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Zinoviev Grigori Yevseevich, original name Ovsel Gershon Aronov Radomyslsky. 1883--1936, Soviet politician; chairman of the Comintern (1919--26) executed for supposed complicity in the murder of Kirov. He was the supposed author of the forged 'Zinoviev letter' urging British Communists to revolt, publication of which helped to defeat (1924) the first Labour Government How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Stalin fixed the blame for the Kirov murder on Grigori Zinoviev, providing an excuse for "purging," i. continued, for while Kalinin, Rykov, Zinoviev and the other "highly educated and intelligent" party leaders lived well, were provided with Romanov palaces and wondrous salaries such as those that had existed under Nicholas II, "and went from rich circumstances to the richest," he and thousands of other poor and unemployed peasant were tormented by life and vegetated in poverty: "As we were, dark, illiterates so we remain. Let me remind you that Zinoviev and Trotsky also at one time played trumps with percentages", he reminded the Lovestone majority, "and you know in what a farce the vainglory of Trotsky and Zinoviev ended . |
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