Grigory Yevseyevich Zinoviev Biography and Timeline

Birth of Grigory Yevseevich Zinoviev

Birth of Grigory Yevseevich Zinoviev

SDP

Appointed Member of Russian Social Democratic Party

Bolshevik Party

Helps Lenin in forming the Bolshevik Group within the Social Democratic Party

Central Committee

Elected to the Central Committee of the Russian Social Democratic Party

Bolshevik Party

Sides with Lenin in 1908 when the Bolshevik faction split into Lenins supporters and Alexander Bogdanovs followers

Exile of Grigory Yevseyevich Zinoviev

Forced into exile

Party School

Helps train Bolshevik cadres near Paris.

Role range: 1898-1918 – 1911-1911

Arrest of Grigory Yevseyevich Zinoviev

Arrested by the Austrian police as a spy & enemy alien

Bolshevik Party

Arrested by the Austrian police as a spy & enemy alien

Arrest of Grigory Yevseyevich Zinoviev

Released by the Austrians because he is an "enemy of tsarism"

Bolshevik Party

Released by the Austrians because he is an "enemy of tsarism"

Bolshevik Party

Leaves Vienna bound for Switzerland in an Austrian military mail train

Exile of Grigory Yevseyevich Zinoviev

Leaves Vienna bound for Switzerland in an Austrian military mail train

Bolshevik Party

Lenin, Zinoviev, and other Bolsheviks arrive in Petrograd from exile in Switzerland, they are met at the train station by a large contigent of jubilent workers, soldiers, and party members

Role range: 1917-1918

Exile of Grigory Yevseyevich Zinoviev

Lenin, Zinoviev, and other Bolsheviks arrive in Petrograd from exile in Switzerland, they are met at the train station by a large contigent of jubilent workers, soldiers, and party members

Role range: 1917-1918

Bolshevik Soviet Line

Supports Bolshevik work inside the Soviet movement.

Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917

Coup

After the Russian monarchy was overthrown during the February Revolution, returns to Russia in a sealed train with Lenin and other revolutionaries opposed to the war

Exile of Grigory Yevseyevich Zinoviev

After the Russian monarchy was overthrown during the February Revolution, returns to Russia in a sealed train with Lenin and other revolutionaries opposed to the war

Coup

After the Russian monarchy was overthrown during the February Revolution, returns to Russia in a sealed train with Lenin and other revolutionaries opposed to the war

Role range: 1917-1918

Exile of Grigory Yevseyevich Zinoviev

After the Russian monarchy was overthrown during the February Revolution, returns to Russia in a sealed train with Lenin and other revolutionaries opposed to the war

Role range: 1917-1918

July Days

Works with Lenin and Kamenev as Bolsheviks debate tactics.

Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917

July Days

Supports attempts to prevent an uncontrolled armed uprising.

Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917

July Days

Goes into hiding with Lenin after government pressure increases.

Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917

July Days

Hides with Lenin near Razliv after the crackdown.

Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917

July Days

Escapes Petrograd with Lenin after the crackdown.

Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917

July Days

Stays hidden after the failure of the demonstrations.

Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917

Exile of Grigory Yevseyevich Zinoviev

Forced into exile to Finland during the July Days

Role range: 1917-1918

Bolshevik Soviet Strategy

Supports Bolshevik efforts to dominate Soviet politics.

Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917

October Revolution

On October 10, 1917 (Julian calendar), he and Lev Kamenev were the only two Central Committee members to vote against an armed revolt

Role range: 1917-1918

Bolshevik Party

Opposes the Bolshevik armed uprising

Role range: 1917-1918

Coup

Opposes the Bolshevik armed uprising

Role range: 1917-1918

October Revolution

Zinoviev, Kamenev, Alexei Rykov, Vladimir Milyutin, and Victor Nogin resign from the Central Committee on November 4, 1917 (Julian calendar)

Role range: 1917-1918

October Revolution

Lenin wrote a proclamation calling Zinoviev and Kamenev "deserters", he never forgot their behavior, eventually making an ambiguous reference to their "October episode" in his Testament

Role range: 1917-1918

Petrograd Soviet

Rises in Petrograd Bolshevik politics after the revolution.

Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917

Bolshevik Party

Opposes the Bolshevik armed uprising. Resigns after Lenin decides to form a Bolshevik Government but is re-instated

Role range: 1917-1918

Coup

Opposes the Bolshevik armed uprising. After the Russian monarchy was overthrown during the February Revolution, returns to Russia in a sealed train with Lenin and other revolutionaries opposed to the war. Favours broad socialist coalition Government after the October Revolution

Role range: 1917-1918

Resignation of Grigory Yevseyevich Zinoviev

Resigns after Lenin decides to form a Bolshevik Government but is re-instated

Role range: 1917-1918

Petrograd Soviet

Leads the Petrograd Soviet during early Bolshevik rule.

Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1918

Central Committee

Zinoviev soon returns to the fold and was once again elected to the Central Committee at the VII Party Congress

Role range: 1917-1918

Petrograd Defence

Oversees Soviet authority as civil war threats grow.

Role range: 1917-1922 – 1918-1918