When popular communist leader Sergei Kirov was shot in the back in 1934, many of Joseph Stalin’s opponents were scapegoated and executed. With opponents out of the way, Stalin cemented his spot ...

When Sergei Kirov, Stalin’s closest political ally, was assassinated in 1934, it set off one of the deadliest crackdowns in Soviet history. What followed wasn’t just an investigation—it was ...

On Dec. 1, 1934, a lone gunman walked into the offices of Sergei Kirov, the top figure of the Communist Party in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) and a member of the Politburo. Not long thereafter ...

Many historians are comparing the brazen murder of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov to the 1934 assassination of Bolshevik leader Sergei Kirov, a Stalin rival whose death went on to ...

In Leningrad on December 1, 1934, a lone gunman killed Sergey Kirov, a powerful Bolshevik who stood as an alternative to Josef Stalin. Stalin’s involvement in the murder was denied, and never ...

The 1934 murder of Sergei Kirov shook the Soviet Union and became one of its greatest historical mysteries. Was it a lone gunman, or did Stalin orchestrate the killing to justify his purges? This ...

MOSCOW, Dec. 6, 1934 (UP) -- Sergei Kirov, veteran and well-loved Bolshevik leader, was given a hero's funeral today as the bullet-torn bodies of 66 government enemies, including a woman, attested ...

Another Red record was added last week to the 117 executions and 97 other sentences meted out by Soviet star-chamber courts after the assassination of Dictator Joseph Stalin's "Dear Friend ...

Diaries of Murderer Shed New Light on Kirov's Death December 1 was the 75th anniversary of the murder of Sergei Kirov, an event which is recognized as the starting point of Stalin's Great Purges.

In 1935, an additional 98 individuals were sentenced, 19 to prison and 79 to exile, for playing a role in the assassination ...