1. A Jewish revolutionary 2. Bolshevik. Lenin's right-hand man 3. Zinoviev in 1917 4. "The Tsar of Petrograd" 5. Lenin's supporter 6. The Triumvir 7. The Leningrad opposition and Zinoviev's defeat 8. Leader of the world revolution 9. The United Opposition 10. Political castrato 11. Arrest, imprisonment and execution Conclusion: Who was Grigory Zinoviev? Epilogue
Biography
Åsmund Egge is a professor emeritus at the University of Oslo. His research interests include modern Russian history, especially the history of Soviet Russia/the Soviet Union; Norwegian–Russian relations and the history of Communism. His English publications include The Kirov Enigma: The Murder that Unleashed Stalin’s Terror (2013); Red Star in the North: Communism in the Nordic Countries (ed.) (2015); "Soviet Diplomacy in Norway and Sweden in the Interwar Years: the Role of Alexandra Kollontai" book chapter (2020).
