Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Bakunin akakurira muPryamukhino, nzvimbo yemhuri muTver Governorate. Kubva muna 1840, akadzidza kuMoscow, ndokuzoenda kuBerlin achitarisira kupinda muzvikoro. Gare gare muParis, akasangana naKarl Marx naPierre-Joseph Proudhon, avo vakamupesvedzera zvikuru. Kuwedzera kwoudzvinyiriri kwaBakunin kwakagumisa tariro yebasa rouprofesa. Akadzingwa muFrance nemhaka yokushora kubatwa kwePoland neRussia. Muna 1849, akasungwa muDresden nekuda kwekutora chikamu kwake mukupandukira kweCzech kwa1848 uye akaendeswa kuRussia, kwaakatanga kuiswa mutirongo muSaint Petersburg, ndokuzoiswa muShlisselburg nhare kubva muna 1854 uye pakupedzisira akaendeswa kuSiberia muna 1857. Akapukunyuka achipfuura nomuJapan achienda kuUnited States ndokuzoenda kuLondon, kwaakashanda naAlexander Herzen pamagazini inonzi "Kolokol" ("The Bell"). Muna 1863, Bakunin akabva kuti anobatana ne
kupandukira muPoland, asi akakundikana kusvika ikoko uye panzvimbo pezvo akapedza nguva muSwitzerland neItaly.