Nestor Makhno and the Ukrainian Black Army | Russian Civil War

Nestor Makhno and the Ukrainian Black Army | Russian Civil War | Polandball/Countryball history

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@CallMeEzekiel Жыл бұрын

*💬Bonus Reading Below: Nestor Makhno and the Jews (and the Mennonites)* 🥰Patreon: www.patreon.com/CallMeEzekiel ▶KZfaq Memberships: kzfaq.info/love/nZ1r94_Ptz_1gN5VBnE0Mgjoin ⭐SubscribeStar: www.subscribestar.com/CallMeEzekiel 🙏PayPal: www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=EAQPBZ8VHGFL6 📚Main sources: 🏴Nestor Makhno and Rural Anarchism in Ukraine, 1917-1921: amzn.to/3zxffs0 ⚪The Russian Civil War: amzn.to/3h4PDvV 🔴Red Victory: A History of the Russian Civil War: amzn.to/3DTcS52 Note: As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Crypto: 💸 🟠BTC: bc1qj2szqj0h0rj2zz5x0zdhr8fzrh85zmatwxht26 🔵ETH: 0x0344A4aF3eCe5F8E5C0f65FC4c7eB667bf31cD60 You can also watch us on... 👀 ❤Odysee: odysee.com/@CallMeEzekiel 💚Rumble: rumble.com/CallMeEzekiel *💬Bonus Reading: Nestor Makhno and the Jews (and the Mennonites) -* Something I couldn’t get into the video was Makhno’s approach to dealing with Ukraine’s various ethnic conflicts. The country had always had a long and brutal history of antisemitism. Ukrainian leaders of the Russian Civil War (including Petliura and Grigor’ev) saw no reason to change this and, like their ancestors, harassed and organized pogroms against Ukraine’s Jews. This made Nestor Makhno totally unique among his contemporaries because he was completely opposed to antisemitism. He punished his men whenever they targeted Jews and was happy to recruit them into the Black Army. A group with which Makhno had much worse relations was the Mennonites - German settlers from the time of Catherine the Great. When the Germans occupied Ukraine, they formed militias and fought against Makhno and other Ukrainian groups. This was in spite of the fact that they were officially pacifists. This turned all of Ukraine, including the Blacks, against the Mennonites. Fighting was frequent and there are reports claiming that, after the capture of Berdyansk, the Black Army carried out pogroms against the Mennonite community in the area.

@SandeaterIV Жыл бұрын

Helicopter 🚁

@ryanfarrelly4647 Жыл бұрын

Belgium (when they had no government for a long time)

@Munchkino Жыл бұрын

I've gotta make a meme about this.

@benjamintin136 Жыл бұрын

My family on my mother's side was made up of Mennonites. According to my great-grandpa, who was a child during the civil war, the black army was the greatest danger to his village. Almost all of the neighboring ones had been raided by Makhno, and there was constant fear that they'd be hit next. Great-grandpa said that his father bought a rifle just so he could protect his family in case Bat'ko Makhno ever decided that their village was next. Out of all the armies that passed through, Wrangel's White Army was the only one that showed any kind of sympathy for my family, and they were happy to come under his protection during his rule over Crimea and Torreda.

@jas1007 Жыл бұрын

I'm glad you mentioned it here, because his anti-antisemetism is another interesting aspect to his character. I did not know about the mennonite stuff though.

@sansinator0889 Жыл бұрын

>Be Anarchist >Be relatively good at fighting >Align with Moscow >Die Happened in spain and Ukraine

@jessl1934 10 ай бұрын

>Be anarchist >Compete in a lifelong Don't Read History competition >Lead in the competition >Regurgitate falsehoods that are handed down based on zero facts Happens on the internet all the time

@callidusvulpes5556 6 ай бұрын

@@jessl1934 I imagine you haven't read much history on anarchist nations.

