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Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin was the leader of the USSR from 1924 to 1941. Famous and influential Marxist theorist, he was one of the major contestants to become Lenin's successor in the power vacuum that followed his death. Eventually Bukharin would become the leader of the USSR, and became famous for his "Socialism in One Country" policy and his heavy support of the fairly liberal NEP. |
Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin was the leader of the USSR from 1924 to 1941. Famous and influential Marxist theorist, he was one of the major contestants to become Lenin's successor in the power vacuum that followed his death. Eventually Bukharin would become the leader of the USSR, and became famous for his "Socialism in One Country" policy and his heavy support of the fairly liberal NEP. |
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While exploring a contingency plan in the Far East to combat Operation Barbarossa, he was overthrown by his dubious ally [[Joseph Stalin]], and Bukharin disappeared in Siberia without a trace... |
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== Before 1917 == |
== Before 1917 == |
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After a brief imprisonment, Bukharin was exiled to Onega, from which he would escape to Hanover. He would stay in Hanover until going to Krakow in 1912, meeting Lenin for the first time. While in exile, Bukharin would establish himself in the 20s as a major Marxist theorist while continuing his education. His work "Imperialism and World Economy" influenced Lenin, who freely borrowed from it, in his larger and better-known work, "Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism". He and Lenin also often had hot disputes on theoretical issues, as well as Bukharin's closeness with the European Left and his anti-statist tendencies. |
After a brief imprisonment, Bukharin was exiled to Onega, from which he would escape to Hanover. He would stay in Hanover until going to Krakow in 1912, meeting Lenin for the first time. While in exile, Bukharin would establish himself in the 20s as a major Marxist theorist while continuing his education. His work "Imperialism and World Economy" influenced Lenin, who freely borrowed from it, in his larger and better-known work, "Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism". He and Lenin also often had hot disputes on theoretical issues, as well as Bukharin's closeness with the European Left and his anti-statist tendencies. |
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Bukharin developed an interest in the works of Austrian Marxists and heterodox Marxist economic theorists, such as Aleksandr Bogdanov, who deviated from Leninist positions. Whilst in Vienna in 1913, he helped the Georgian Bolshevik Joseph Stalin write an article, "Marxism and the National Question", at Lenin's request. In October 1916, while based in New York City, Bukharin edited the newspaper Novy Mir (New World) with Leon Trotsky and Alexandra Kollontai. When Trotsky arrived in New York in January 1917, Bukharin was the first of the émigrés to greet him. (Trotsky's wife recalled, "with a bear hug and immediately began to tell them about a public library which stayed open late at night and which he proposed to show us at once" dragging the tired |
Bukharin developed an interest in the works of Austrian Marxists and heterodox Marxist economic theorists, such as Aleksandr Bogdanov, who deviated from Leninist positions. Whilst in Vienna in 1913, he helped the Georgian Bolshevik Joseph Stalin write an article, "Marxism and the National Question", at Lenin's request. In October 1916, while based in New York City, Bukharin edited the newspaper Novy Mir (New World) with Leon Trotsky and Alexandra Kollontai. When Trotsky arrived in New York in January 1917, Bukharin was the first of the émigrés to greet him. (Trotsky's wife recalled, "with a bear hug and immediately began to tell them about a public library which stayed open late at night and which he proposed to show us at once" dragging the tired couple across town "to admire his great discovery"). |
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== From 1917 to 1923 == |
== From 1917 to 1923 == |
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