The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956 | Teaching Key Figures

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

Nikolai Vasilyevich Krylenko - This person was the chief state prosecutor from the years 1918-31 and later was the people's commissar of justice, playing a central role in the analysis of how the Soviets' system of revolutionary justice developed.

Iosif Vissarionovich Stalin - This Georgian-born person was the general secretary of the communist party of the Soviet Union beginning in 1922 and became the cruel dictator of Russia.

Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin - This person was a prominent Communist Party official and economic theorist who became member of the Politburo in 1924 and general...
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