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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. An Old Bolshevik, Kamenev was a leading figure in the early Soviet government, serving as the first head of state of the Russian SFSR as chairman of the All-Russian Congress of Soviets, and as a deputy premier of the Soviet Union from 1923 to 1926, among other roles. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lev Kamenev has received more than 1,362,181 page views. His biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Lev Kamenev is the 864th most popular politician (up from 918th in 2019), the 99th most popular biography from Russia (up from 110th 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 864 out of 19,576. Before him are Rudolf I of Germany, William III of England, Diane de Poitiers, Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France, Julius Nepos, and Kliment Voroshilov. After him are Frederick V of Denmark, Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor, Philip III of Macedon, Charles II of England, Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria, and Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Lev Kamenev ranks 12. Before him are Walter Gropius, Joseph Schumpeter, Khalil Gibran, Anton Webern, Jaroslav Hašek, and Nikos Kazantzakis. After him are Grigory Zinoviev, Clement Attlee, Victor Francis Hess, Pierre Laval, José Ortega y Gasset, and Morihei Ueshiba. Among people deceased in 1936, Lev Kamenev ranks 11. Before him are George V, Luigi Pirandello, Antoine Meillet, Lu Xun, Oswald Spengler, and Alexander Glazunov. After him are Ferdinand Tönnies, Grigory Zinoviev, Fuad I of Egypt, Grazia Deledda, Eleftherios Venizelos, and Miguel de Unamuno.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Lev Kamenev ranks 99 out of 3,761. Before him are Mikhail Kalinin (1875), Alexis of Russia (1629), Nikolai Bukharin (1888), Ivan VI of Russia (1740), Ivan Konev (1897), and Alexander Glazunov (1865). After him are Sofia Kovalevskaya (1850), Alexander Alekhine (1892), Mikhail Tukhachevsky (1893), Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (1857), Nadezhda Krupskaya (1869), and Tokhtamysh (1342).

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Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Lev Kamenev ranks 37. Before him are Alexander Kerensky (1881), Martti Ahtisaari (1937), Dmitry Medvedev (1965), Alexis of Russia (1629), Nikolai Bukharin (1888), and Ivan VI of Russia (1740). After him are Nadezhda Krupskaya (1869), Tokhtamysh (1342), Sergey Lavrov (1950), Shamil, 3rd Imam of Dagestan (1797), Grigory Potemkin (1739), and Alexander Kolchak (1874).

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