…the Battle for the Ukraine, 1917-1921.
"Of the many violent and often grandiose and dramatic revolutionist/reactionary heroes and/or tyrants of the Russian Civil War 1917-1921, perhaps none is as controversial or infamous as the Ukrainian anarchist-peasant turned revolutionary guerrilla warlord, "Batko" (Father) Nestor Makhno (b.1889-1934). Makhno is referred to as "Anarchy's Cossack" and was called the "bandit who saved Moscow" during the Russian Civil War for the tireless campaign of insurgent and guerrilla activities which he perpetrated against many different enemy combatants between 1917-1921.
The influence and the impact of the greater culture of the irregular guerrilla insurgent and cavalrymen cannot be overstated in regards to the Russian Civil War and its corresponding conflicts from 1917-1923. Though essentially outlaw bandits in some cases, there were some units who were legitimate military forces as well, whether they be ‘Red', ‘White', revolutionary or reactionist, anarchist or nationalist, all were a product of Russian culture and the general socio-economic & cultural turmoil of the fall of the old Russian Imperial regime.
Makhno and his anarchist Makhnovist faction were revolutionaries by doctrine and yet they were counter revolutionaries and also anti-reactionary. They were anti-monarchy & anti-imperialist of course. Makhno and his men waved the black flag of anarchism, his armies fighting for those who oppressed or would oppress the peasant peoples of Ukraine.For their militant & semi collectivist-anarchist stance alone, the Makhnovists were markedly unique among the many different armies, movements, and political factions which developed in not just the Ukraine from 1917-1920, but in all of corners Russia and central Europe and in parts Asia as well during the same period…"
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