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Vladimir Ilyich [Lenin], your concrete actions are completely unworthy of the ideas you pretend to hold.

Peter Kropotkin

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Peter Kropotkin
Age: 78 †
Born: 1842
Born: December 9
Died: 1921
Died: February 8
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