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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: On the contrary, they took these rights under their protection.

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On the contrary, they took these rights under their protection.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin

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Kropotkin points out that the workers protected middle-class property rights during their uprising.

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