Stalin's spectacular purge trials were initiated after which of the following events?
a. the collapse of the trans-Siberian railway.
b. the murder of Sergei Kirov.
c. the Cheka head was replaced by Lavrenty Beria.
d. the politburo discovered a plot by the Mensheviks to assassinate Stalin.
e. None of these.
ANSWER:
b
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