# Zinoviev — The Bolshevik Myth character guide

> Zinoviev in The Bolshevik Myth by Alexander Berkman.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Tovarish Zinoviev, tovarish

**First appearance:** 0005-iv-moscow

## Snapshot

A prominent Bolshevik whose name surfaces among the notables and tovarishi of Petrograd's official revolutionary world.

## Who they are

He belongs to the tier of Bolshevik leadership the narrator encounters as the Revolution's public face, invoked with the easy familiarity of comrades who preside over meetings and circles. Around him cluster the small human comedies of the new order: the servant turned presiding Bolshevik, the samovar, the shared tovarish. His presence marks how thoroughly the party has become the state's ruling apparatus.

## Relationships

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_rivalry_

Zinoviev is a Bolshevik leader who opposes the narrator's anarchist faction politically.

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_rivalry_

Zinoviev is a Bolshevik leader who opposes the narrator's anarchist faction politically.

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_rivalry_

Zinoviev is a Bolshevik leader who opposes the narrator's anarchist faction politically.

## In the story

### [III: In Petrograd](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/iii-in-petrograd)

Addresses the Soviet assembly, announcing further ration reductions and expressing confidence in the revolution.

### [Back in Petrograd](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/xv-back-in-petrograd)

Found very ill, rumored to have been assaulted by workers after factories criticized administration.

### [XVII: The First of May](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/xvii-the-first-of-may)

Zinoviev invites the narrator to join him in an automobile during the May Day parade, and later stands with him on the reviewing stand.

### [En Route to the Ukraine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/xxi-en-route-to-the-ukraine)

Granted permission for Henry Alsberg to join the expedition.

### [In Various Walks](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/xxx-in-various-walks)

Quoted as upbraiding local Communists for leniency toward the bourgeoisie, inciting requisitions.

### [XXXII: Odessa: Life and Vision](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/xxxii-odessa-life-and-vision)

Mentioned as having given Alsberg permission to join the Expedition; the narrator sends him a wire protesting Alsberg's arrest.

### [Early Days of 1921](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/xxxvii-early-days-of-1921)

Zinoviev sides with Lenin on the role of unions in economic reconstruction.

### [Kronstadt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/xxxviii-kronstadt)

Zinoviev chairs the Petro-Soviet meeting, urges hearing opposition but lacks conviction, and denounces strikers as enemies of the Soviet regime.

### [Last Links in the Chain](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/xxxix-last-links-in-the-chain)

Zinoviev's automobile is seen at the Hotel Luxe; he is associated with the Comintern leadership.

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