@jessl1934 6 ай бұрын

@@callidusvulpes5556 Go ahead then, take your pick. You'd be surprised.

@tezismith8795 6 ай бұрын

Kenyan anarchism @@jessl1934

@callidusvulpes5556 6 ай бұрын

@@jessl1934 Of the anarchist nations that have come about they've all been destroyed due to outside forces specifically the USSR as the Soviet leadership hated nothing more than communists that didn't advocate for authoritarianism as the means to achieve it. Revolutionary Catalonia and Makhnovia were both destroyed by them for instance and you'll struggle to find studies indicating they were failing in any sense other than militarily due to overwhelming amounts of enemies, quite the opposite actually they were achieving both higher growth rates than capitalist war time economies and were actually able to secure gains from that growth rather than inefficiently just plugging in tons of inputs to try and meet ridiculous output demands.

@theyakamoz1 Жыл бұрын

Do one on Green Ukraine and the rest of the Green Armies, or maybe the Japanese during the Russian Civil War. Or maybe other separatists or even Germany during it.

@ryanfarrelly4647 Жыл бұрын

Wasn't GU around Vladvistok (sorry if wrong spelling)/Outer Manchuria

@MrPeterPan Жыл бұрын

@@ryanfarrelly4647 Vladivostok. Yes they were theee

@theyakamoz1 Жыл бұрын

@Chase Williams I could be wrong but I think they took over some of Siberia like Vladivostok.

@bossbeartherock6034 Жыл бұрын

The bloody Baron and the us invasion of the northwest

@dimanyak373 Жыл бұрын

Green Ukraine wasn't one of the Green Armies, it was a nationalist movement of Ukrainians in Siberia

@E-Brightvoid Жыл бұрын

And people wonder why anarchists have zero faith in communists.

@jessl1934 10 ай бұрын

Maybe Makhno shouldn't have betrayed the Bolsheviks and his army wouldn't have gotten clapped.

@koliadazt236 7 ай бұрын

@@jessl1934and where did he betray? With his partisan actions he stopped Denikin’s army, which was rushing to Moscow and could destroy the Bolsheviks, then, together with the Bolsheviks, he defeated the black baron Wrangel in the Crimea, and after all this help (when there were no strong enemies left) Makhno was suddenly declared a traitor and Destroy, don’t you think this is a setup?

@jessl1934 7 ай бұрын

@@koliadazt236 When he commanded his secret police to summarily execute former Bolshevik commanders who defected to the Black Army (extremely anarchist of him to be judge, jury, and executioner like that - and Arshinov would agree.) When he sought to suppress domestic Bolshevik printing presses in Ukraine (free speech for me, not for thee!) When he set up terror cells in the Soviet Union. There's also matters of his military command which, in my opinion, are questionable at points but that is an extremely complicated matter to discuss and draw conclusions from and the KZfaq comments section is just about the worst place to have an earnest discussion about it and to share/dispute sources and competing accounts of Black Army movements during that period so I'm going to give this particular topic a hard pass.

@SubvertTheState 3 ай бұрын

@@koliadazt236 Objective perspectives based on evidence and reason do not matter to the type of person who has a desire to control/rule over others. Often they'll come up with reasons which lower the guard of the public, but it's simply a utility to acquire power. The Bolsheviks would murder any other faction, even if it was a perfectly ideal communist faction. Because it's not about what's right or wrong, ideologically sound or not. It's about direct control, assured through fear and the threat of violence.

@akyawzayya 2 ай бұрын

@@jessl1934 TYPICAL LEFTARD

@uamaz5615 Жыл бұрын

One thing that should be noted is that Grigori'ev was a typical warlord and did not represent the whole Ukrainian People's Republic. He had switched time several times over (first joining the UPR, than defecting to the Soviets and then starting an anti-soviet revolt then planning to join the Whites). The UPR was called nationalist mostly by soviet propaganda, when in fact it was overwhelmingly socialists, but seeking separation from Russia.

