Tag: Great Purges

The Assassination of Sergei Kirov and the Power of Rumor

December of 1934 marked a lethal turn in Stalin’s rule over the Soviet Union. The event in question was the assassination of First Secretary of the Leningrad Party Sergei Kirov on December 1st, 1934. Kirov was a popular member of the Politbiuro who was gaining more and more popularity until his untimely death. In the …

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Lev’s Slow Downfall and Demise

  Leon Trotsky, a Marxist revolutionary and theorist, played a huge part in Soviet history in the 1900s.  He helped transfer political power to the Soviets with the October Revolution in 1917 and helped form the Red Army. During the