Grigory Yevseyevich Zinoviev1923
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
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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
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
Appointed Member of Triumvirate. Allies with Stalin & Kamanev in forming a ruling triumvirate after the death of Lenin
Zinoviev and Kamenev allied with Lenins widow, Nadezhda Krupskaya, and Grigory Sokolnikov, the Soviet Commissar of Finance and non-voting Politburo member. With Trotsky finally on the sidelines, the Zinoviev-Kamenev-Stalin triumvirate began to crumble in early 1925. With only the Leningrad delegation behind them, Zinoviev and Kamenev found themselves in a tiny minority and were soundly defeated
Appointed Member of triumvirate which takes over from Khrushchev
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