@BIGESTblade Жыл бұрын

'Course he didn't. Because UPR had nothing to do with Machno and his men. You can cut it how you like, but it was nationalistic regardless of its ideology, moreover their ideology changed several times. At the start maybe it was socialist, nobody really knows for sure. Later, during the Htemanate is certainly wasn't. The only thing they would've all agreed on is that Ukraine must be free and Russians are to be shot dead.

@Project_Amirani Жыл бұрын

UPR was social-democratic not socialist. And yes it was nationalist also, because it wanted separation form Russia. That is literally definiton of nationalism that you want suvereign state with ethnically "correct" people in the head. Whyle socialist were are and will always be internationalists.

@uamaz5615 Жыл бұрын

@@Project_Amirani UPR at first tried to negotiate for wide autonomy inside Russia, but only after a refusal and the October revolution soon after did it declare independence. And what do you mean ethnically "correct" people? While there were instances of pogroms by warlords the UPR never endorsed any killing or displacement of any nationalities.

@Project_Amirani Жыл бұрын

@@uamaz5615 I mean that they wanted Ukrainians to govern suvereign Ukraine, thinking that ukrainain bourgeois parties will look after Ukraine and it's people better than russian ones and will not robb it in their own private interest. Well in USSR ukraine was governed by Ukrianians too and they had representatives in council of nationalities (and way more developed economy and culture) but still.

@uamaz5615 Жыл бұрын

@@Project_Amirani Well you must remember that the Russians were "efficiently governing" (assimilating) them for 300 years, so they had a very good reason to be suspicious. And the process of promoting Ukrainian culture and language was started only after the end of the civil war, and rolled back very quickly when the risk of revolt has passed. After that there was russification, expropriation and a lot of purges, so I think UPR had the right idea.

@quartztemplar3676 Жыл бұрын

Looking up Makhnovschina history without crying challenge (impossible)

@jessl1934 10 ай бұрын

You must be a Mennonite or something

@nathanseper8738 2 ай бұрын

Yep...

@Ritterkreuz Жыл бұрын

I would love to see more videos about the Spanish Civil War. Great video nonetheless, keep up the good work!

@BeeEmpress Жыл бұрын

Yippe

@ashen1921 Жыл бұрын

A firefight didn’t breakout, and while Grigoriev did seek some of things that was relatively private, not in front of 20,000 people. Grigoriev was shot by Makhno after creating a banner that claimed “Death to Jews, long live anarchy, and long live Makhno” after being asked if he had made the standard or not.

@ikengaspirit3063 Жыл бұрын

so makhno assassinated d guy

@user-xz1ck1hc1m Жыл бұрын

I heard that he burned his agitator when he writed a pro-makhnovist poster, but with Inscription «Beat the Jews”

@NamorleCanarky Жыл бұрын

@@ikengaspirit3063 more like executed

@YourLocalAntifascist Жыл бұрын

One reason more that guy was based. Fuck Antisemitism.

@ssach7 Жыл бұрын

@@ikengaspirit3063 No, he killed an antisemite

@AFlyingG3rman Жыл бұрын

Your Russian civil war series has been amazing! Keep up the good content

@magicaljohn1499 Жыл бұрын

Something about Central Asia during the civil war would be cool (Enver Pasha, the Basmachi Movement)

@averagebohemian5791 Жыл бұрын

True!!!!

@extrahistory8956 Жыл бұрын

The Jadids, Emirates of Kiva and Bukhara, Basmachi, etc have really interesting histories.

@Nick-vn3kg Жыл бұрын

Jadidism vs Kadimism would be interesting so cover

@xianxiaemperor1438 Жыл бұрын

The Basmachi are interesting tbh

@lorefox201 Жыл бұрын

swords of paradise is a good read, one of the main inspirations behind Dune

@StrudelerOfTheTSociety Жыл бұрын

I made a Makhno leader for Ukraine in Civ VI a few months ago. Really cool trying to add an anarchist civilization.

