# Fyodor Dan — Ten Days That Shook the World character guide

> Fyodor Dan in Ten Days That Shook the World by John Reed.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Dan

**First appearance:** 0011-i-background

## Who they are

Menshevik leader in the Soviet of Workers' Deputies, Dan fights to hold the moderate line as the Bolshevik tide rises around him.

## In the story

### [IV: The Fall of the Provisional Government](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/iv-the-fall-of-the-provisional-government)

Presides over the opening of the Second Congress of Soviets as a Menshevik leader.

### [Appendix to Chapter IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/appendix-to-chapter-ix)

Dan proposes an ultimatum demanding the abolition of Revolutionary Tribunals or the breaking off of negotiations with the Bolsheviks.

### [Events of the 13th in Petrograd](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/2-events-of-the-13th-in-petrograd)

Proposes an ultimatum demanding abolition of Revolutionary Tribunals or breaking off negotiations with the Bolsheviks.

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