# Madame Breshkovsky — My Disillusionment in Russia character guide

> Madame Breshkovsky in My Disillusionment in Russia by Emma Goldman.

**Role:** minor

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

## Who they are

Elderly Socialist Revolutionary, met in passing.

## In the story

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

Mentioned as the 'Little Grandmother of the Russian Revolution' who campaigned against the Bolsheviks in the US in 1918; Goldman wrote to her imploring her not to betray the cause.

### [XXXI: Exploiting the Famine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_disillusionment_in_russia_se/chapters/xxxi-exploiting-the-famine)

Not directly mentioned, but Vera Nikolayevna Figner is highlighted as a venerable revolutionist who joined the Citizens' Committee and defied the Cheka.

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