@TheLostArchangel666 Жыл бұрын

Consider making a CNT-FAI based mod too? Perhaps a Zapatista one? (There was a Zapatista mod in civ 5...)

@StrudelerOfTheTSociety Жыл бұрын

@@TheLostArchangel666 I've got a lot of plans for the Hispanidad, just not enough time, unfortunately.

@jessl1934 10 ай бұрын

Did you establish a military secret police and commit acts of gen*cide too?

@AndyKaknes Жыл бұрын

For anyone interested in reading about The Ukrainian Black Army & Nestor Makno, Moorhead State College Professor Dr. Victor Peters wrote a book in 1970 titled: Nestor Makhno - The Life of an Anarchist. It's surely worth reading...

@Inoffensive_name Жыл бұрын

One of the most amazing and overlooked historical events ever. What could've been if the Anarchists liberated Ukraine...

@therealjoediaz Жыл бұрын

Ukraine would’ve completely collapsed lol

@Inoffensive_name Жыл бұрын

@@therealjoediaz And in its place, hundreds of self-organized communities would've sprung up, fully in control of their cities and towns, rather than at the mercy of the incompetence of state, national, and international institutions.

@vorynrosethorn903 Жыл бұрын

And then they would have all been defeated in detail by the nearest state of any note, or by the most powerful one amongst them, probably Cossacks. It would literally be a repeat of the consolidation of Russia under Moscow, and the smaller the communities the bigger push overs they would be, such a disorganised, disunited and feeble structure is literally the conditions for a good source of slaves throughout most of history.

@MrPeterPan Жыл бұрын

@@Inoffensive_name the ussr brought Ukraine up and made it a industrial power

@ManMan-xq8jh Жыл бұрын

@@MrPeterPan And then burned it all down while retreating to Moscow

@maksymkashchuk5420 Жыл бұрын

During that period also were Black Zaporozhians, they had guerrilla tactic after bolsheviks win and even established short lived Kholodny Yar Republic. Their motto was "Ukraine or death" or "Freedom of Ukraine or death"

@Greatermememan Жыл бұрын

As you addressed an ancom society it would be excellent to see your take on Cospia. Excellent video man, keep up the good work.

@jebremocampo9194 Жыл бұрын

Recent fan. Glad I stumbled across your channel. Really liked your anarchist videos

@Burgerinc66 Жыл бұрын

Great job on this

@nathanseper8738 Жыл бұрын

I consider the betrayal of the Ukrainian anarchists to be one of the great tragedies of history. Who knows if their experiment in governance could've worked? Thank you for covering this sadly forgotten chapter in history.

@HistoryMonarch1999 Жыл бұрын

So far they seem to be doing alright for the Zapatistas and Kurds, probably a little updated too.

@Munchkino Жыл бұрын

Anarkiddie detected

@sven1966 Жыл бұрын

It would’ve never worked

@nathanseper8738 Жыл бұрын

@@HistoryMonarch1999 I was really upset by that too!

@hitokiriizo Жыл бұрын

CHAZ/CHOP says no.

@otto_von_garfield Жыл бұрын

I would recommend doing a video/videos on the dissolution of Austria-Hungary and the chaos that ensued.

@jath2540 Жыл бұрын

Literally just yesterday I was thinking about you making a video about the Free territory. What a good day!

@napoleonbonaparte4776 Жыл бұрын

Still waiting for Napoleon III If it MUST be a book: - the shadow emperor - memoirs of dr. Evans

@thenamesianna Жыл бұрын

Now I want to watch a movie on the Ukrainan Black Army

@DerDrako Жыл бұрын

There is a russian TV-Show called "Nine lives of Nestor Machno".

@typicaluser697 3 ай бұрын

@@DerDrakoyeah, I don't think russian tv about ukrainian is gonna be unbiased

@DerDrako 3 ай бұрын

@@typicaluser697 Technicly you are right. But it does not matter much in this case.

