biographies

Biographies of revolutionaries, radicals, historical figures and working class activists.

Emma Goldman

Emma Goldman

Yakov Maskalevsky (?-1922) aka Gold Tooth

A short biography of anarchist and Makhovist Yakov Maskalevsky alias Gold Tooth

Dvigomirov, Grigory (?-1921)

A short biography of Russian anarchist communist Grigory Dvigomirov

Grigory Savonov

Savonov, Grigory Mikhailovich aka Grischka (1898-1922)

A short biography of Grigory Savonov, Makhnovist commander

Panteleimon Belochub

Belochub, Panteleimon Fedorovich (1892-1929)

A short biography of Makhnovist and anarchist Pantaleimon Belochub

Dolzhenko, Ivan (?-1921?)

A short biography of Makhnovist and anarchist communist Ivan Dolzhenko

Sirobaba

Sirobaba, Iakov Matviyovich aka Syrovatsky (189? -1923)

A short biography of the diehard Makhnovist commander Iakov Sirobaba aka Syrovatsky

The Chekist, Medvedev.

A gold watch for Medvedev: the killing of the Flea

A short account of the killing of Makhnovist commander Ivan Pogrebnyak alias The Flea

Kamenyuk

Avramenko, Andrei Andreevich aka Kamenyuk, Kamenev, Kamyany (1880-1921)

A short biography of the independent minded Makhnovist commander Kamenyuk

Koitscho Koitschew (1922-2019) [ German language version ]

Am 3. April 2019, kurz vor seinem 97. Geburtstag, ist unser treuer alte Genosse Koitscho Koitschew…

Olga Malitskaya

Malitskaya, Olga Ivanovna (Yanovna) (1881-1937)

A short biography of the anarchist Olga Malitskaya

Shalom Schwartzbard, 1886-1938.

Schwartzbard, Shalom (1886-1938)

Short biography of Jewish anarchist poet and participant in both 1905 and 1917 Russian revolutions Shalom Schwartzbard, who carried out a revenge…

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon.

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, 1809-1865: A Biography - Dana Ward

Short biography of Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, the first thinker to ever call themselves an 'anarchist'.