History of the Makhnovist Movement (1918-1921)

Voline’s Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Author’s Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Chapter 1. Democracy and the Working Masses in the Russian
Revolution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Chapter 2. The October Upheaval in Great Russia and in the Ukraine. . 27
Chapter 3. The Revolutionary Insurrection in the Ukraine. Makhno. . . 33
Makhno. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Chapter 4. The Fall of the Hetman. Petliurism. Bolshevism. . . . . . . . . . 45
Bolshevism. Its Class Character. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Chapter 5. The Makhnovshchina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Chapter 6. The Makhnovshchina (Continuation). Grigor’ev’s
Revolt. The Bolsheviks’ First Assault on Gulyai-Polye. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Chapter 7. The Long Retreat of the Makhnovists And Their
Victory. Execution of Grigor’ev. Battle of Peregonovka. Rout of
Denikin’s Troops. Period of Freedom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Chapter 8. Errors of the Makhnovists. Second Bolshevik Assault
on the Insurgent Region. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Chapter 9. Makhnovist Pact With the Soviet Government. Third
Bolshevik Assault. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Chapter 10. The Meaning of the National Problem in the
Makhnovshchina. The Jewish Question. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Appendix to Chapter 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Chapter 11. Makhno’s Personality. Biographical Notes on Some
Members of the Movement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Biographical Notes on Some Members of the Movement. . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Chapter 12. The Makhnovshchina and Anarchism. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Appendix. Some Makhnovist Proclamations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195