@alexnitaly764 Жыл бұрын

If only Makhno didn't ally with the damned Bolsheviks.

@GeneralBongmeister Жыл бұрын

He might of been lost faster, we may never know

@emilianorios4761 Жыл бұрын

Nice background music

@jj-uy6qs 11 ай бұрын

Nice video and introduction to a great person. His essays are well worth a read. i would love ro see a video on the anarchist societies in Korea that were around a bit later than this.

@xleplex7070 Жыл бұрын

I’ve been waiting for this video for so long I’m so glad that’s it’s finally out!

@American-Orthodox-Christian Жыл бұрын

Based anarchist

@sassoy3370 Жыл бұрын

Enjoyed the background music

@vladislavsulimenko5276 Жыл бұрын

I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOREVER FOR THIS

@engineer_429 Жыл бұрын

This guy always makes incredible videos

@PugkinSoup Жыл бұрын

Oooh more channels I can binge. Great video

@krampusx9784 Жыл бұрын

Notice how it said the anarchists lost morale when they were well-fed under the Reds. This shows how food comes before politics.

@thinstep4488 Жыл бұрын

Very good video, high effort. Love it!

@snuzzleberry8579 Жыл бұрын

Love your content dude keep it up!

@msmith1890 Жыл бұрын

Mother Anarchy loves her sons. Another great video.

@Atabey381 Жыл бұрын

Russian Civil War Indeed Is A Very Interesting Topic.

@diegoontour Жыл бұрын

Yes! I was looking forward to this!

@teenageriot8251 Жыл бұрын

🎶 Anarchia mama 🎶

@WatermelonVodka69 Жыл бұрын

1 thing to note: Makhno's ideology was not typical Anarcho-communism. It was called Platformism: basically a leftist version of Minarchism with a sort-of government that has little influence on the land other than preventing states from rising up in the commune and distributing land.

@izvinic2362 Жыл бұрын

actually Platformism was born later from the association of Russian anarchists in France, which Makhno was part of, the Free Territory wasn't Platformist, but the army specifically was taken as a model for the defence skeleton of Platformism

@hant_blue_habsbourg_bonapa9192 Жыл бұрын

This is not a "minarchy" just a centralised democracy for coordonate war efforts

@WatermelonVodka69 Жыл бұрын

@@hant_blue_habsbourg_bonapa9192 Yes

@creativename979 Жыл бұрын

That's not what platformism is at all. Platformism is, essentially, a form of anarchist praxis that rejects "leftist unity" and advocates for federations of specifically anarchist organizations that are united around a agreement on a core platform, to minimize infighting and prevent authoritarian cooption. It has nothing to do with the organization of a post-revolution society. It was invented by Makhno and others *after* the Russian Civil War, partly influenced by the Bolshevik's betrayal of the Anarchists. Your characterization of platformism isn't even within a mile of the truth. If you dropped a Tsar Bomba on actual Platformism, your description wouldn't even feel the shockwave. Makhno was a committed Anarchist-Communist, Platformism was a type of praxis for achieving Anarchist-Communism that Makhno & co. developed after the war, not a "leftist version of Minarchism". This leaves me with an important question: where the fuck did you get your idea of platformism from?

@creativename979 Жыл бұрын

@@hant_blue_habsbourg_bonapa9192 That is also incorrect. Read my other comment.

@dilisfola1864 Жыл бұрын

Love your content could u consider a video on ireland?

@catboynestormakhno2694 Жыл бұрын

No gods, no masters

@dclark142002 Жыл бұрын

...then why did Mahkno kill the dissenting voices in his army? Sounds a lot like Mahkno was the master...

