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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “It was only after I had stayed a fortnight with the peasants, and had won their confidence, that the misdeeds of their…”

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It was only after I had stayed a fortnight with the peasants, and had won their confidence, that the misdeeds of their chief could be brought to light.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin

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Kropotkin shares how he gained the trust of the peasants to reveal the misdeeds of their chief.

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