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Grigory Zinoviev

Ukrainian revolutionary (1883-1936)

  • Fame57.8
  • Momentum0.0
  • Activists rank#95
Source-basedStable
  • Fame57.8
  • Momentum0.0
  • Activists rank#95
  • Wikipedia35.9K
Lived 1883–1936, aged 53
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    59 languages
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  • Era
    1883–1936
    Aged 53
  • Known for
    The History of the Civ…
    1921
Summary
Updated 2026-06-10

He ran the Comintern and stood close to Lenin in the revolution's first hours, then spent a decade losing ground to Stalin — first as ally, then opponent, then supplicant — until a show trial ended it in 1936.

Biography

About

Grigory Zinoviev joined the Bolsheviks in 1903 and became Lenin's aide-de-camp after the failed 1905 uprising, spending years in European exile. He returned in 1917 and opposed the October Revolution alongside Lev Kamenev, costing him Lenin's trust even as he rose to chairman of the Petrograd Soviet, the Comintern in 1919, and the Politburo in 1921. After Lenin's death in 1924 he formed a troika with Kamenev and Stalin against Trotsky, but by 1926 had switched sides into the United Opposition — a move that got him stripped of his posts and expelled from the party. He submitted to Stalin, rejoi…

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Sourced, dated quotes from Grigory Zinoviev

Grigory Zinoviev
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We were indeed splitters at the beginning of the work of the Communist International. We could not have done otherwise.
— Comrade Zinoviev’s Speech on the United Front (1922)
Grigory Zinoviev
said
There is no greater honor than membership in the Communist Party.
— The Russian Communist Party During Four Years of Revolution (1921)
Grigory Zinoviev
said
Take a walk through the streets and market places of Petrograd and you can really see that every stone is a piece of Russian revolutionary history.
— The Cradle of the Revolution (1919)
Grigory Zinoviev
said
The population of the colonies means nothing but beasts of burden to the gentlemen imperialists. ...
— Wars – Defensive and Aggressive (1916)
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57.8
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Historical25.3
Source confidence60.0
Completeness60.0
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    database · pantheon.world
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