@catboynestormakhno2694 Жыл бұрын

@@dclark142002 you mean the antisemetics who did pogroms, yeah id kill them too if they were in an army, almost like antisemetic pogroms is against the ideals of anarchism

@Yekatanarchist Жыл бұрын

@@dclark142002 You havent read his book have you. He killed those that betrayed him or caused harm to the ukranian farmers

@akramgimmini8165 Жыл бұрын

I have waited for this Amazing video as espected 👌

@15098D Жыл бұрын

I’d love to know more more about the Red Army side of the Civil War, seeing as you’ve done some videos for the other sides

@King-me Жыл бұрын

Great Video's

@ald6481 Жыл бұрын

LETS GO I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONEE

@hm-ux7lt Жыл бұрын

Its a good day when ezekiel uploads

@jimnicholas7334 Жыл бұрын

It'd be really interesting to have seen it suceed because I don't know how they would've managed their economy without the price system

@seanspindleshanks2529 Жыл бұрын

12:42 if that's about a video on Finland and Mannerheim, then count me excited

@itshenry8977 Жыл бұрын

Great video, Always thought what was that wierd anarchy state in ukraine

@baileygregory9192 Жыл бұрын

I can't wait for the video on the Friekorp and Sparticus revolt

@ILikeDreamcoreEyes Жыл бұрын

I would’ve been in the black army if it existed when we lived 🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴

@GeneralBongmeister Жыл бұрын

Actually it was hard to get in, you would have to get in a certain ime when they had enough resources

@ILikeDreamcoreEyes Жыл бұрын

@@GeneralBongmeister true.

@yakov95000 Жыл бұрын

Great man Makhno

@kombokil Жыл бұрын

Today is birthday of Nestor Mahno (8 November 1888). Happy Birthday Nestor! (A)

@connormclernon26 Жыл бұрын

Mother Anarchy Loves Her Sons

@roienjaune2110 Жыл бұрын

Good work I once again request an Ungern-Sternberg video good sire

@bvthebalkananarchistmapper5642 Жыл бұрын

so sad it failed in the end.

@St4r_Lord Жыл бұрын

Makhno 🍷🗿

@guyfromtheplaceshown3690 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Ezekial, I had been interested in History before, but whenever I would try and read any book I'd struggle to pay attention and get truly invested into them. That was until watching your video on Pyotr Wrangel, and then I bought Always With Honour, now I am 135 pages into it reading a little every day, and I look-see in every book store I can. Also I have watched a lot of your videos particularly around the general chaos of the Eastern Front and its aftermath, where do you get all your information? P.S. Do you think Pyotr Wrangel is similar to William Marshall?

@scandited2763 Жыл бұрын

Nice! Will you make a video about Ukrainian campaigns into Crimea by Bolbochan or Ukraine’s People’s Republic itself?

@Arturino_Burachelini Жыл бұрын

Too bad Makhno did not know about Böhm-Bawerk. Now the russo-Ukrainian front lays through Huliaipole

@twotrucks5263 Жыл бұрын

Mother Anarchy loves her sons! 🇺🇦 🇺🇦

@Matthew-xu2yp Жыл бұрын

Good video Can you do a video on Russian mafia in Ussr

@marcustonon4775 Жыл бұрын

mother anarchy really loves her sons

@sirnilsolav6646 Жыл бұрын

Honestly, this seems like a very romanticised picture of Nestor Makhno. You don't tell of any of the atrocities he and his men committed. Peasants would tell stories of how during Makhno's baptism, the priest's clothing caught fire and how he was going to be the Anti-Christ. One story tells of the village Steinbach and how a man, Epp, had found the entire village murdered by Makhno's men. If you're sensitive to atrocities, you should not read what I am about to quote. He says: "Here I saw a scene of indescribable horror that I will never forget as long as I live. Mrs Hildebrandt lay in the small bedroom just inside the door to the corner room, completely unclothed. One of her arms had been chopped off and lay on the floor in the middle of the room. Her youngest baby lay dead in the cradle. It's neck hacked off. The woman was one of those who had been raped, before or after her murder." This is just one of many of the atrocities Makhno's men committed. For sure, his men were not the only ones who plundered, murdered and raped, that was common, to varying degrees, among all of the different parties fighting in Ukraine, but his reputation for it should bear mention. I'm sorry, but I had to say this because you say words like "unfortunately" and seem excited at the idea of hearing what an anarchist society might have looked like, but you don't tell of the cost and horror from it.

