Kirov

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Dictionary: Ki·rov (kē'rôf', kyē'rəf)

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.

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Kirov (kē'rəf), formerly Vyatka (vyät'kə), city (1989 pop. 440,000), capital of Kirov region, central European Russia, on the Vyatka River. It is a river port and an industrial center that produces machinery and metalwork, chemicals, wood products, and armaments. The 17th-century cathedral and a library (1837) founded by Aleksandr Herzen, who was an exile in the city, are notable.

Founded in 1174 as Khlynov by Novgorod colonists, it was fortified against Votyak (Udmurt) and Cheremiss (Mari) attacks. It soon became the capital of an independent republic which was annexed to Moscow by Ivan III in 1489. Its location made for favorable trade conditions with Ustyug, the Volga region, and Arkhangelsk. In the 17th cent. it grew in importance because it was on the road from Moscow to Siberia. The city was renamed Vyatka in 1780, and Kirov (for S. M. Kirov) in 1934. In the 19th cent. it was used as a place of political exile.

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Kirov can refer to:

1 People
2 Things named after Sergey Kirov

People

Nikolay Kirov (b. 1957), Soviet track and field athlete
Sergey Kirov (1886–1934), a Bolshevik revolutionary and a Soviet communist

Things named after Sergey Kirov

Kirov Plant, St. Petersburg
Obukhov State Plant, St. Petersburg (a.k.a. Factory No. 185, S.M. Kirov)
Kirov Military Medical Academy, St. Petersburg

Places

Kirov, Kirov Oblast, a city in Russia, administrative center of Kirov Oblast
Kirov, Kaluga Oblast, a town in Kaluga Oblast, Russia
Kirov, Republic of Adygea, a village (khutor) in the Republic of Adygea, Russia
Kirov, Armenia
Amrakits, Armenia, formerly named Kirov
Taperakan, Armenia, formerly named Kirov
Kirov Bridge, a bridge across the Daugava in Vitebsk, Belarus
Kirov, Baku, Azerbaijan
Kirov, Lankaran, Azerbaijan
Kirov, Samukh, Azerbaijan
Kirov, Shusha, Azerbaijan

In Soviet and Russian armed forces

Kirov class cruiser, a Soviet 1930-1940s class of conventional cruisers
Kirov (1936), lead ship of said class
Kirov class battlecruiser, Soviet Cold War era nuclear powered cruiser class
Kirov (1977), name ship of said class, renamed Admiral Ushakov
Kirov Airship, a unit available to the Soviets in the game Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 and Red Alert 3

Theatre

Kirov Ballet, former name of the Mariinsky Ballet
The Kirov Academy of Ballet, a ballet school located in Washington D.C.

See also: Kirovsk, Kirovsky, Kirovka, and Kirovohrad

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