The Kirov Affair Audio
Sergei Kirov
Description: In this speech the week before the Seventeenth Party Congress took place, Kirov is at his compelling best as he speaks forthrightly about difficulties to be surmounted.
At Kirov's Funeral (December 1934)
Lazar Kaganovich
Description: Kaganovich fans the flames of the upcoming purges with his funeral oration for Kirov.