My Disillusionment in Russia · Character
Chicherin
Bolshevik Commissar for Foreign Affairs, met briefly.
minor
First appearance: V: Meeting People
Chicherin shows up with force in Preface to Second Volume of American Edition. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Quoted as assuring world capitalists that Russia's natural wealth is 'waiting to be exploited.'
Chicherin first appears in 0007 v meeting people.
In Preface to Second Volume of American Edition: Quoted as assuring world capitalists that Russia's natural wealth is 'waiting to be exploited.'
Later, in V: Meeting People: Chicherin interviews the narrator at 4 a.m., discussing revolution in America and the I.W.W., and is noted for his simplicity and naivety about the outside world.
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