@czescjestemztefan2562 Жыл бұрын

oh man. literally the entire thing u just wrote was based on a story of one village thats not even in ukraine. and obv its this pfp. ujust mad than lib-cap never happened, arent u?

@sirnilsolav6646 Жыл бұрын

@@czescjestemztefan2562 Doesn’t matter if it took place in Ukraine or not. It was committed by Makhno and his men. To romanticise about these revolutionaries, portraying them as heroes and not talk about any of the atrocities they committed is the point of my comment. That it happened in Russia and not Ukraine is besides the point.

@dragomiruzelac2227 Жыл бұрын

@@sirnilsolav6646 Ne seri, pičketino glupa.

@KS-bo5bg Жыл бұрын

What lying rot. Mahkno executed rapists among his ranks. Meanwhile the Bolsheviks were notoriously rapacious, and killed so many civilians. In addition they pogromed lots of Jews.

@sirnilsolav6646 Жыл бұрын

@@KS-bo5bg If that’s true, it’s interesting how an anarchist became very authoritarian and demanded discipline amongst his ranks. Either way, I think that these things should be adressed in the video

@mariaginabanzer Жыл бұрын

Countryballs teaching me more than school

@moistman9773 Жыл бұрын

Can’ wait for black army part 2

@Finch912 6 ай бұрын

I think the design for the anarchist balls could have been the flag of makhnovchina and the eyes of the skull is were the eyes would be

@toshae4249 Жыл бұрын

part 2 plz

@tovarishmausedits18 Жыл бұрын

Mother anarchy loves her sons!

@nikolaiunzucced507 Жыл бұрын

Do one for Ungern-Sternberg

@outerspace7391 Жыл бұрын

The alliances in this video in a nutshell; team A; hey, i hate you, but team C is approaching team B; I agree, lets unite our forces team A hey actually screw you team B; what?? ok war it is team A; shit thats actually hard. Come on team C we've got a job to do team C; alright fine team A; no, screw that as well, thats getting nowhere team D; tell me about it team A; hm... how about we cooperate just for this one time? team D; ok lets do it team A; ok that did go well, now f off team D; dammit team C; great, now i can finally end you team A; uh oh... team B? just for this one? team B; no need to tell me twice and repeat

@radura3177 4 ай бұрын

Mai fidarsi dei fascisti rossi 🏴

@mainegroyper904 Жыл бұрын

you should do a video on the OUN/UPA

@jessl1934 10 ай бұрын

It would be great just to do a whole episode on the assassination of Bandera. I'd watch that on repeat. What an unfathomably based moment in Eastern European history. 💁‍♂️💨💀

@kevinsworldK.w69 Жыл бұрын

These russian civil war videos are amazing!

@maitre_jx Жыл бұрын

well a good new video about anarchism

@zurupup1 Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@thomaswatson1739 Жыл бұрын

Pls I beg you make one on Grigory Mikhaylovich Semyonov

@UwU-xk5cx 7 ай бұрын

"It was here, in Ukraine, where the most successful modern anarchist society was formed" Spain: And I took that personally

@cranky5095 Жыл бұрын

Kinda ironic that Ukrainian Nationalists like Makhno given the history.

