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Bakunin, Mikhail 1814-1876. Russian
anarchist, active in Europe. In 1848 he was
expelled from France as a revolutionary
agitator. In Switzerland in the 1860s he
became recognized as the leader of the
anarchist movement. In 1869 he joined the
First International (a coordinating socialist
body) but, after stormy conflicts with Karl
Marx, was expelled 1872. Born of a noble
family, Bakunin served in the Imperial Guard
but, disgusted with tsarist methods in
Poland, resigned his commission and travelled
abroad. For his share in a brief revolt at
Dresden 1849 he was sentenced to death. The
sentence was commuted to imprisonment, and he
was handed over to the tsar's government and
sent to Siberia 1855. In 1861 he managed to
escape to Switzerland. He had a large
following, mainly in the Latin American
countries. He wrote books and pamphlets,
including God and the State.