Lev Kamenev (Cherry, Plum, and Chrysanthemum)

Lev Borisovich Kamenev (Russian: Лев Бори́сович Ка́менев; July 6 [July 18 N.S. ], 1883 – July 20, 1955), born Lev Borisovich Rozenfeld (Russian: Лев Бори́сович Ро́зенфельд), was a Russian communist revolutionary and politician. He served as the first head of state of Soviet Russia in 1917 and the second Premier of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1927. He was the informal leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 until his dismissal in 1927, which shared his power with the Chairman of the Comintern Executive Committee, Grigory Zinoviev.