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Kirov

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Ki·rov  (krôf, kyrf)
A city of west-central Russia east-northeast of Moscow. Founded c. 1174, it became the center of a medieval principality that was conquered by Ivan III in 1489. Population: 449,000.
Kirov (Russian) [ˈkirəf]
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(Placename) a city in NW Russia, on the Vyatka River: an early trading centre; engineering industries. Pop.: 466 100 (1995 est.) Former name (1780-1934) Vyatka
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(Biographies / Kirov, Sergei Mironovich (1888-1934) M, Russian, POLITICS: politician) Sergei Mironovich (sɪrˈgjej miˈrɔnəvitʃ). 1888-1934, Soviet politician; one of Stalin's chief aides. His assassination was the starting point for Stalin's purge of the Communist Party (1934-38)
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1970: Russian ballerina Natalia Makarova defected to the West during a visit to London by the Kirov Ballet.
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