biography
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Bakunin, Mikhail Aleksandrovich
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pronunciation:
[bakoonin]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1814–76)
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| biography:
| Anarchist, born near Moscow. He took part in the German revolutionary movement (1848–9) and was condemned to death. Sent to Siberia in 1855, he escaped to Japan, and arrived in England in 1861. In September 1870 he attempted an abortive rising at Lyon. As a leading anarchist, he was the main opponent of Karl Marx in the Communist International, and at the Hague Congress in 1872 was outvoted and expelled. He spent his final years in poverty in Switzerland. |
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