The Bolshevik Myth · Character
Bill Shatov
An American-born Bolshevik and engineer.
minor
Also known as Shatov, Bill
First appearance: iii in petrograd
Bill Shatov shows up with force in Back in Petrograd. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Exiled in Siberia, denied permission to return to Petrograd to see his dying wife Nunya.
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- American Bolshevik and Acquaintance
- Protagonist
- Anarchists and Bolsheviks
- Extensive Revolutionary Cast
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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