In 1844 Bakunin moved to Paris. He soon became proficient in French and the culture of France. The biggest influence at this time was his friendship and relationship with one of the founders of modern anarchism, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon. They were very much alike in personality and shared the passion for freedom that each of them yearned for. “Both deal more readily in negations, and their attacks are directed against the same objects: the state, religion, and property. Both recommend ‘social revolution’ as a means of escape from the intolerable social situation” (Pyziur 32). However, it would be a while yet before Bakunin finally took the standard of anarchism and made it his own, for his revolution in this period was still with Pan-Slavism. In 1847 he was invited to speak at a banquet for Polish revolutionaries, and the speech he gave proved that he was a great orator and helped give him recognition as a revolutionary. In the speech, Mikhail “...proposed a form of revolutionary alliance between the Russian and Polish oppressed. He emphasized how miserable the Russian people were under the regime of Nicholas I...” so that the two Slavic peoples could unite to end each others’ suffering (Masters 83). Following his speech in 1847, he published his Appeal to the Slaves in 1848, which is “...one of his most famous works” (Masters 100). In this book he expressed his opinions on bringing all the Slavs together. His revolutionary spirit shone brightly these years, as it would for the rest of his life. …show more content…
Then, he was asked by the Czar to offer a confession, like one would give a holy man to tell to God, the message was accompanied by him being told that Russia had no death penalty, which made him elated. So he began his work on the confession, which would end up being another one of his famous