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Alexander Shliapnikov

Bolshevik leader and Commissar for Labor, Shliapnikov moves through the revolution's cramped trains and crowded halls as one of its organisers.

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Also known as Shliapnikov, Alexander Shliapnikov

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As a supporting figure in Ten Days That Shook the World, Alexander Shliapnikov is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

As Commissar of Labour, commands ministry employees to return within twenty-four hours or lose their positions; only door-servants respond.
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In VII: The Revolutionary Front: As Commissar of Labour, commands ministry employees to return within twenty-four hours or lose their positions; only door-servants respond. Later, in XI: The Conquest of Power:…

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VMVladimir Miliu…LTLeon TrotskyVLVladimir LeninLKLev KamenevARAlexei RykovASAlexander Shliapnikov

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  • Other

Character groups

  • Diverse Revolutionary Participants
  • Anti-Bolshevik and Bolshevik Leaders
  • Bolshevik and Menshevik Figures

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SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
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  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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