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The 2005 Nine Lives of Nestor Makhno was a Russian biographical miniseries about Nestor Makhno's life. Pavel Derevyanko portrayed Makhno, and Russian critics gave his performance high praise. The series was noted for its positive portrayal of Makhno, although some reviewers also criticised the series for lacking narrative coherence.

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.

In these events an important part was played by the Insurgent Revolutionary Army under Nestor Makhno, a peasant by origin, an out-and-out revolutionary of Anarchist views, and a guerilla leader of outstanding ability. Apart from his influence on the course of the war, his story provides a unique example of an attempt to put Anarchist principles ...

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.

Nestor Ivanovich Makhno is an exiled Ukrainian revolutionary, former leader of the Ukrainian Black Army, convinced anarchist and military commander in service of the Commune of France. Infamous for his use of guerilla tactics during the Russian Civil War, which involved surprise assaults on German and Austrian holdouts in Eastern Ukraine with so-called "tachankas", Makhno now works for the ...

At first Makhno and his men fought against the Russian white army and supported the Bolshewiks. But later attempted to found a an anarchist society in a territory in the Ukraine. Which lasted for 2 years before the Soviet Union took it over. In 1921 he was forced into exile and Makhno died in 1934 in France. Makhno is also considered to be the ...