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Encyclopedia > Grigory Sokolnikov

Grigory Sokolnikov (1888 - 1939) was a Bolshevik, and a friend of Leon Trotsky.


He served as the Commissar of Finance, as well as Soviet ambassador to England. He was a member of the left opposition, creator of the first stable Soviet currency, a member of the delegation that signed the Brest-Litovsk treaty in 1918, and was killed during the great purge under Stalin.


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Grigory Zinoviev - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2116 words)
Grigory Zinoviev was born in Yelizavetgrad (currently Kirovohrad), Ukraine, Russian Empire on September 23, 1883 to Jewish dairy farmers, who educated him at home.
Zinoviev and Kamenev allied with Lenin's widow, Nadezhda Krupskaya, and Grigory Sokolnikov, the Soviet Commissar of Finance and non-voting Politburo member.
Zinoviev was re-elected to the Politburo, but his ally Kamenev was demoted from a full member to a non-voting member and Sokolnikov was dropped altogether, while Stalin had more of his allies elected to the Politburo.
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