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There are 6 item(s) tagged with the keyword "kirov".

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1. Hoping to Find a Furry Friend

Kirov locals hope to recover a cat erroneously thrown off a train to St. Petersburg.  

Tags: train, cats, kirov
2. Shrek Lives in Kirov Oblast

Russia has everything, including Shrek's house.

Tags: media, environment, rural, kirov, movies
3. Making His Mark Among the Living

Forced to retire from the entertainer’s life at an early age, Victor turned the world into his stage.

Tags: entertainment, city life, kirov
4. Two Roads from Urzhum

A good mystery begins unexpectedly in the unlikeliest of places. And then it takes you where you never imagined. This one took the author halfway around the world and more than a hundred years back in time.

Tags: history, revolution, kirov
5. The Mystery of the Kirov Assassination

The assassination of Sergei Kirov on December 1, 1934, set off one of the bloodiest periods in Russian history. Was it a conspiracy involving the highest ranks of leadership? Or was it all planned and carried out by one "lone gunman"? We may never know.

Tags: stalin, kirov, soviet union, ussr
By Eugenia Sokolskaya
6. Who Killed Kirov?

The circumstances and mystery surrounding the murder of  revolutionary and Soviet leader, Sergei Kirov. On January 15, 1935, Grigori Zinoviev and 18 members of the "Moscow Centre" were tried in Leningrad for their part in the Dec. 1, 1934, assassination of Sergei Kirov.

Tags: kirov, stalin, purges
By Linda DeLaine

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