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1st December 1934: Assassination of Sergei Kirov, one of the most prominent figures in the Soviet Communist Party

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The authorities claimed that the murder was part of a broader conspiracy involving former oppositionists,, and used it as a catalyst for the purges that began in 1935 and escalated into mass arrests, show trials, and ...

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