# General Alexander Dutov — Ten Days That Shook the World character guide

> General Alexander Dutov in Ten Days That Shook the World by John Reed.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** General Dutov, Dutov

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

## Who they are

Cossack ataman and anti-Bolshevik leader in the Urals.

## In the story

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

Criticized by Purishkevitch for failing to act decisively against the Bolsheviks.

### [Purishkevitch's Letter to Kaledin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/9-purishkevitch-s-letter-to-kaledin)

Criticized for allowing the moment for decisive action to pass and for a policy of negotiations.

### [From the Council of People’s Commissars to the Toiling Cossacks](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/16-from-the-council-of-people-s-commissars-to-the-toiling-cossacks)

Accused of arresting the Soviet in Orenburg and disarming the garrison.

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