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Lev Kamenev

1883 - 1936

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Lev Borisovich Kamenev (né Rozenfeld; 18 July [O.S. 6 July] 1883 – 25 August 1936) was a Russian revolutionary and Soviet politician. A prominent Old Bolshevik, Kamenev was a leading figure in the early Soviet government and served as a deputy premier of the Soviet Union from 1923 to 1926. Born in Moscow to a family active in revolutionary politics, Kamenev joined the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party in 1901 and sided with Vladimir Lenin's Bolshevik faction after the party's 1903 split. He was arrested several times and participated in the failed Revolution of 1905, after which he moved abroad and became one of Lenin's close associates. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lev Kamenev is the 1,062nd most popular politician (down from 864th in 2019), the 101st most popular biography from Russia (down from 99th in 2019) and the 37th most popular Russian Politician.

Lev Kamenev was a Russian revolutionary who was a leading member of the Bolshevik party and a close ally of Vladimir Lenin. He was one of the seven members of the first Politburo, founded in 1917 to manage the Bolshevik Revolution. He was instrumental in the October Revolution, which led to the overthrow of the Russian Tsar.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Lev Kamenev ranks 1,062 out of 19,576Before him are Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Ilham Aliyev, Empress Gi, Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, Paul of Greece, and Magnus VI of Norway. After him are Gyula Andrássy, Cato the Younger, Frederick VI of Denmark, Henry Clay, Jozef Tiso, and Qutb al-Din Aibak.

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Among people born in 1883, Lev Kamenev ranks 13Before him are Anton Webern, Walter Gropius, Victor Francis Hess, Nikos Kazantzakis, Jaroslav Hašek, and Joseph Schumpeter. After him are Norman Haworth, Otto Heinrich Warburg, Grigory Zinoviev, Pierre Laval, José Ortega y Gasset, and Morihei Ueshiba. Among people deceased in 1936, Lev Kamenev ranks 11Before him are Rudyard Kipling, Lu Xun, Róbert Bárány, Grazia Deledda, Henry Louis Le Chatelier, and Luigi Pirandello. After him are Oswald Spengler, Ferdinand Tönnies, Grigory Zinoviev, Fuad I of Egypt, Charles Nicolle, and Eleftherios Venizelos.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Lev Kamenev ranks 101 out of 3,761Before him are Mikhail Kalinin (1875), Ivan Konev (1897), Ivan III of Russia (1440), Michael of Russia (1596), Alexander Suvorov (1730), and Mikhail Lomonosov (1711). After him are Alexander Alekhine (1892), Nikolai Bukharin (1888), Ilya Prigogine (1917), Sofia Kovalevskaya (1850), Nikolai Yezhov (1895), and Mikhail Bakhtin (1895).

Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Lev Kamenev ranks 37Before him are Nadezhda Krupskaya (1869), Martti Ahtisaari (1937), Sergey Lavrov (1950), Alexis of Russia (1629), Ivan III of Russia (1440), and Michael of Russia (1596). After him are Nikolai Bukharin (1888), Nikolai Yezhov (1895), Tokhtamysh (1342), Grigory Potemkin (1739), Ivan VI of Russia (1740), and Feodor III of Russia (1661).