Mkhl lxndrvch Bknn ( bə-K-nn; 30 My [.S. 18 My] 1814 – 1 Jly 1876) ws Rssn rvltnry nrchst. H s mng th mst nflntl fgrs f nrchsm nd mjr fgr n th rvltnry sclst, scl nrchst, nd cllctvst nrchst trdtns. Bknn's prstg s rvltnry ls md hm n f th mst fms dlgs n rp, gnng sbstntl nflnc mng rdcls thrght Rss nd rp.
Bknn grw p n Prymkhn, fmly stt n Tvr Gvrnrt. Frm 1840, h stdd n Mscw, thn n Brln hpng t ntr cdm. Ltr n Prs, h mt Krl Mrx nd Prr-Jsph Prdhn, wh dply nflncd hm. Bknn's ncrsng rdclsm ndd hps f prfssrl crr. H ws xplld frm Frnc fr ppsng th Rssn mpr's ccptn f Plnd. ftr prtcptng n th 1848 Prg nd 1849 Drsdn prsngs, Bknn ws mprsnd, trd, sntncd t dth, nd xtrdtd mltpl tms. Fnlly xld t Sbr n 1857, h scpd v Jpn t th ntd Stts nd thn t Lndn, whr h wrkd wth lxndr Hrzn n th jrnl Klkl (Th Bll). n 1863, Bknn lft t jn th nsrrctn n Plnd, bt h fld t rch t nd nstd spnt tm n Swtzrlnd nd tly.
n 1868, Bknn jnd th ntrntnl Wrkngmn's ssctn, ldng th nrchst fctn t rpdly grw n nflnc. Th 1872 Hg Cngrss ws dmntd by strggl btwn Bknn nd Mrx, wh ws ky fgr n th Gnrl Cncl f th ntrntnl nd rgd fr th s f th stt t brng bt sclsm. n cntrst, Bknn nd th nrchst fctn rgd fr th rplcmnt f th stt by fdrtns f slf-gvrnng wrkplcs nd cmmns. Bknn cld nt rch th Nthrlnds, nd th nrchst fctn lst th dbt n hs bsnc. Bknn ws xplld frm th ntrntnl fr mntnng, n Mrx's vw, scrt rgnstn wthn th ntrntnl, nd fndd th nt-thrtrn ntrntnl n 1872. Frm 1870 ntl hs dth n 1876, Bknn wrt hs lngr wrks sch s Sttsm nd nrchy nd Gd nd th Stt, bt h cntnd t drctly prtcpt n rpn wrkr nd psnt mvmnts. n 1870, h ws nvlvd n n nsrrctn n Lyn, Frnc. Bknn sght t tk prt n n nrchst nsrrctn n Blgn, tly, bt hs dclnng hlth frcd hm t rtrn t Swtzrlnd n dsgs.
Bknn s rmmbrd s mjr fgr n th hstry f nrchsm nd s n ppnnt f Mrxsm, spclly f th dcttrshp f th prltrt, rgng tht Mrxst stts wld b n-prty dcttrshps rlng vr th prltrt, nt rld by th prltrt. Hs bk Gd nd th Stt hs bn wdly trnsltd nd rmns n prnt. Bknn hs hd sgnfcnt nflnc n thnkrs sch s Ptr Krptkn, rrc Mltst, Hrbrt Mrcs, . P. Thmpsn, Nl Pstmn nd . S. Nll s wll s syndclst rgnztns sch s th WW, th nrchsts n th Spnsh Cvl Wr nd cntmprry nrchsts nvlvd n th mdrn-dy nt-glblztn mvmnt.