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Bukharin

Bolshevik leader and theorist.

minor

First appearance: iv moscow

Bukharin shows up with force in Last Links in the Chain. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Bukharin denounces the hunger-striking Anarchists as counterrevolutionists at the Trade Union Congress.
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In Last Links in the Chain: Bukharin denounces the hunger-striking Anarchists as counterrevolutionists at the Trade Union Congress. Later, in II: The Communist Dictatorship and the Russian Revolution: Bukharin is…

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LBLouise BryantNMNestor MakhnoUNUnknown NarratorJRJack ReedBUBukharin

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  • Other

Character groups

  • Extensive Revolutionary Cast
  • American Journalists and Bolshevik Leader
  • Anarchists and Bolsheviks
  • Protagonist

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  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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