Proper noun
An oblast of Russia.
Kirov
A transliteration of the Russian surname Киров (Kirov).
A city, the administrative center of Kirov Oblast, Russia.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgAfter the murder of Kirov, top functionaries of the Leningrad NKVD were relieved of their duties and were given very light sentences, but in 1937 they were shot. Source: Internet
Album notes to the 1993 Kirov Opera recording, Philips CD 442–537–2. Source: Internet
Barmine, Alexander, One Who Survived, New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons (1945), p. 55 Author and Marxist scholar Boris Nikolaevsky argued: "One thing is certain: the only man who profited by the Kirov assassination was Stalin." Source: Internet
After the murder of Sergei Kirov in 1934, Pavlov wrote several letters to Molotov criticizing the mass persecutions which followed and asking for the reconsideration of cases pertaining to several people he knew personally. Source: Internet
Barmine, Alexander, One Who Survived, New York: G.P. Putnam (1945), pp. 247-248 Kirov was not invited to certain Politburo meetings, and was kept in Leningrad for over nine months. Source: Internet
Borisov appears to have stayed well behind Kirov, some 20 to 40 paces (some sources allege Borisov parted company with Kirov in order to prepare his luncheon). Source: Internet