{"author_name":"History Daily","author_url":"https://art19.com/shows/history-daily/episodes/c8048cf7-f013-4954-909a-c20db67bb6fd","description":"<p>December 1, 1934. Leningrad mayor Sergei Kirov is assassinated by a lone gunman, giving Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin the justification to purge the Communist Party of his rivals.&nbsp;This episode originally aired in 2022.</p><p><br></p><ul><li><strong>Support the show!</strong>&nbsp;Join&nbsp;<a href=\"https://intohistory.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Into History</a>&nbsp;for ad-free listening and more.</li></ul><p><br></p><p>History Daily is a co-production of Airship and Noiser.</p><p>Go to&nbsp;<a href=\"http://historydaily.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">HistoryDaily.com</a>&nbsp;for more history, daily.</p>","html":"<iframe src=\"https://art19.com/shows/history-daily/episodes/c8048cf7-f013-4954-909a-c20db67bb6fd/embed\" style=\"width: 720px; height: 200px; border: 0 none;\" width=\"720\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"></iframe>","provider_name":"ART19","provider_url":"https://art19.com","title":"The Assassination of Sergei Kirov","type":"rich","version":"1.0","width":720,"height":200}