Kirov, (Киров), was the pseudonym of the surname of Sergei Mironovič Kirov, a revolutionary and high-ranking Bolshevik official. Various institutions and localities were named in his honor:
Azerbaijan
Russia
- Kirov, city, capital of Kirov Oblast
- Kirov, a city ofKaluga Oblast
- Kirov Islands, islands of St.Pietroburgo
- Sergei Kirov Islands, Russian archipelago in the Kara Sea
- Kirov Oblast, a Russian Oblast in the Volga Federal District
- Kirovgrad, Siberian city in theSverdlovsk Oblast
- Kirovo-Čepeck, city in Kirov Oblast
Ukraine
- Kirovograd, city ofCentral Ukraine