'''Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin ''' (18 May 1814 – 1 July 1876) was a [[Russia]]n [[nihilist]] and [[revolutionary]] against the [[church]] and [[monarchy]]. He has also often been called the father of [[anarchist]] theory in general.<ref>{{citation|last=Masters |first=Anthony|authorlink=|year=1974|title=Bakunin, the Father of Anarchism|publisher=Saturday Review Press|location=|isbn=0-8415-0295-1}}</ref>
Bakunin critiqued prominent leftist theoretician [[Karl Marx]] in 1873 with these words,