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Vladimir Karelin

Left Socialist Revolutionary leader and Commissar in the early Soviet government.

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Also known as Karelin

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Vladimir Karelin shows up with force in III: On the Eve. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Left Socialist Revolutionary who reads from the London Times and confronts Cadets in the Council of the Russian Republic.
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In III: On the Eve: Left Socialist Revolutionary who reads from the London Times and confronts Cadets in the Council of the Russian Republic.

Later, in V: Plunging Ahead: Left SR, explains refusal to join Council of People's Commissars, advocates mediation.

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VLVladimir LeninMSMatvei SkobelevBABoris AvilovMSMaria Spiridon…LKLev KamenevVKVladimir Karelin

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  • Other

Character groups

  • Diverse Revolutionary Participants
  • Bolshevik and Menshevik Figures
  • Provisional Government and Soviet Leaders

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

The emotional peak occurs when the narrator, after witnessing the destruction of sacred and historic Kremlin s…

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