The Bolshevik Myth · Character
Novikov
A Bolshevik official.
minor
Also known as Comrade Novikov
First appearance: xxii first days in kharkov
Novikov shows up with force in The Log of the Transport Buford. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Novikov is a former editor of the New York Anarchist weekly Golos Truda, who was seriously ill at Ellis Island and refused bail until near death.
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In The Log of the Transport Buford: Novikov is a former editor of the New York Anarchist weekly Golos Truda, who was seriously ill at Ellis Island and refused bail until near death. He has not eaten for days on the…
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- Other
Character groups
- Foreign and Bolshevik Officials
- Anarchists and Bolsheviks
- Protagonist
- Extensive Revolutionary Cast
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- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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