Grigory Yevseyevich Zinoviev Biography and Timeline — Page 2

Petrograd Defence

Zinoviev organises Soviet authority during threats to Petrograd.

Role range: 1917-1922 – 1918-1918

Rebellion of Grigory Yevseyevich Zinoviev

Incites the soldiers. Announces, "bourgoisie kill separate individuals but we kill whole classes"

Role range: 1917-1918

Red Terror

Leads Petrograd politics during the harsh civil war climate.

Role range: 1917-1922 – 1918-1918

Petrograd Soviet Leadership

Zinoviev leads the Petrograd Soviet during early Bolshevik rule.

Role range: 1917-1922 – 1918-1918

Petrograd Soviet of Workers

Leads the Petrograd Soviet during early Soviet rule.

Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1918

Petrograd Soviet

Becomes chairman of the Petrograd Soviet after Bolshevik consolidation.

Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1918

Politburo

Appointed Member of Politburo

Role range: 1917-1918

International, 3rd

Appointed President of the 3rd International

Role range: 1917-1918

President of Russia

Appointed President of the 3rd International

Role range: 1917-1918

Trades Unions

Trades Unions under socialism will "support saboteurs". Says Trade Union rights mean nothing under a workers Government. Attacks the independence of Trades Unions at the Alln Congress

Role range: 1917-1918

Politburo

Appointed Member of Politburo

International, 3rd

Appointed President of the 3rd International

President of Russia

Appointed President of the 3rd International

Central Committee

Becomes a non-voting member of the ruling Politburo when it is created after the VIII Congress

Role range: 1917-1918

Congress of Communist Party, 8th

Becomes a non-voting member of the ruling Politburo when it is created after the VIII Congress

Role range: 1917-1918

Comintern

Becomes the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Comintern when it is created in March 1919

Role range: 1917-1918

Comintern

The first Chairman of the Cominterns Executive Committee is Grigory Zinoviev, from 1919 to 1926

Role range: 1917-1991

Defence of Petrograd

Mobilises Soviet support during Yudenich's threat to Petrograd.

Role range: 1917-1922 – 1918-1925

Defence of Petrograd

The Petrograd Soviet supports defence efforts against White forces.

Role range: 1917-1922 – 1918-1925

Chairman

Appointed Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Communist International

Role range: 1917-1991

Comintern

Zinoviev becomes the 1st President of Comintern. The Comintern is founded at the Congress of the 3rd International

Role range: 1917-1991

International, 3rd

The Comintern is founded at the Congress of the 3rd International

Role range: 1917-1991

Siege of Petrograd

Responsible for Petrograds defense during two periods of intense clashes with White forces in 1919

Role range: 1917-1918

Congress of Communist Party, 11th

"We do not permit the legal existence of those who strive to compete with us"

Role range: 1917-1991

Kronstadt Rebellion

Denounces the Kronstadt sailors as enemies of Soviet power.

Role range: 1917-1922 – 1918-1925

Kronstadt Rebellion

Faces revolt from sailors who demand free Soviets.

Role range: 1917-1922 – 1918-1925

Kronstadt Rebellion

Addresses the party congress while Petrograd remains under pressure.

Role range: 1917-1922 – 1918-1925

Kronstadt Rebellion

Directs Petrograd political mobilisation during the siege.

Role range: 1917-1922 – 1918-1925

Kronstadt Rebellion

Zinoviev directs political responses during the Kronstadt crisis.

Role range: 1917-1922 – 1918-1925

Congress of Communist Party, 10th

Zinoviev is made a full member of the Politburo after the Xth Party Congress

Role range: 1917-1918

Politburo

Zinoviev is made a full member of the Politburo after the Xth Party Congress

Role range: 1917-1918

Kronstadt Rebellion

Announces Bolshevik victory after Kronstadt is taken.

Role range: 1917-1922 – 1918-1925

Congress of Communist Party, 12th

Delivers the Central Committee's reports to the XIIth and XIIIth Party Congresses in 1923 and 1924 respectively, something that Lenin had previously done

Role range: 1917-1918

Triumvirate

During Lenins illness, Zinoviev, his close associate Kamenev, and Joseph Stalin formed a ruling triumvirate (or troika) in the Communist Party, playing a key role in the marginalization of Leon Trotsky

Role range: 1917-1918

Congress of Communist Party, 13th

The triumvirate carefully managed the intra-party debate and delegate selection process in autumn 1923 during the run-up to the XIIIth Party Conference and secured a vast majority of the seats

Role range: 1917-1991

Election

The triumvirate carefully managed the intra-party debate and delegate selection process in autumn 1923 during the run-up to the XIIIth Party Conference and secured a vast majority of the seats

Role range: 1917-1991

Triumvirate

The triumvirate carefully managed the intra-party debate and delegate selection process in autumn 1923 during the run-up to the XIIIth Party Conference and secured a vast majority of the seats

Role range: 1917-1991

Leningrad Renaming

Petrograd is renamed Leningrad after Lenin's death.

Role range: 1917-1924 – 1918-1925

Congress of Communist Party, 13th

The Conference, held in January 1924 just before Lenins death, denounced Trotsky and Trotskyism

Role range: 1917-1991

Congress of Communist Party, 13th

Zinoviev and Kamenev helped Stalin retain his position as General Secretary of the Central Committee at the XIIIth Party Congress in May-June 1924 during the first Lenins Testament controversy

Role range: 1917-1991