# Yossif — The Bolshevik Myth character guide

> Yossif in The Bolshevik Myth by Alexander Berkman.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** XXIV Yossif

**First appearance:** 0029-xxiv-yossif-the-emigrant

## Who they are

Known as the Emigrant, Yossif is a beloved Ukrainian anarchist organizer whose sunny idealism curdles into militant faith in Makhno's peasant uprising.

## Relationships

### [Nestor Makhno](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/characters/nestor_makhno)

_professional_

Nestor Makhno and Yossif interact as anarchist military leaders coordinating efforts.

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

_friendship_

Yossif is a close comrade and fellow anarchist fighter alongside the narrator.

### [Nestor Makhno](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/characters/nestor_makhno)

_professional_

Nestor Makhno and Yossif interact as anarchist military leaders coordinating efforts.

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

_friendship_

Yossif is a close comrade and fellow anarchist fighter alongside the narrator.

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

_friendship_

Yossif is a close comrade and fellow anarchist fighter alongside the narrator.

## In the story

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/iii)

Not directly named in excerpts, but the young peasant who first approaches the narrator and later complains of the razsvyorstka and conscription.

### [XXIV: Yossif the Emigrant](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/xxiv-yossif-the-emigrant)

A short, slender man of thirty with lustrous dark eyes; an anarchist emigrant returned from America, active in the Nabat confederation and a devoted admirer of Makhno.

### [XXV: Nestor Makhno](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/xxv-nestor-makhno)

Anarchist comrade who narrates Makhno's story, defends the Makhnovist movement, and arranges a meeting between the narrator and Makhno.

### [XXXI: The Cheka](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/xxxi-the-cheka)

Informs the narrator that Makhno has retired from the province, making a meeting impossible.

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