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Grigory Zinoviev

Bolshevik leader; travelled with Lenin on the sealed train.

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Dates
1883–1936
Wikidata
Q207459

Zinoviev signed with Vladimir Lenin the March 1917 decision to accept the passage through Germany, and travelled with him on the sealed train.

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member of

  • Bolsheviks Central Committee collegium abroad Primary record 1

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  1. 1883–1936 Grigory Zinoviev
Proof 3 sources
  1. Decision of the Collegium Abroad, Central Committee, Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party, Marxists Internet Archive (Lenin, Collected Works, vol. 23, Progress Publishers), 31 Mar 1917. Primary record
    The decision was signed by Lenin, and also by G. Y. Zinoviev.
  2. Reminiscences of Lenin (Last Months in Emigration: Departure for Russia), Marxists Internet Archive (International Publishers, 1970; translated by Bernard Isaacs), 1970. Primary record
    Among the passengers were the Zinovievs, the Usieviches, Inessa Armand, the Safarovs, Olga Ravich
  3. Kronstadt and Petrograd in 1917, chapter IV: The April Days, Marxists Internet Archive (New Park Publications, 1982; translated by Brian Pearce), 1925. Primary record
    He told us how the Swiss Socialist Fritz Platten had organised their journey, how they had travelled across Germany and how Scheidemann had tried to make contact with Lenin, but the latter had categorically refused to meet him.
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