NESTOR IVANOVICH MAKHNO

(Nestor Ivanovych Makhno)


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After the Russian Revolution he fought both the Whites and the Reds. He finally lost to the Reds and was banished. Both the Red and White armies went on pogroms and attacked Jews. The Whites were the worst and did so with the complicity of their officers by and large. The Reds, under Symon Petliura issued orders {617892} against pogroms but didn’t enforce it much. Makhno’s troops had some minor anti-Semitic activity but he disciplined them harshly. Specifically he had them shot. None the less, the few incidents were publicized by both the Reds and the Whites who were themselves engaged in the worst anti-Semitic behavior used their exaggeration as propaganda against Makhno and his army.


After the Russian Revolution he fought both the Whites and the Reds. He finally lost to the Reds and was banished. He maintained a classic guerilla army.


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Nestor Ivanovich Makhno
Nestor Ivanovich Makhno
  • Born: November 7, 1888
  • Died: July 25, 1934
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Nestor Ivanovych Makhno, commonly known as Bat'ko Makhno (Ukrainian: батько Махно; ˈbɑtʲko mɐxˈnɔ, "Father Makhno"), was a Ukrainian anarchist revolutionary and the commander of an independent anarchist army in Ukraine from 1917–21.