Kirov
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Kirov may refer to:
- Sergei Kirov (1886–1934), Soviet Bolshevik leader in Leningrad after whom all other entries are named
- Kirov (surname)
Places
[edit]Armenia
[edit]Azerbaijan
[edit]Kyrgyzstan
[edit]- Kirov, Jalal-Abad, a village in Nooken District, Jalal-Abad Region
- Kirov, Panfilov, a village in Panfilov District, Chuy Region
- Kirov, Ysyk-Ata, a village in Ysyk-Ata District, Chuy Region
- Kirov, Kara-Suu, a village in Kara-Suu District, Osh Region
- Kirov, Özgön, a village in Özgön District, Osh Region
Russia
[edit]- Kirov, Kirov Oblast, a city and the administrative center of Kirov Oblast
- Kirov, Kaluga Oblast, a town in Kaluga Oblast
- Kirov, Republic of Adygea, a khutor in Shovgenovsky District of the Republic of Adygea
- Kirov, Sakha Republic, a selo in Nyurbinsky District of the Sakha Republic
- Kirov Bridge, a bridge across the Daugava in Vitebsk, Belarus
- Kirov Islands, a Russian archipelago in the Kara Sea
- Kirov Square, Yekaterinburg, Russia
Military
[edit]- Kirov-class cruiser, a Soviet class of conventional cruisers
- Soviet cruiser Kirov, the lead ship of the Kirov-class cruisers, launched in 1936
- Kirov-class battlecruiser, a Soviet nuclear-powered cruiser class
- Soviet battlecruiser Kirov, the lead ship of the Kirov-class battlecruisers, launched in 1977
Theatre
[edit]- Kirov Theatre, the name by which the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg was known from 1935 to 1992
- Kirov Orchestra, the former name of the Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre
- Kirov Ballet, the former name of the Mariinsky Ballet
- Kirov Academy of Ballet, a ballet school in Washington D.C.
See also
[edit]- Imeni Kirova (disambiguation)
- Kirov, Russia, a list of inhabited localities in Russia
- Kirovka (disambiguation)
- Kirovsk (disambiguation)
- Kirovsky (disambiguation)