Pravda, Simeon (Batko Pravda), 1877-1921
Submitted by Battlescarred on Nov 1 2009 13:19
A short biography of Simeon Pravda, one of the most colourful of the Makhnovist commanders.
Simeon Pravda was born into a family of farm-hands in Lyubimovka near Alexandrovsk. He became an anarchist-communist from 1904, and took part in armed actions against the Tsarist regime. He worked on the railway as a coupler at Gaychur station in 1905,and it was there that he was involved in an accident that led to the loss of both his legs.
Zhivoder, c.1883-1920
Submitted by Battlescarred on Nov 1 2009 12:01
A short biography of Zhivoder, a revolutionary sailor who moved from Bolshevism to anarchism.
From Bolshevism to Makhnovism
Zheleznyakov, Nikolai Grigorievich (1893-1918/1919)
Submitted by Battlescarred on Nov 1 2009 01:07
A short biography of Nikolai, the far less known brother of the anarchist Anatoli Zheleznyakov.
The other Zheleznyakov
Brova, Mikhail or Brava aka Batko Brova, ?-1921
Submitted by Battlescarred on Oct 11 2009 13:39
A short biography of Mikhail Brova, Makhnovist commander, anarchist communist and associate of Maslakov
Mikhail Brova was born into a peasant family in the village of Novogrigorevka, in the Ekaterinoslav province of the Ukraine. From early childhood, he worked as a mechanic–locksmith at the station at Avdeevka Yuzovsky.
Dermenzhi (Dermendzhi) aka Batko Dermenzhi (around 1880-1921
Submitted by Battlescarred on Sep 23 2009 20:12
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.
Budanov, Avraam, 1886?-1928/9?
Submitted by Battlescarred on Sep 11 2009 13:36
A short biography of Avraam Budanov, who fought with the Makhnovists and continued an underground struggle after the defeat of the movement
Avraam Budanov was born into a peasant family in Slavyanoserbsk in Ekaterinoslav province. It appears that he came from the Bulgarian national minority in the Ukraine. From childhood he worked as a fitter in Lugansk. He became an anarchist-communist in 1905, and took part in revolutionary activities in the Donbas basin between1905-1907.
Vdovichenko, Trofim Yakovlevich, 1889-1921
Submitted by Battlescarred on Sep 2 2009 20:03
A short biography of Trofim Vdovichenko, gifted guerilla commander and one of the most heroic figures of the Makhnovist movement
Trofim Vdovichenko was born into a family of poor peasants in Novospasovka in the Ukraine. He received a primary education. From 1910 he was a member of the Novospasovka group of anarchist-communists, alongside Viktor Belash ,Vassily Kurilenko, Luca Bondarets, Filipp Goncharenko, Vladimir Protsenko and Fomenko who also all had leading roles in the Makhnovist movement later on.
Brother, Can You Spare A Ukrainian Section? - Red and Black Notes
Article by Red and Black Notes on the fraudulent "Ukrainian section" of several Trotskyist internationals, which obtained much money from several competing tendancies by mouthing the correct slogans to the right people.
The little world in which the left ekes out its meagre existence recently saw a minor scandal emerge, when a Ukrainian Trotskyist organization affiliated to the Committee for a Workers' International (CWI) simultaneously represented itself to several other left-wing and Trotskyist organizations as "their" sections.
Kobets, Grigori (or Ryhor) 1898-1990
Submitted by Battlescarred on Jul 9 2009 09:16
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.
Sacha Piotr (Sascha Pjotr) aka Alexander Shapiro aka Sergei 1889/1890-1942(?)
Submitted by Battlescarred on May 16 2009 12:59
A short biography of the obscure figure of Ukrainian anarchist Sacha Piotr-real name Alexander Schapiro, active in the Ukraine, Russia, Belgium, France and Germany. He fought with the anarchists in Spain and was murdered by the Nazis in Auschwitz. Father of the gifted mathematican Alexander Grothendieck.
Alexander Schapiro was born into a Jewish family with a Hasidic background in Novozybkov in the Ukraine on October 11th 1889 or 6th August 1890. This is the date given by his son Alexander, but it is not clear whether this was by the Julian or Gregorian calendar! In addition the Red Cross report of 1957 on him give two different birth dates, one of 10/11/1889 and one of 11/10/1889!
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