| − | '''Grigory Yevseevich Zinoviev''' (September 1883 – August 25, 1936) was a [[Bolshevism|Bolshevik]] revolutionary and a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] Communist politician. Zinoviev is best known as the head of the [[Communism|Communist]] International for many years and the architect of several failed attempts to turn Germany into a communist country during the early 1920s. He once bragged that "we [the Communists] could annihilate a whole social class!" | + | '''Grigory Yevseevich Zinoviev''' (September 1883 – August 25, 1936) was a [[Bolshevism|Bolshevik]] revolutionary and a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] Communist politician. Zinoviev is best known as the head of the [[Communism|Communist]] International for many years and the architect of several failed attempts to turn Germany into a communist country during the early 1920s. He once bragged that "we [the Communists] could annihilate a whole social class!" He also was a comrade of [[Vladimir Lenin]], as well as a homosexual lover.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEzejRkT78A&feature=youtu.be</ref> |