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Kropotkin

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Kro·pot·kin  (kr-ptkn, kr-), Prince Pyotr Alekseyevich 1842-1921.
Russian anarchist and political philosopher who maintained that cooperation, not competition, was the means to bettering the human condition. He greatly influenced anarchist movements throughout the world.
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Noun1.Kropotkin - Russian anarchist (1842-1921)
Prince Peter Kropotkin, Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin


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The Russian anarchist Peter Kropotkin advanced the concept in the early 20th century as an argument against the idea that people are naturally inclined to compete against one another.
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But she gravitated toward the anarcho-syndicalist ideas of Peter Kropotkin, Leo Tolstoy, and the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).
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