Personalities and Powerbases - Zinoviev and Kamenev

Zinoviev

• Head of Petrograd Party
• Control of Comitern
• Head of Leningrad Bolshevik Party

Kamenev

• Head of Moscow Party (failed to earn respect and support form Moscow)
• Chariman of Politburo (when Lenin died)
• Loyalty of large section of Party

Struggle for Power

• Both wanted collective leadership (shared power, ruling by…