Time for Insurrectionary History!
Enough of commemorating political and religious figures.
Let’s remember those who rebelled :)
Makhnovia established 1918 to be a stateless anarchist society
Flag attributed to the Makhnovists by Bolshevik media, proclaiming "Death to all those who stand in the way of the working people"
Makhnovshchina or Makhnovia (Ukrainian: Махновщина, romanized: Makhnovshchyna; Russian: Махновщина, romanized: Makhnovshchina), resulted from an attempt to form a #stateless #anarchist society in parts of #Ukraine during the #RussianRevolution of 1917–1923. It existed from 1918 to 1921, during which time free soviets and #libertarian #communes operated under the protection of Nestor Makhno's Revolutionary Insurrectionary Army. The area had a population of around seven million.
#Makhnovia was established with the capture of #Huliaipole by Makhno's forces on 27 November 1918. An #insurrectionary staff was set up in the city, which became the territory's de facto capital. #Russian forces of the White movement, under Anton Denikin, occupied part of the region and formed a temporary government of Southern Russia in March 1920, resulting in the de facto capital being briefly moved to Katerynoslav (modern-day Dnipro). In late March 1920, Denikin's forces retreated from the area, having been driven out by the Red Army in cooperation with Makhno's forces, whose units conducted #guerrilla warfare behind Denikin's lines. Makhnovia was disestablished on 28 August 1921, when a badly-wounded Makhno and 77 of his men escaped through Romania after several high-ranking officials were executed by Bolshevik forces. Remnants of the #BlackArmy continued to fight until late 1922.
