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  1. WI: Kirov survived in 1934?

    I agree about merging the discussion threads. Should have a timeline up within a few days. With the POD as late as the moment of assassination, I'm definitely seeing popular opinion turn against Stalin even if he wasn't involved. IOTL, at the 17th Party Congress earlier in 1934, Kirov got...
  2. WI: Kirov survived in 1934?

    Agreed, someone in a position of power, but not necessarily Stalin personally. If it was just Kirov having lax security that would be one thing but the impression I got is that his security had been severely pared back and many of his guards had been replaced. Doesn't necessarily point to...
  3. WI: Kirov survived in 1934?

    I'm not actually convinced Stalin was involved, although he certainly wasn't too cynical to exploit it to purge the Communist Party of most of the Old Bolsheviks and neuter the Red Army. Nor do I think Nikolayev could have acted alone, the removal of most of Kirov's guards and the fact that...
  4. WI: Kirov survived in 1934?

    Been lurking for some time on the forum but only signed up yesterday. When I was studying Russian in college, I had to take a lot of Russian history. One of my major presentations was on the assassination of Sergei Kirov in 1934. For those on the forum who don't speak Russian, my screen name...
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