# Liza Zorin — The Bolshevik Myth character guide

> Liza Zorin in The Bolshevik Myth by Alexander Berkman.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Zorin, Liza

**First appearance:** 0035-xxx-in-various-walks

## Who they are

A woman encountered by the narrator.

## In the story

### [II: On Soviet Soil](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/ii-on-soviet-soil)

Welcomes the deportees in the name of Soviet Russia and calls for cooperation.

### [III: In Petrograd](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/iii-in-petrograd)

Discusses the Buford deportees' situation with the narrator, warns against speculation, and shows bureaucratic reluctance.

### [Back in Petrograd](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/xv-back-in-petrograd)

Discussed reformatory abuses with narrator; defended the system while acknowledging some evils.

### [Rest Homes for Workers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/xvi-rest-homes-for-workers)

Project initiator and head of the rest home plan; appointed the narrator as general manager but becomes displeased with their 'sentimentality' over evictions.

### [XVII: The First of May](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/xvii-the-first-of-may)

Zorin carries the huge red banner during the procession, staggering under its weight but refusing to give it up.

### [Prison and Concentration Camp](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/xxvi-prison-and-concentration-camp)

Quoted by the narrator as having claimed the death penalty was abolished and prisons empty.

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