Mikhail Bakunin

Russian revolutionary anarchist and philosopher (1814–1876)
Person human Q27645
Mikhail Bakunin
Nadar · Public Domain · Wikimedia
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

Mikhail Bakunin was born on May 30, 1814[1], in Priamukhino[2]. He died on July 1, 1876[3], in Bern[4]. He worked as a philosopher[5], writer[6], politician[7], anarchist[8], and revolutionary[9]. He ranks in the top 0.55% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,336 views/month, #5,503 of 1,000,298).[10]

Key Facts

  • Date of birth: 1814[11]
  • Date of death: 1876[12]
  • Place of burial: Bremgarten cemetery[13]
  • Father: Aleksandr Bakunin[14]
  • Mother: Varvara Muravyova[15]
  • Spouse: Antonia Kwiatkowska[16]
  • Child: Maria Bakunin[17], Giulia Sofia Bakunin[18]
  • Country of citizenship: Russian Empire[19], France[20]
  • Native language: Russian[21]
  • Ethnic group: Russians[22]
  • Field of work: philosophy[23]
  • Educated at: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin[24], Mikhailovsky Artillery School[25]
  • Notable work: God and the State[26], Revolutionary Catechism[27], Statism and Anarchy[28]
  • Member of: International Workingmen's Association[29]
  • Religion or worldview: atheism[30]
  • Influenced by: E. T. A. Hoffmann[31], Alexander Herzen[32], Nikolay Ogarev[33], Pierre-Joseph Proudhon[34], Jean-Jacques Rousseau[35], Ludwig Feuerbach[36], Karl Marx[37], Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel[38], Fyodor Dostoyevsky[39]
  • Sex or gender: male[40]
  • Family: Bakunin[41]
  • Movement: anarchism[42], atheism[43], Western philosophy[44], libertarian socialism[45]
  • Commons category: Mikhail Bakunin[46]
  • Military, police or special rank: junker[47], praporshchik[48]
  • Archives at: International Institute of Social History[49]
  • Family name: Bakunin[50]
  • Given name: Mikhail[51]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Mikhail Bakunin[52]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[53]

  • Country: RU[54]

  • Began / founded: 1814-05-30[55]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1876-07-01[56]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 6c3610dd-3a23-4df2-bae8-4a9b8a994ce5[57]

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for Mikhail Bakunin include Ba Jin[58].

Why It Matters

Mikhail Bakunin has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[59] He is known by 125 alternative names across languages and contexts.[60]

He has been cited as an influence by Emma Goldman[61], an anarchist[62], 1869–1940[63], of Russian Empire[64], specialised in philosophy[65]; Peter Kropotkin[66], a geographer[67], 1842–1921[68], of Russian Empire[69], specialised in philosophy[70]; Miguel de Unamuno[71], a poet[72], 1864–1936[73], of Spain[74], awarded the Hijo Adoptivo de Salamanca[75], specialised in philosophy[76]; Gustav Landauer[77], a politician[78], 1870–1919[79], of Germany[80], specialised in politics[81]; Bonnot Gang[82], a gang[83], in France[84], founded in 1911[85]; and Christapor Mikaelian[86], a politician[87], 1859–1905[88], of Russian Empire[89].

He is credited with the discovery of propaganda of the deed[90] and collectivist anarchism[91], an anarchist school of thought[92]. Works attributed to him include God and the State[93] and Statism and Anarchy[94]. Entities named for him include Ba Jin[58].

FAQs

Where was Mikhail Bakunin born?

Mikhail Bakunin's place of birth was Priamukhino[2].

Where did Mikhail Bakunin die?

Mikhail Bakunin died in Bern[4].

Who were Mikhail Bakunin's parents?

Mikhail Bakunin's father was Aleksandr Bakunin[14]. Mikhail Bakunin's mother was Varvara Muravyova[15].

Who was Mikhail Bakunin married to?

Mikhail Bakunin's spouses include Antonia Kwiatkowska[16].

What did Mikhail Bakunin do for work?

