# Chicherin — My Disillusionment in Russia character guide

> Chicherin in My Disillusionment in Russia by Emma Goldman.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0007-v-meeting-people

## Who they are

Bolshevik Commissar for Foreign Affairs, met briefly.

## In the story

### [Preface to Second Volume of American Edition](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_disillusionment_in_russia_se/chapters/preface-to-second-volume-of-american-edition)

Quoted as assuring world capitalists that Russia's natural wealth is 'waiting to be exploited.'

### [V: Meeting People](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_disillusionment_in_russia_se/chapters/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.

### [Preparing for American Deportees](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_disillusionment_in_russia_se/chapters/vi-preparing-for-american-deportees)

Notifies Zorin about the deportees; his office's blunder causes the mix-up with war prisoners.

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