Editing Sergei Kirov (section)

== Legacy ==
[[File:Stamp of USSR 1900.jpg|thumb|Kirov on a 1956 Soviet stamp]]
Many cities, streets, and factories were named or renamed after Kirov in Russia, including the cities of [[Kirov, Kirov Oblast|Kirov]] (formerly Vyatka) and [[Kirov Oblast]], [[Kirovsk, Murmansk Oblast|Kirovsk]] ([[Murmansk Oblast]]), [[Kirov, Kaluga Oblast|Kirov]] ([[Kaluga Oblast]]), [[Kropyvnytskyi|Kirovohrad]] (formerly Zinovyevsk, now Kropyvnytskyi)<ref name=KcbKcJ16>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32267075 Goodbye, Lenin: Ukraine moves to ban communist symbols], [[BBC News]] (14 April 2015)<br />{{in lang|uk}} [http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2016/07/14/7114702/ Verkhovna Rada renamed Kirovograd], [[Ukrayinska Pravda]] (14 July 2016)</ref> and [[Kirovohrad Oblast]] ([[Ukrainian SSR]]; now [[Ukraine]]), [[Ganja (city)|Kirovabad]] ([[Azerbaijani SSR]]; now Ganja, [[Azerbaijan]]), [[Vanadzor|Kirovakan]] ([[Armenian SSR]]; now Vanadzor, [[Armenia]]), the [[Chistye Prudy (Metro)|Kirovskaya]] station of the [[Moscow Metro]] (now Chistye Prudy station), the [[Mariinsky Ballet|Kirov Ballet]] (now the Mariinsky Ballet), the massive [[Kirov Plant]] in Saint Petersburg, [[Kirov Square, Yekaterinburg|Kirov Square]] in [[Yekaterinburg]], the [[Kirov Islands]] in the [[Kara Sea]], and various small settlements. 
[[File:Пам'ятник Сергію Кірову в Кіровограді.jpg|thumb|Monument to Kirov in [[Kropyvnytskyi]], Ukraine, formerly known as Kirovhrad. The monument was removed in 2014.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://photo.unian.ua/photo/535979-dismantling-monument-to-sergei-kirov | title=Фотоновини, фото останніх новин, купити скачати фото - Фотобанк УНІАН }}</ref>]]
[[File:Bust of Sergei Kirov in Kharkiv Enerhetychna street 2.jpg|thumb|Bust of Kirov in Enerhetychna street, [[Kharkiv]]. It was removed in 2016.]] 
Since the [[dissolution of the Soviet Union]] in 1991, many of the locations and buildings named after Kirov have been renamed, especially outside of [[Russia]]. In order to comply with [[Decommunization in Ukraine|Ukrainian decommunization laws]], Kirovohrad was renamed Kropyvnytskyi by the [[Ukrainian Parliament]] on 14 July 2016.<ref name=KcbKcJ16 /> In 2019, the [[Constitutional Court of Ukraine]] approved the change of the oblast's name to Kropyvnytskyi Oblast, or Kropyvnychchyna.<ref>{{Cite web|date=5 February 2019|title=The Opinion of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine in the case of renaming the Kirovohrad oblast is given|url=https://ccu.gov.ua/node/17120|website=Українське право - інформаційно-правовий портал}}</ref> 

The S. M. Kirov Forestry Academy in Leningrad was named after him but renamed the Saint Petersburg State Forest Technical University.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ftacademy.ru/eng/5.html |title=St. Petersburg State Forest Technical University |access-date=19 April 2013 |archive-date=20 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130420152714/http://ftacademy.ru/eng/5.html |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> For many years, a huge granite and bronze statue of Kirov dominated the city of [[Baku]], the capital of Azerbaijan, erected on a hill in 1939. The statue was dismantled in January 1992, shortly after Azerbaijan gained its independence.<ref>{{cite web |title=Best View of the Bay – What Happened to Kirov's Statue? |url=https://azer.com/aiweb/categories/magazine/92_folder/92_articles/92_kirov.html |website=Azerbaijan International |access-date=19 January 2020}}</ref>

The Kirov Prize, a [[speedskating]] match in the city of Kirov, was named for him. The Kirov Prize is the oldest annual organised race in speedskating, apart from the [[World Speed Skating Championships]] and the [[European Speed Skating Championships]]. The English communist poet [[John Cornford]] wrote an eponymous poem in his honour.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sergei-mironovitch-kirov/|title=Sergei Mironovitch Kirov Poem by Rupert John Cornford |date=10 May 2011 |publisher= Poem Hunter}}</ref> The [[Soviet Navy]] cruiser [[Soviet cruiser Kirov|''Kirov'']] was named after him, and by extension the [[Kirov-class cruiser|''Kirov''-class cruiser]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Yakubov|first=Vladimir|author2=Worth, Richard |chapter=The Soviet Light Cruisers of the ''Kirov'' Class|editor=Jordan, John|publisher=Conway|location=London| year=2009 |title=Warship 2009|pages=82–95|isbn=978-1-84486-089-0|name-list-style=amp}}</ref> The ''Kirov'' name was again used for the battlecruiser [[Soviet battlecruiser Kirov|''Kirov'']] and the [[Kirov-class battlecruiser|''Kirov''-class battlecruiser]]. The [[Kharkiv KhAI-3|''Khai-3'']] [[Tailless aircraft|tailless airplane]] was also named after him.
[[File:Kirov monument Medvezhyegorsk 2.JPG|thumb|344x344px|Monument to Kirov in [[Medvezhyegorsk]], Russia.]]