Zinoviev

[ zi-noh-vee-ef, -nov-yef; Russian zyi-naw-vyif ]

noun

1. Gri·go·ri Ev·se·e·vich [g, r, yi-, gaw, -, r, yee yif-, sye, -yi-vyich], 1883–1936, Russian Bolshevik leader.

Zinoviev

/ ziˈnɔvjɪf; zɪˈnəʊvɪəf /

noun

1. ZinovievGrigori Yevseevich18831936MRussianPOLITICS: politician 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