Makhnovists
The strategy and nature of Bolshevism
The final chapters of Gabriel and Dany Cohn-Bendit's book Obsolete Communism, the Left-Wing Alternative, which deal with the theory and practise of Lenin, Trotsky and the Bolshevik Party during the Russian Revolution
Proletarian Insurrection in Ukraine (1918-1921)
The ICG on the revolutionary anti-Bolshevik uprising in Ukraine.
1. Introduction
Boris Yelensky's memoirs of the Russian Revolution
Anarchist Boris Yelensky's memoirs of the Russian Revolution. Yelensky later published Maximov's work and was a central figure in the Anarchist Black Cross.
I was born February 17th, 1889, in the city of Yekotirenodar (the gift of Catherine the Great), now known as Krasnodar, located in the province of Kuban, in the northern part of southern Russia. I was the fourth child of a middle-class family. My father had a shop that manufactured fur hats for the Cossacks.
Who are the Makhnovists and what are they fighting for?
A statement by the Cultural Educational Section of the Insurgent Army (Makhnovists), 27 April 1920.
To All Peasants and Workers of the Ukraine
A message from the Makhnovist army to the people of the Ukraine, written 7 January 1920.
To be transmitted by telegraph, telephone, or post to all villages, townships, districts, and provinces of the Ukraine. To be read in village assemblies, factories, and workshops.
The Struggle Against the State and Other Essays
An anthology of articles by Ukrainian libertarian communist and guerrilla fighter Nestor Makhno
The anthology deals with both Makhno's experiences during the Russian Revolution and wider questions of organisation etc.
Manifesto of the Makhnovists
Manifesto of the Makhnovists, written in 1918 by Nestor Makhno.
Organisational Platform of the General Union of Anarchists (Draft)
In 1926 a group of exiled Russian anarchists in France, the Dielo Trouda (Workers' Cause) group, published this pamphlet (also known as the 'Organisational Platform of the Libertarian Communists') on organisation based on their experiences in the 1917 Russian revolution.
It arose not from some academic study but from their concrete experiences in the revolution. They had taken part in the overthrow of the old ruling class, had been part of the blossoming of workers' and peasants' self- management, had shared the widespread optimism about a new world of socialism and freedom...
Arshinov, Peter, 1887-1937
A short biography of Russian revolutionary anarchist and protagonist of the Ukrainian Makhnovist movement, Peter Arshinov.
Exiled to France, he later appeared to split with anarchism, but was killed after re-entering the USSR in 1937 for apparently attempting to organise anarchist groups.
Peter Arshinov
Aka Piotr Andrievich Marin, Peter Arshinoff or F. I. Mikhailski. Born 1887 – Andreivka, Russia, died in or around 1937, USSR
Feldman, Leah, 1899-1993
A biography of Polish-born anarchist Leah Feldman, nicknamed the "Makhnovist Granny" who tirelessly devoted her life for the cause of working class emancipation.
Leah Feldman, who was cremated in London on January 7th, 1994 was one of the ordinary men and women who rarely get into history books but have been the backbone of the anarchist movement.
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