Zinoviev
grigori evseevich
[gryi-gaw-ryee yif-sye-yi-vyich] /gryɪˈgɔ ryi yɪfˈsyɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (show ipa), 1883–1936, russian bolshevik leader.
noun
grigori yevseevich, original name ovsel gershon aronov radomyslsky. 1883–1936, soviet politician; chairman of the comintern (1919–26) executed for supposed complicity in the murder of kirov. he was the supposed author of the forged `zinoviev letter’ urging british communists to revolt, publication of which helped to defeat (1924) the first labour government
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