Kamenev was born in Moscow, the son of a Jewish railway worker and a Russian Orthodox housewife.
Kamenev was charged separately in early 1935 in connection with the Kremlin Case and, although he refused to confess, was sentenced to ten years in prison.
Kamenev, was executed on January 30, 1938, at the age of 17.
LevBorisovichKamenev (Russian: Лев Борисович Каменев - his original family name was Rosenfeld, Розенфельд) (July 6 (old calendar) / July 18 (new calendar) 1883 - August 25, 1936) was a Bolshevik revolutionary and a prominent Soviet politician, an early member of the powerful Politburo.
Kamenev, now a leader of the left opposition, argued for the termination of the NEP (New Economic Policy) and immediate industrialisation.
Zinoviev and Kamenev were later readmitted to the party after they acknowledged their 'errors'.
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