# Mikhail Rodzianko — Yashka character guide

> Mikhail Rodzianko in Yashka by Maria Bochkareva.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Rodzianko, President Rodzianko, Michael Rodzianko

**First appearance:** 0014-x-the-revolution-at-the-front

## Who they are

President of the State Duma, the parliamentary voice of a crumbling empire, whose authority is tested as soldiers, streets, and soviets begin to outrun the old order.

## In the story

### [X: The Revolution at the Front](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/yashka_se/chapters/x-the-revolution-at-the-front)

President of the Duma; visits the front, acknowledges the powerlessness of the Provisional Government, and invites Maria to Petrograd after hearing her story.

### [I Organize the Battalion of Death](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/yashka_se/chapters/xi-i-organize-the-battalion-of-death)

President of the State Duma; supports Bochkareva's proposal and introduces her to Captain Dementiev.

### [XIV: An Errand from Kerensky to Kornilov](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/yashka_se/chapters/xiv-an-errand-from-kerensky-to-kornilov)

President of the Duma; accompanies Bochkareva and Kornilov, mediates between Kornilov and Kerensky, and persuades Kornilov to remain as Commander-in-Chief.

### [XVI: The Triumph of Bolshevism](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/yashka_se/chapters/xvi-the-triumph-of-bolshevism)

Mentioned as having once believed that women's self-sacrifice would shame the men.

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