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Kirov became an Old Bolshevik and personal friend to Joseph Stalin, rising through the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ranks to become head of the party in Leningrad and a member of the Politburo.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"15 March 1886","date":"1886-03-15"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207682#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Urzhum","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q196839"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207682#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"1 December 1934","date":"1934-12-01"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207682#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Saint Petersburg","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q656"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207682#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Russian Empire","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34266"},{"text":"Soviet Union","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15180"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207682#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207682#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"Communist Party of the Soviet Union","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q79854"},{"text":"Russian Social Democratic Labour Party","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q204911","date":"1904"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207682#P102"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (10 February 1934 – 1 December 1934)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115147301","start":"1934-02-10","end":"1934-12-01"},{"text":"Member of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee (13 July 1930 – 1 December 1934)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108495011","start":"1930-07-13","end":"1934-12-01"},{"text":"First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan (1921–1926)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109852918","start":"1921-07-24","end":"1926-01"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207682#P39"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Order of Lenin","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q185493"},{"text":"Order of the Red Banner","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q337463"},{"text":"Order of the Red Banner of Labour of the Azerbaijan SSR","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20570895","date":"1932-03-14"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207682#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Kirov","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207682"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Sergei Kirov born?","a":"Sergei Kirov was born on 15 March 1886 in Urzhum."},{"q":"What positions has Sergei Kirov held?","a":"Positions held by Sergei Kirov include: Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1934–1934); 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This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Sergei Kirov 1934.jpg — Mikhail Mikhaylovich Kalashnikov, Public domain.","cite":"\"Sergei Kirov\". DigiNepal. Last updated 3 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/sergei-kirov. Retrieved 6 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-03T06:43:32Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-05","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/sergei-kirov","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/sergei-kirov","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/sergei-kirov?lang=ne"}}