There is a fairly extensive literature about the wonderful Bolshevik-Leninist Sergei Mironovicho Kirov. The author's attention was attracted primarily by S. M. Kirov's Selected Articles and Speeches, as well as memoirs of workers, engineers, business executives, party workers, scientists, collective farmers published in collections: "In memory of S. M. Kirov," "Comrade Kirov," "Sergey Mironovich Kirov," "Unknown ways," "Our Mironych. "A number of reliable facts from the books of S. V. Krasnikov "S. M. Kirov in Leningrad" and S. Sinelnikov "Kirov," as well as in books on the history of Leningrad enterprises: "Red Triangle," "Svetlana," "Red Vyborzhets," "Kirovsky Zavod. "The main help in this work was the transcripts of Sergei Mironovich's speeches and memories of him, kindly provided to the author in the S. Kirov Museum in Leningrad.