Grigory Zinoviev

✶September 23, 1883

†August 25, 1936

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About their life

Grigory Yevseyevich Zinoviev was a Russian revolutionary and Soviet politician. A prominent Old Bolshevik, Zinoviev was a close associate of Vladimir Lenin prior to 1917 and a leading figure in the early Soviet government. He served as chairman [predsedatel] of the Communist International (Comintern) from 1919 to 1926.

Ukrainian revolutionary (1883-1936)

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