# assassination of Sergei Kirov

> 1934 murder of a Soviet statesman triggered the Great Purge in the Soviet Union

**Wikidata**: [Q4468587](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4468587)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Sergei_Kirov)  
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