Киров (Костриков) Сергей Миронович (15(27).03.1886, г. Уржум Вятской губ. – 01.12.1934, г. Ленинград, урна с прахом помещена в Кремлевскую стену в г. Москве), советский государственный деятель. С 1926 – 1-й секретарь Ленинградского губкома и горкома ВКП(б), Северо-Западного бюро ЦК ВКП(б). В 1927–1934 – 1-й секретарь Ленинградского обкома ВКП(б). Неоднократно бывал в Мурманском округе, в 1927–1938 входившем в состав Ленинградской области. Один из руководителей и организаторов освоения природных ресурсов Кольского полуострова, месторождений Хибинских и Монче-тундр, создания горнопромышленного комплекса, развития рыболовных промыслов, организации Северной военной флотилии.
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S.M.Kirov monument in Murmansk. The first sculptural monument in Murmansk. Opened on the corner of Pushkinskaya st. and Vorovskiy st. near the Palace of Culture named after S.M. Kirov – the place where S.M. Kirov gave a speech in 1932 – on 20th February 1940 for the 20th anniversary of restoration of the Soviet power in Murmansk. The bronze sculpture, 3,2 metres high, was designed and cast in Moscow by Z.M. Vilenskiy. In 1940 a public garden was laid around the monument, in 1957 the shape of the postament was changed, in 1972 and 2010 restoration work was carried out. It has become an object of cultural heritage of regional significance since 1968.
Kirov (Kostrikov) Sergey Mironovich (born 15 (27) March 1886 in Urzhum, Vyatka Governorate – died 1st December 1934 in Leningrad, the urn with Kirov\'s ash is set in the Kremlin Wall in Moscow), he was a Soviet Statesman. In 1926 Kirov became 1st Secretary of Leningrad Regional Committee and City Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks, North-West Bureau of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks. From 1927 to 1934 he was 1st Secretary of Leningrad Regional Committee. On several occasions he visited Murmansk district, which was part of Leningrad Region from 1927 to 1938. He was one of the initiators and supervisors of natural resources development on the Kola Peninsula, the Khibiny and Monch-tundra deposits, founding mining facilities, fishery development, creation of Northern Fleet of the Soviet Navy.
