>who was this character? what were his politics? anarchist? what resulted
>from his political activity?
>
>Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] &
>http://clawww.lmu.edu/Faculty/JDevine/JDevine.html
Nachaev? I don't know anything about him, except the brief intro to the
"Revolutionary Catechism" that is on the webpage
(http://www.cybcity.com/lenin/) of a young Russian communist named
Alexander who contacted me recently. I was just finding an excuse to shock
PEN-L by quoting Nachaev's bloodcurdling manifesto and Chris Burford
provided it. The entire catechism is there and I encourage PEN-L'ers to
read it--that is, if you have a strong stomach.
Sergei G. Nachaev (1847-1882)
Russian revolutionary conspirator of the 19th century. Claming to be the
leader of a large revolutionary movement and hunted by the police, he went
to Switzerland in 1869. There he met other exiles. he fascinated Mikhail
Bukanin, producing either with him or in imitation, the Revolutionary
Catechism that influenced a generation of young Russian revolutionaries,
including Lenin. It is reflected in George Bernard Shaw's Man and Superman
and is still a key to understanding the idea of a "revolutionary".
"The revolutionary is a doomed man," it starts. "The revolutionary can have
no friendship or attachment . . . He should not hesitate to destroy any
position, any place or any man in the world . . . The filthy social order
can be split up into several categories. The first category comprises those
who can be condemned to death without delay."
Extradited for murder from Switzerland in 1872, he spent his last years in
close confinement in the Peter and Paul fortress in St. Petersburg.
Louis Proyect
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