Ten Days That Shook the World · Character

Colonel Polkovnikov

Commander of the Petrograd Military District under Kerensky.

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Also known as Colonel Polkovnikov, Polkovnikov

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Colonel Polkovnikov shows up with force in Counterrevolution. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Former commandant of Petrograd, seen hiding in a bathroom at the Committee for Salvation's secret apartment.

Colonel Polkovnikov first appears in 0011 i background.

In Counterrevolution: Former commandant of Petrograd, seen hiding in a bathroom at the Committee for Salvation's secret apartment.

Later, in Appendix to Chapter IV: Commandant of Petrograd, relieved of his functions by Kishkin on November 7th for inaction.

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

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

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