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ainst the party itself. Among the vic-
tims were the “victors”: by the time the next party congress met in 1939
more than half of the almost 2
000delegates had been arrested – the higher
in the hierarchythe worse the chances for survival.
Sergei Kirovthe first secretary of the Leningrad party organizationa
good oratorand unlike Stalin an ethnic Russianwas assassinated on De-
cember1
1934. The assassinL. V. Nikolaevhad been associated in the
past with the “left opposition” but it is likely (though there is no ?rm evi-
dence) that it was Stalin who plotted the murder. The historians who take
for granted Stalin’s involvement in this matter make assumptions concern-
ing Stalin’s character and the nature of the political system. These are good
reasonsbut by no means conclusive. Kirov’s public record was neither bet-
ter nor worse than that of other leadersand if he harbored liberal senti-
mentshe kept them to himself. What was Stalin’s motive? Did Stalin fear
Kirov as a rivalor was the tyrant already planning the elimination of his
past opponents and needed a good excuse? We can only speculate.
A History of the Soviet Union106
Kirov’s assassination was followed by thousands of arrests and hundreds
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