Ten Days That Shook the World · Character
General Nikolai Dukhonin
General Nikolai Dukhonin, the last commander-in-chief of the Russian Army, stands at the front as the government that appointed him dissolves behind his back.
supporting
Also known as General Dukhonin, Dukhonin
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Declares at a Cadet party meeting the goal of establishing a constitutional monarchy by March 1st, rejecting the Republic.
Dukhonin commands the army from headquarters while Kerensky flees and the Petrograd garrison goes over to the Soviets. His authority rests on a Provisional Government that no longer controls the capital, and the troops he orders may no longer obey. In the revolution's middle arc, he embodies the old military hierarchy's paralysis before a power that has already changed hands in the streets.
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- Other
Character groups
- Diverse Revolutionary Participants
- Bolshevik and Menshevik Figures
- Provisional Government and Counter-Revolutionaries
- Socialist Revolutionary and Menshevik Leaders
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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- Growing Arrogance of the Reactionaries
- Diplomatic Correspondence of the Soviet Government
- Appeals to the Front Against Dukhonin
- From Krylenko
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