The Soviet Politburo, founded in 1917, was the highest policy- making authority within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

Of the 7 members of the first Bolshevik Politburo, 4 were Jewish.

Ve 2 Leon Grigory s Lev q a . . . oe Trotsky \ = Zinoviev 4 Kamanev hy ; " 1879 - 1940 aD. 1883 - 1936 1883 - 1936

a -) Grigori < Ks ? Sokolnikov | £ hd 1888 - 1939 £

Largely based on the article “Was the Russian Revolution Jewish?” by The Jerusalem Post.

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