L'affaire Kirov

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Un article interessant detaillant la mort de Kirov et les circonstances de celle ci. Au congres de 1934, Staline recut 270 votes negatifs et Kirov seulement trois. Alors Kirov fut il assassine sur ordre de Staline ou ce dernier a t il utilise l'occasion pour massacrer ses opposants? Trotsky penchait pour la premiere hypothese en 36 et d'ailleurs meme avec Kirov au pouvoir ca n'aurait rien change. Mais c'est significatif que meme en 34, Staline avait pres de 10% de congressistes qui voterent contre lui.

Un article pioche sur le web discute la question(desole en anglais; y avait rien d'aussi precis en francais).

http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/stalin/97020/3

Matters came to a head at the Bolsheviks’ XVII Congress of February, 1934. Senior figures, such as Kossior, Eikhe- and even Stalin’s friend Ordzhonikidze-, discussed the idea of removing Stalin. Kirov actually rejected the idea of him replacing Stalin, declaring that it “would signify putting in question the whole policy of the party.” Kirov, according to Mikoyan’s memoirs, also “told Stalin” about this plotting, “and was met with hostility and a will to revenge against the whole Congress and, of course, Kirov personally.”

Worse was to come for Stalin. When delegates cast their votes in a secret ballot for the new Central Committee, 270 of the 1966 representatives voted against Stalin, while only 3 opposed Kirov. Although Kaganovich rigged the ballot so that only 3 votes were officially cast against Stalin, Stalin and everyone else knew the truth. A vengeful Stalin was to execute 1108 of these 1966 delegates in the following years.

In the months between the Congress and his assassination, Kirov continued to challenge Stalin when he felt it was necessary. Stalin, given his paranoia, would have had no trouble in recognising all this as a plot against him. Kirov, as aforementioned, could be linked to Trotsky, Bukharin and Zinoviev. This, combined with the fact that he was visibly opposing Stalin and was being promoted by many in the Party as his successor, was reason enough for Stalin to kill him.

However, Stalin’s motives were broader than this. Stalin recognised that Kirov was not his sole adversary, but also the inspiration and symbol for many others, such as those who had publicly applauded Stalin at the Congress and then secretly voted against him. By killing Kirov, Stalin would not only be able to eliminate an increasingly threatening rival, but would also be able to use it as a pretext to purge all potential sources of opposition within, and also without, the Party

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Qui connaît "Suite 101", un peu comme Wikipédia ?

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Oui c'est un peu dans le meme genre mais en moins vaste.