudayev (1944), Shamil, 3rd Imam of Dagestan (1797), and Mikhail Glinka (1804). After him are Vasili IV of Russia (1552), Mily Balakirev (1837), Andrey Kolmogorov (1903), Pavel Cherenkov (1904), Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia (1878), and Vasily Chuikov (1900).

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Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Sergey Kirov ranks 46. Before him are Tokhtamysh (1342), Grigory Potemkin (1739), Ivan VI of Russia (1740), Feodor III of Russia (1661), Dzhokhar Dudayev (1944), and Shamil, 3rd Imam of Dagestan (1797). After him are Vasili IV of Russia (1552), Prince Paul of Yugoslavia (1893), Alexei Rykov (1881), Ivan V of Russia (1666), Walther Funk (1890), and Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia (1897).

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