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makhno, nestor ivanovich (1889 – 1934), leader of an insurgent peasant army in the civil war and hero of the libertarian Left. Born in Ukraine of peasant stock in Hulyai-Pole, Yekaterinoslav guberniya, Nestor Makhno (n é Mikhnenko) became an anarchist during the 1905 Revolution.

Nestor Ivanovych Makhno (8 November [O.S. 27 October] 1888 – 25 July 1934), also known as Bat'ko Makhno ("Father Makhno"), was a Ukrainian anarchist revolutionary and the commander of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine during the Ukrainian Civil War.

The Makhnovshchina(Ukrainian: Махновщина, romanized: Makhnovshchyna) was a mass movementto establish anarcho-communismin southernand eastern Ukraineduring the Ukrainian War of Independenceof 1917–1921. Named after Nestor Makhno, the commander-in-chief of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine, its aim was to create a system of ...

Nestor Makhno was a Ukrainian anarchist revolutionary who led an independent army in Ukraine during the Russian Revolution. Born into a poor family in Ukraine (part of the erstwhile Russian Empire), he had worked as a shepherd in his childhood to make ends meet. After working at a few other places during his later teenage years, he became ...

Nestor Makhno. Nestor Makhno (1921) Nestor Ivanovych Makhno (7 November 1888-25 July 1934) was a Ukrainian anarchist revolutionary and the commander of an independent anarchist army in Ukraine from 1917–21.

Nestor Makhno and the Russian Civil War During the fierce struggle that followed the Russian Revolution, writes David Footman, an intrepid Ukrainian guerilla leader waged war against Whites and Reds alike.

The armed struggle of the working people against the counter-revolution in general and the Austro-German invasion in particular has been undertaken with the ideological and organic guidance of the anarchist-communists exclusively.”. ― Nestor Makhno, My Visit to the Kremlin.

Nestor Makhno has 32 books on Goodreads with 1419 ratings. Nestor Makhno’s most popular book is The Struggle Against the State and Other Essays.