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'''Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin''' (9 October 1888 - 15 March 1938) was an [[Old Bolshevik]] [[Russian Revolution|revolutionary]], [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] politician, [[Marxism|Marxist]] philosopher and prolific author on revolutionary theory.{{Slant}} He made significant contributions to Marxist theory as well as writing, with [[Yevgeni Preobrazhensky]], the ''[[ABC of Communism]]'' — a work intended to explain the fundamentals of Marxist thought to the growing ranks of the Russian Community Party.{{Tendency-based slant}} His other works include studies of [[imperialism]], an exposition of [[historical materialism]] and a critique of [[Austrian economics]].
'''Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin''' (9 October 1888–15 March 1938) was an [[Old Bolshevik]] [[Russian Revolution|revolutionary]], [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] politician, [[Marxism|Marxist]] philosopher. He wrote multiple works which includes, with assistance [[Yevgeni Preobrazhensky]], the ''[[ABC of Communism]]''.


In the late 1920s Bukharin opposed Stalin's policies of rapid industrialization and collectivization, arguing they would impair economic development and potentially destabilize soviet power. He was accused (as Trotsky had earlier accused him) of representing the interests of undemocratic party officials and enterprise managers while cowering before the kulaks. Bukharin was denounced as a right-deviationist, and later he publicly recanted his views and was allowed to serve as editor of ''Izvestiia''. In the late 30s he was arrested and accused of being part of a vast conspiracy involving foreign states to overthrow the government. Although the charges made against him were groundless,{{Dubious|date=August 2023|reason=Considerable evidence exists to prove that he and others were invested in terroristic and anti-party activity.}} he was nonetheless executed.
After the [[October Revolution]], he initially became a member of a [[Left communism|left-communist]] opposition group with Preobrazhensky that supported Trotsky. During the [[New Economic Policy]], he became a figure in the [[Right-opposition (Soviet Union)|right-opposition]]. He formed an anti-party bloc with [[Alexei Rykov]] and [[Mikhail Tomsky]]. In early 1929, Bukharin confessed to Jules Humbert-Droz, a Swiss Social-Democrat and a friend, that the bloc was forced to resort to [[terrorism]] in order to remove Stalin for the lack of public or Party support.<ref>https://www.revolutionarydemocracy.org/rdv8n1/bukharin.htm</ref>
 
Bukharin never sought to "update" Marxism in the way [[Eduard Bernstein]], [[Earl Browder]], or other revisionists did.{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}} His views may indeed be criticized as Lenin had done, who wrote that Bukharin was "a most valuable and major theorist of the Party. . . but his theoretical views can be classified as fully Marxist only with great reserve, for there is something scholastic about him (he has never made a study of the dialectics, and, I think, never fully understood it)." Despite this, he cannot be considered a revisionist.{{Slant}}
 
==Biography==
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==Politics==
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==Contributions to Marxist Theory==
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Bukharin (center) standing with Stalin in Red Square in 1929.

Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin (9 October 1888–15 March 1938) was an Old Bolshevik revolutionary, Soviet politician, Marxist philosopher. He wrote multiple works which includes, with assistance Yevgeni Preobrazhensky, the ABC of Communism.

After the October Revolution, he initially became a member of a left-communist opposition group with Preobrazhensky that supported Trotsky. During the New Economic Policy, he became a figure in the right-opposition. He formed an anti-party bloc with Alexei Rykov and Mikhail Tomsky. In early 1929, Bukharin confessed to Jules Humbert-Droz, a Swiss Social-Democrat and a friend, that the bloc was forced to resort to terrorism in order to remove Stalin for the lack of public or Party support.[1]

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  1. ↑ https://www.revolutionarydemocracy.org/rdv8n1/bukharin.htm
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