# The Colonel — The Bolshevik Myth character guide

> The Colonel in The Bolshevik Myth by Alexander Berkman.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0032-xxvii-further-south

## Who they are

A military officer encountered by the narrator.

## Relationships

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_rivalry_

The Colonel is a White Army officer who is a military enemy of the narrator.

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_rivalry_

The Colonel is a White Army officer who is a military enemy of the narrator.

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_rivalry_

The Colonel is a White Army officer who is a military enemy of the narrator.

## In the story

### [The Log of the Transport Buford](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/i-the-log-of-the-transport-buford)

The Colonel is the supreme authority on the Buford, a tall, severe-looking U.S. Army officer. He debates the narrator about socialism and America, insisting that the U.S. offers equal opportunity and that deporting agitators is necessary.

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