Zinoviev, Grigori: in hiding in Finland, 50; opposes Lenin’s plan to seize power, 60; relations with Lenin, 72; scepticism over Bolsheviks’ continuing support, 81; Jewishness, 85, 201; biography of Lenin, 93; administrative agreement with colleagues, 110; encourages German communism, 126; on writers, 138; power in Politburo, 151; Lenin criticizes, 152; disagreements with Lenin, 153; and succession to Lenin, 154–5, 157–8; attacks Trotski, 156; and NEP, 158, 160; and Western powers, 158; Trotski criticizes, 159; in United Opposition, 160–61, 164; suppressed, 161; expelled from Party and readmitted, 162, 188; tried and sentenced, 215–16; shot, 218
Zionism, 317
Zoshchenko, Mikhail, 248, 319
Zubatov, Sergei, 13
Zubkov, Viktor, 559
Zyuganov, Gennadi: political discontent, 496–7; leads Communist Party of the Russian Federation, 520, 528; Duma elections (1995), 530–31 and (1999), 532; Presidential candidate (1996), 531; popularity over Yeltsin, 531; Presidential candidate (2000), 547, 553; Presidential candidate (2008), 559
About the Author
Robert Service is Professor of Russian History at Oxford University and a Fellow of St Antony’s College. His other books include Lenin: A Biography and a textbook on the Russian Revolution as well as Russia: Experiment with a People, From 1991 to the Present. He has also published Stalin: A Biography and Comrades: A World History of Communism. He writes and broadcasts frequently on Russia and is a Fellow of the British Academy.
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