The Anarchism of Nestor Makhno,
1918-1921
AN ASPECT OF THE UKRAINIAN REVOLUTION
Michael Palij
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON PRESS SEATTLE AND LONDON
1976
This book is sponsored by the Russian and East European Program
of the Institute for Comparative and Foreign Area Studies (formerly Far
Eastern and Russian Institute), University of Washington, Seattle.
To My Mother and Father
Illustrations
Hetman Pavlo P. Skoropads'kyi, Symon Petliura;
Volodymyr K. Vynnychenko; Mykhailo Hrushevs
Makhno and partisans
Anarchist group of Huliai-Pole
Nestor Makhno
Characteristic group of Makhno men
Nestor Makhno; Makhno's staff
Nestor Makhno, Paris, 1930-31
Contents
Prelude to Revolution 3
- The Ukrainian Revolution 21
- The Partisan Movement 41
- The Socioeconomic Background
of Peasant Unrest in Makhno's Region 46
- The Peasants and the Ukrainian Government 52
- The Anarchism of the Peasants and Makhno 57
- Nestor Makhno 67
- Makhno's National Consciousness 75
- Makhno, the Bolsheviks, and the Central Rada 81
- Makhno's Visits with Kropotkin and Lenin 90
- The Origin of Makhno's Partisan Movement 96
- Organization and Tactics
of Makhno's Partisan Army 104
- The Overthrow of the Hetman
and the Establishment of the Directory 117
- Makhno and the Directory 143
- Makhno and the Bolsheviks 148
- Nykyfor Hryhor'iv 160
- The Bolsheviks Break with Makhno 175
- The Volunteer Army and Makhno 178
- Makhno's Army Outlawed by the Bolsheviks 209
- Makhno between Wrangel and the Bolsheviks 215
- The Last Phase of the Makhno Struggle 231
- Epilogue 242
Conclusion 245
Appendix: Leaders of the Makhno Army 254
Abbreviations 263
Bibliography 313
Index 417
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