Ten Days That Shook the World · Character
Mikhail Uritsky
Bolshevik stalwart who becomes head of the Petrograd Cheka, Uritsky embodies the revolution's turn from debate to discipline.
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Also known as Uritzky
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Sent to Ministry of Foreign Affairs to demand secret treaties.
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In V: Plunging Ahead: Sent to Ministry of Foreign Affairs to demand secret treaties. Later, in 5: Ridicule of the New Regime: Portrayed as 'Marat-Uritzky,' Trotsky's assistant who suggests launching another decree as a…
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- Anti-Bolshevik and Bolshevik Leaders
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