Ukraine
Makhno, Nestor, 1889-1934
A short biography of anarchist and guerrilla leader Nestor Makhno, who led the anarchist Insurrectionary Army of the Ukraine, known as the Makhnovist movement.
This movement was the manifestation of the Russian Revolution of 1917 in the Ukraine, where it took a libertarian form and where the workers and peasants fought both the counter-revolutionary Tsarist armies and the authoritarian Bolsheviks.
Nestor Ivanovich Makhno
Born Ukraine, 27 October 1889, died France, 25 June 1934
1917-1921: The Ukrainian Makhnovist movement
The history of the revolutionary movement in the Ukraine - the anarchist Makhnovists - at the time of the 1917 Russian Revolution.
The revolution in the Ukraine was a libertarian revolution, and the workers and peasants fought both Tsarist reaction and Bolshevik domination.
Radowitzky, Simon, 1891-1956
A biography of Ukrainian-born anarchist Simon Radowitzky, who assassinated a police chief responsible for the killings of workers.
Simon Radowitzky
Aka Szymon Radowicki, born 10 September or November 1891 - Ukraine, died 29 February 1956 - Mexico
Szymon Radowicki (more usually known in Argentina as Simon Radowitzky) was born on either the 10th of September or November 1891 into a workers family in the Jewish community in the little Ukrainian village of Stepanice (Stapanesso).
Rubel, Maximilien, 1905-1996
A short biography of Ukrainian-born French council communist Maximilien Rubel.
Maximilien Rubel
Born 1905 - Chernivtsi, Ukraine, died February 1996 - Paris, France
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
Pesotta, Rose, 1896-1965
A short biography of Ukrainian-born Jewish anarchist and garment worker labour organiser Rose Pesotta.
Rose Pesotta
Born Rakhel Peisoty, 1896 - Ukraine, died 1965 - US
Few female Jewish immigrants to the U.S. have led lives as dynamic and eventful as Rose Pesotta.
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.
Manifesto of the Makhnovists
Manifesto of the Makhnovists, written in 1918 by Nestor Makhno.
