Sergei Kirov

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A Bolshevik leader who was seen as a potential successor to Stalin. His assassination in 1934 was used by Stalin to launch the Great Purge.

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Michael Malice | The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union | Lecture Two

Michael Malice | The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union | Lecture Two

Peterson Academy

A Bolshevik leader who was seen as a potential successor to Stalin. His assassination in 1934 was used by Stalin to launch the Great Purge.