Kirov

[Edward M Dumanis]

See
Secretariat of the CPSU Central Committee at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretariat_of_the_CPSU_Central_Committee
and www.uh.edu/~pgregory/3rees.doc about S. M. Kirov.

Sincerely,

Edward Dumanis <dumanis at buffalo.edu>

On Wed, 28 Feb 2007, Klawa Thresher wrote:

> I would greatly appreciate it if someone could elucidate me about a
> footnote in a book that states that Kirov was "Secretary of the Central
> Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union" and then goes on
> about his assassination.  What exactly was the "Secretary" - as compared
> to the "Secretary General" (which I assumed that Stalin occupied at this
> time).  I had also thought that Kirov's most important position at this
> time was as head of the Party in Leningrad (and that there was interest
> in having him replace Stalin as Secretary General, thus leading to some
> of Stalin's paranoia).  
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> Please respond off-list to kthresher at rmwc.edu.
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> Thank you very much in advance.
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> With best wishes,
> 
> Klawa Thresher
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