# The Kremlin — The Conscience of a Conservative character guide

> The Kremlin in The Conscience of a Conservative by Barry Goldwater.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** the Kremlin, The Kremlin, its, It

**First appearance:** 0001-the-conscience-of-a-conservative

## Who they are

The seat of Soviet power and the narrator's central foreign-policy antagonist, embodying the tyrannical collectivism that threatens free peoples everywhere.

## Relationships

### [Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conscience_of_a_conservative_se/characters/narrator)

_rivalry_

The narrator views the Kremlin as the central antagonist and embodiment of Soviet tyranny.

### [Most Americans](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conscience_of_a_conservative_se/characters/most_americans)

_rivalry_

Most Americans are portrayed as being in fundamental opposition to the Kremlin's communist ideology.

### [Conservatives](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conscience_of_a_conservative_se/characters/conservatives)

_rivalry_

Conservatives are depicted as the primary domestic opponents of Kremlin influence.

### [Candidate X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conscience_of_a_conservative_se/characters/candidate_x)

_rivalry_

Candidate X is shown as a political opponent of the Kremlin, though sometimes insufficiently firm.

### [Big Labor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conscience_of_a_conservative_se/characters/big_labor)

_psychological_

Big Labor is portrayed as being manipulated by or aligned with Kremlin interests.

### [The Communists](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conscience_of_a_conservative_se/characters/the_communists)

_friendship_

The Communists are depicted as agents or allies of the Kremlin in spreading revolution.

### [Communism](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conscience_of_a_conservative_se/characters/communism)

_psychological_

Communism is the Kremlin's guiding ideology, used to justify its global ambitions.

### [Candidate X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conscience_of_a_conservative_se/characters/candidate_x)

_rivalry_

Candidate X is shown as a political opponent of the Kremlin, though sometimes insufficiently firm.

### [Conservatives](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conscience_of_a_conservative_se/characters/conservatives)

_rivalry_

Conservatives are depicted as the primary domestic opponents of Kremlin influence.

## In the story

### [X: The Soviet Menace](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conscience_of_a_conservative_se/chapters/x-the-soviet-menace)

Portrayed as rational actors who would not accept disarmament that leaves them weaker; would be confronted with ultimatums in uprising scenarios.

## Links

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- All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conscience_of_a_conservative_se/characters