Bukharin,
Nikolai (Ivanovich) 1888-1938; Russ. Communist leader & editor
See Bukharin in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(bo͞o-kärˈĭn, -ᴋʜärˈ-), Nikolai Ivanovich 1888-1938.
Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet politician who advocated gradual agricultural collectivization. He was executed for treason after the last of the Moscow “show trials” of the 1930s.