Ukraine
Dermenzhi (Dermendzhi) aka Batko Dermenzhi (around 1880-1921
A short biography of Dermenzhi, Potemkin mutineer, Makhnovist commander and anarchist communist.
Dermenzhi, whose first name remains a mystery for the present, was born in the Ismail district of Bessarabia, within the Russian Empire (and not in Georgia as Skirda states). He came from the middle class. He began to work in the electrical and telegraph services.
Kobets, Grigori (or Ryhor) 1898-1990
A short biography of celebrated Bielorussian playwright Grigor Kobets, who fought with the Makhnovists.
The Makhnovist playwright
Grigori Kobets was born on the 12th (24th Gregorian calendar) July 1898 in Elizavetgrad (now Kirovohrad) in the Ukraine within the Russian Empire.