Mikhail Bakunin worked as a philosopher[5], writer[6], politician[7], anarchist[8], and revolutionary[9].

Where did Mikhail Bakunin go to school?

Mikhail Bakunin was educated at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin[24] and Mikhailovsky Artillery School[25].

Who did Mikhail Bakunin influence?

Mikhail Bakunin has been cited as an influence by Emma Goldman[61], Peter Kropotkin[66], Miguel de Unamuno[71], and Gustav Landauer[77].

What did Mikhail Bakunin discover?

Mikhail Bakunin is credited as discoverer of propaganda of the deed[90] and collectivist anarchism[91].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Concise Literary Encyclopedia. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Concise Literary Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [20] ↑ . Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [6] ↑ . Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [7] ↑ . Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [9] ↑ . Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [49] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. Retrieved . hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [11] ↑ . datos.bne.es. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  35. [3] ↑ . Concise Literary Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  36. [12] ↑ . datos.bne.es. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  37. [50] ↑ . International Standard Name Identifier. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  38. [51] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  39. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  49. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  50. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  51. [52] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [53] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [54] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [55] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [56] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [57] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [61] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [66] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [71] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [77] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [82] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [86] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [90] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [91] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [93] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [94] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [58] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [62] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [63] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [64] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [65] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [67] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [68] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [69] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [70] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [72] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [73] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [74] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [75] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [76] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [78] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [79] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  16. [80] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  17. [81] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  18. [83] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  19. [84] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  20. [85] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  21. [87] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  22. [88] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  23. [89] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  24. [92] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [10] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [59] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [60] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Mikhail Bakunin. Retrieved October 14, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/mikhail-bakunin
MLA “Mikhail Bakunin.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 14 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/mikhail-bakunin.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_mikhail-bakunin_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Mikhail Bakunin}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/mikhail-bakunin}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-14}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Mikhail Bakunin — https://4ort.xyz/entity/mikhail-bakunin (retrieved 2026-10-14)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/mikhail-bakunin · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 16d ago · Gerwoman · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'als', 'an', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'ba', 'bat_smg', 'bcl', 'be', 'be_
    Sancho el sabio foundation id → 69050
    Sitelink count → 142
    Sächsische biografie (gnd) id → 314
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Sancho el sabio foundation id: 69050, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/285719278|Mijaíl Bakunin (#285719278)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7873|Sancho e"
  2. 22d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sächsische biografie (gnd) id → 314
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/55982|batch #55982]]"
  3. 8w ago · Mahirtwofivesix · 2026-08-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Babelnet id → 00008027n
    Arabic ontology lexical concept id → 151058878
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||4 */ added/modified IDs mapped to WordNet 3.1"
  4. 13w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-07-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14611 → 143127, 143129
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||new, so */ import labels from sitelinks"
  5. 13w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-07-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14611 → 143127, 143129
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14611: 143127, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/260429|batch #260429]]"
  6. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3n3GYa
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  7. 15w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → mikhail-aleksandrovich-bakunin
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: mikhail-aleksandrovich-bakunin, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289943020|mikhail aleksandrovich bakunin (#289943020)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-"
  8. 16w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14536 → 340249
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14536: 340249, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782398664614"
  9. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → p0060121-Bakunin-Michail-Aleksandrovic-18141876
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: p0060121-Bakunin-Michail-Aleksandrovic-18141876, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  10. 19w ago · Pescan · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopaedia beliana id → bakunin-michail-alexandrovic
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Encyclopaedia beliana id: bakunin-michail-alexandrovic"
  11. 20w ago · Tholzheim · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Factgrid item id → Klaus Halbach
    Described by source → Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Russian Biographical Dictionary +17
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Factgrid item id: Q1745165, adds FactGrid ID"
  12. 22w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Native language → Russian
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/30848|batch #30848]]: match CERL IDs on the basis of GND (5)"
  13. 22w ago · ~2026-27861-66 · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14375 → BakuninMichail
    Local thumb → —
    Native language → Russian
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Native language: Vasco"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.