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Nestor Makhno and the Greens (1918–21)

On the Russian Revolution map as “Makhno and the Greens”

1918–21 — Nestor Makhno’s anarchist peasant army fights Germans, Whites and finally Reds across the Ukrainian steppe. The “Greens” — peasants against all requisitioners — are the war’s uncounted third side.

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Turning point
Chapter
Why the Reds won the Russian Civil War (chapter 9 of Russian Revolution)
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The Russian Revolution, 1855–1924
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Map showing Nestor Makhno and the Greens (1918–21), turning point in The Russian Revolution, 1855–1924
TURNING POINT · THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION, 1855–1924

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