Lev Kamenev, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet politician
Date of Birth: 06-Jul-1883
Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia
Date of Death: 25-Aug-1936
Profession: writer, politician
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Lev Kamenev
- Lev Borisovich Kamenev (born Leo Rosenfeld or Lev Borisovich Rozenfeld; 18 July [O.S.
- 6 July] 1883 – 25 August 1936) was a Bolshevik revolutionary and a prominent Soviet politician.
- He was one of the seven members of the first Politburo, founded in 1917 to manage the Bolshevik Revolution: Lenin, Zinoviev, Kamenev, Trotsky, Stalin, Sokolnikov and Bubnov.Kamenev was the brother-in-law of Leon Trotsky.
- He served briefly as the equivalent of the first head of state of Soviet Russia in 1917, and from 1923-24 as acting Premier in the last year of Vladimir Lenin's life.
- Joseph Stalin viewed him as a cause of discontent and opposition to his own leadership.
- Kamenev was executed on 25 August 1936 after a show trial during the period of the Great Purges.
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