Lev Kamenev
Politician
1883 – 1936
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Who was Lev Kamenev?
Lev Borisovich Kamenev, born Rozenfeld, was a Bolshevik revolutionary and a prominent Soviet politician. He served briefly as the first head of state of Soviet Russia in 1917, and from 1923-24 the acting Premier in the last year of Vladimir Lenin's life. Under the leadership of Joseph Stalin, Kamenev fell out of favor and, following a show trial, was executed.
Kamenev was the brother-in-law of Leon Trotsky.
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- Born
- Jul 18, 1883
Moscow - Also known as
- Лев Бори́сович Ка́менев
- Spouses
- Olga Kameneva
- Tatiana Glebova
(1928 - 1936/08/25)
- Children
- Religion
- Atheism
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Nationality
- Soviet Union
- Profession
- Education
- Moscow State University
- Died
- Aug 25, 1936
Moscow
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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