The Bolshevik Myth · Character
Angelica Balabanova
Italian socialist and Comintern official.
minor
Also known as Balabanova
First appearance: iv moscow
Angelica Balabanova shows up with force in XVIII: The British Labor Mission. The page is where that presence becomes real.
A member of the Reception Committee who agrees with the narrator that the Mission should be shown the full truth about Russia; appears perturbed at the lavish banquet.
Angelica Balabanova first appears in 0005 iv moscow.
In XVIII: The British Labor Mission: A member of the Reception Committee who agrees with the narrator that the Mission should be shown the full truth about Russia; appears perturbed at the lavish banquet.
Later, in XXXII: Odessa: Life and Vision: The narrator sends a wire to Balabanova protesting Alsberg's arrest.
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Extensive Revolutionary Cast
- Protagonist
- Anarchists and Bolsheviks
- American Journalists and Bolshevik Leader
- Foreign and Bolshevik Officials
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
This excerpt marks the dramatic climax because it presents the emotional and psychological peak of disillusion…
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