 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1934, Stalin akashandisa kuurawa kwaSergey Kirov sechikonzero chokutanga Kuchenesa Kukuru, uko vanhu vanenge miriyoni imwe vakaparara ona . Vamwe vanyori venhau dzakaitika gare gare vakatanga kudavira kuti Stalin akaronga kuuraya kwacho, kana kuti pane uchapupu hwakakwana hwokusvika pakugumisa kwakadaro. Kirov akanga ari mutsigiri akatendeka waStalin, asi Stalin angave akamurangarira somukwikwidzi anobvira nemhaka yokufarirwa kwake kwakanga kuri kubuda pakati pevanonzwisisa. Kokorodzano yeBato ya1934akasarudza Kirov kukomiti yepakati nemavhoti matatu chete airamba, mashoma kupfuura vamwe vose vaida kukwikwidza, nepo Stalin akagamuchira mavhoti 292 airamba. Pashure pokuurayiwa kwaKirov, NKVD yakapomera boka raichimbova rinopikisa raiva richiri kukura mhosva yokuuraya Kirov pamwe chete nerondedzero yairamba ichikura yemamwe mhosva, kusanganisira kunyengera, ugandanga, kuparadza, uye kuita zvechiuto. 