The Assassination of Kirov Flashcards
Where was kirov killed?
Kirov was killed outside Leningrad headquaters
Who was Yagoda?
Yagoda was part of the soviet secret police official who served director of the NKVD
Who was responsible for Kirov’s assassination?
Nikolaev was mainly responsible however others had also been connected with the assassination and was exiled
Who did Stalin order to arrange the assassination of Kirov?
Stalin ordered Yagoda to arrange the assassination
Who was Yagoda
Yagoda was part of the soviet secret police official who served directorof the NKVD
What did Kirov’s assassination trigger?
The great terror of the 1930’s -Russia
What does NKVD stand for?
People’s Commissariat of Internal Affairs
Was Leonid Nikolaev well-known to the NKVD. True or False?
Leonid Nikolaev was very well-known to the NKVD, which had arrested him for various petty offences in recent years
Who was Kirov?
Kirov was the head part organizer in Leningrad.
What were the consequences of the assassination?
Stalin then used the murder as an excuse for introducing draconian laws against political crime and for conducting a witch-hunt for alleged conspirators against Kirov.Millions of innocent party members and others were arrested.
