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Mikhail Bakunin

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Anarchist

The Resume

    (May 30, 1814-July 1, 1876)
    Born in Pryamukhino, Russian Federation
    Member of the International Working Men's Association
    Wrote 'Statism and Anarchy' (1873) and 'God and the State' (published posthumously, 1882)

Why he might be annoying:

    He simultaneously called for the overthrow of the Russian government and the expansion of the Russian empire to the Pacific coast.
    He wrote that Jews are 'an exploiting sect, a people of bloodsuckers, one voracious parasite.'
    His declaration 'the passion for destruction is a creative passion' and call for 'propaganda of the deed' inspired bombings, assassinations and other violence.

Why he might not be annoying:

    As a result of his outspoken beliefs, his property was seized, he was imprisoned and he was exiled to Siberia.
    He lost all his teeth to scurvy as a result of his prison diet.
    He criticized Karl Marx's 'dictatorship of the proletariat,' commenting 'If you took the most ardent revolutionary, vested him in absolute power, within a year he would be worse than the Tsar himself.'

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 22 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 26 Votes: 57.69% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 19 Votes: 57.89% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 28 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 13 Votes: 69.23% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 60 Votes: 68.33% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 48 Votes: 68.75% Annoying