# Angelica Balabanova — The Bolshevik Myth character guide

> Angelica Balabanova in The Bolshevik Myth by Alexander Berkman.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Balabanova

**First appearance:** 0005-iv-moscow

## Who they are

Italian socialist and Comintern official.

## In the story

### [XVIII: The British Labor Mission](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/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.

### [XXXII: Odessa: Life and Vision](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/xxxii-odessa-life-and-vision)

The narrator sends a wire to Balabanova protesting Alsberg's arrest.

### [Early Days of 1921](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/xxxvii-early-days-of-1921)

Balabanova helps the narrator intercede for imprisoned anarchists and secures an appointment with Latsis.

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