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Nikolai Bukharin

Russian revolutionary and politician (1888-1938) · Russia · Politicians · Died at 49

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Lenin called him the party's "most valuable and major theorist," but that didn't save him. Bukharin rose as Stalin's chief ally, architect of Soviet economic policy, then fell hard when the line shifted - tried for treason in 1938 and shot.

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A life in dates

1938Died15 March 19381934“Fascist ‘order’ is the ‘order’ of military, political and economic barracks; it is the military capitalist system of a state of ‘emergency’.”In their words"Crisis of Capitalist Culture", (1934)

1918“We see now that infringement of freedom is necessary with regard to the opponents of the revolution.”In their wordsProgramme of the World Revolution (1918), Ch. VII

1917“History moves in contradictions. The skeleton of historic existence, the economic structure of society, also develops in contradictions. Forms eternally follow forms.”In their wordsImperialism and World Economy (1917), Ch. 15

1888Born9 October 1888

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In their own words 10

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Nikolai Bukharin
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10 statements, newest first

  1. Fascist ‘order’ is the ‘order’ of military, political and economic barracks; it is the military capitalist system of a state of ‘emergency’.

    1934, "Crisis of Capitalist Culture", (1934), Own words

  2. We see now that infringement of freedom is necessary with regard to the opponents of the revolution.

    1918, Programme of the World Revolution (1918), Ch. VII, Own words

  3. History moves in contradictions. The skeleton of historic existence, the economic structure of society, also develops in contradictions. Forms eternally follow forms.

    1917, Imperialism and World Economy (1917), Ch. 15, Own words

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Spouse: Anna Larina

About this person

Bukharin joined the Bolsheviks in 1906, studied economics at Moscow Imperial University, got arrested, escaped abroad in 1911, and built his reputation with Lenin and Trotsky through works like Imperialism and World Economy. After the October Revolution he became editor of Pravda and wrote The ABC of Communism during the civil war. He championed the New Economic Policy from 1921 and stood with Stalin against Trotsky, elaborating the theory of "socialism in one country" and serving as General Secretary of the Comintern's executive committee from 1926 to 1929. When Stalin pivoted to forced collectivization, Bukharin became the labeled leader of the Right Opposition and was stripped of his posts in 1929. He returned in 1934 as editor of Izvestia and helped draft the 1936 Soviet Constitution, but the Great Purge caught him: accused of treason in February 1937, he was executed after a show trial the following March.

Country
Russia
Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1888 to 1938 · aged 49

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