What is Sergei Kirov?
'''Sergei Mironovich Kostrikov''' or better known as '''Sergei Kirov''' (born 27 March 1886, [[Old Style and New Style dates|O.S.]] 15 March, [[Urzhum]], [[Russian Empire]] – died 1 December 1934, [[Leningrad]], [[RSFSR]], [[Soviet Union]]), was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[politician]] and [[Bolshevik]] [[revolutionary]] whose [[assassination]] led to the first [[Great Purge]] in 1936, that was organised by [[Joseph Stalin]] and the [[NKVD]] ([[Genrikh Yagoda]], [[Nikolai Yezhov]] and [[Lavrenty Beria]]). Sergei Kirov joined the [[RSDLP]] in 1904 led by Lenin. Sergei Kirov was involved in the [[Russian Revolution|1905 Russian Revolution]] until it ended in 1907. He then moved to the [[Caucasus]] where he stayed until the [1917 Russian Revolution and Tsar Nicholas II was forced to [[abdication|abdicate]] the [[throne]] ending the long [[Russian Empire|Russian Monarchy]]. He was also involved in the [[Russian Civil War]] of 1917 until it ended in 1923. Sergei Kirov was also involved in the [[Polish–Soviet War|1918-1921 Polish–Soviet War]] until it ended in 1921 just two years before both [[Russian Revolution]] and the [[Russian Civil War]] ended in 1923 in the [[Soviet Union]]. Lenin died in 1924 aged 54 and [[Felix Dzerzhinsky]], [[Alexei Rykov]], [[Leon Trotsky]] and [[Lev Kamenev]], all tried to replace Lenin, but it was [[Joseph Stalin]] who came to power in 1924. Stalin and Kirov were friends until Kirov was shot and killed in 1934 at the age of 48, possibly by the [[NKVD]] on the order of Stalin. And it led Stalin to kill [[Alexei Rykov]], [[Lev Kamenev]] and other [[Leninist|Leninists]]. Stalin had [[Genrikh Yagoda]] and [[Nikolai Yezhov]] [[execution|executed]] in 1938 and 1940 by [[Lavrentiy Beria]]. Stalin ordered [[Leon Trotsky]] to be assassinated in August 1940 during the [[Second World War]], who had fled to [[Mexico]] in 1937. He was the First Secretary of the [[Azerbaijan Communist Party (1920)|Communist Party of Azerbaijan]] and the leader of the [[Azerbaijan SSR]], between 1921 and 1926. He wa