@yakov95000 Жыл бұрын

I mean it is not that ironic when you take into account other Ukrainian heroes or if you read what Nestor wrote in his late life in France,he had more complicated relationship with Nationalists(he was willing to corporate with Ukrainian Nationalists and others in Ukraine to some extent),he did defend the Ukrainians against The Russian forces(White and Reds)who were abusing them as just another province,he was undoubtedly a brave,innovative and great military leader(and good ruler)without the hate of ethnic background(he was one of the few non antisemitic leaders at the time in Russian Civil war).Last thing and maybe the most important I think,is that culturally and geographically his state was basically the latest version of the Zaporozhyian Cossack in all but name even having nickname batka,Zaporozhyian Cossacks are the basis for Ukrainian Nationalists even if they don't like everything(and they don't)he at very least looked like Ukrainian hero who was wrong in his judgment,btw not the only one in Ukrainian's history.

@user-fb7mz6gc7q Жыл бұрын

He was hero of our people, not nation. He definitely one of persons in history and everyone have different opinion about him.

@gaborholotajr.4427 Жыл бұрын

Will you also make a video about the Hungarian Council Republic then?

@barbara1126 Жыл бұрын

could you do the russo-japanese war or the winter war?

@tubsymcghee7169 11 ай бұрын

Books about the Makhnovists I would recommend : The History of the Makhnovist Movement by Peter Arshinov, Nestor Makhno : Anarchy's Cossack by Alexandre Skirda and the Unknown Revolution by Voline.

@jessl1934 3 ай бұрын

Add Kontrrazvedka by Azarov to that list lol

@Miron_Marnic Жыл бұрын

Rest in peace, my idol.

@basedhistory8948 Жыл бұрын

Vendee uprising vid pls

@user-vq7rr4sh2h 11 ай бұрын

Makhno should’ve requested help from the Entente or even the Weimar Republic and play both the Allies and the Soviets against each other.

@hildegunstvonmythenmetz6095 8 ай бұрын

I don‘t think the entente would have supported Makhno. The Weimar Republic DEFINITELY wouldn‘t have, because of the whole Spartacist thing.

@DreerKarler 3 ай бұрын

at the later stages of the war the entente barely even supported the nationalists so why would they support other communists?

@guyfromtheplaceshown3690 Жыл бұрын

I think the next video has got to be Finland.

@Kingdom_Of_Dassogne 8 ай бұрын

Machine Gun Horse Drawn Buggies? What a crazy time period lmao

@parsananmon Жыл бұрын

Please do Turkish independence war after finishing Russian civil war series

@Heisenberg4188 Жыл бұрын

I'm gonna take a guess that the next video is about Mannerheim and Finland

@guyguy7634 Жыл бұрын

Do a video on the neo-zapitas

@guedesri281 Жыл бұрын

So we will see a video of baveria revolution , hungarian , finnish civil war?

@jaster2211 Жыл бұрын

Do the anarchists of Barcelona

@glanceoflife6489 Жыл бұрын

Good

@griffinreed9005 Жыл бұрын

Great video however I must stress that Mariupol is pronounced (Marie-yu-pull). Other than that great work with your recent videos about the Russian Civil War

@gerryatric1549 Жыл бұрын

nice video, mama anarchia

@ThatAutisticCellist 6 ай бұрын

Finnish winter war and continuation war next?

@SenkaBandit 4 ай бұрын

nice pfp, also he did them I think

@DreerKarler 3 ай бұрын

already done.

@wiizzpl4718 Жыл бұрын

Nothing says anarchy more than requsitioning for military needs :P

@Miron_Marnic Жыл бұрын

They took weapons from their enemies. They protected people from requsitioning by the Reds.

@wiizzpl4718 Жыл бұрын

@@Miron_Marnic 7:48 "This lighting advance was made possible by requisitioning *fresh horses* en route"

@Miron_Marnic Жыл бұрын

@@wiizzpl4718 "They started infighting again. It was because the Bolsheviks tried to forcibly take food out of Ukraine. When Makhno stopped their grain requisitiong detachments, tensions flared."

@wiizzpl4718 Жыл бұрын

@@Miron_Marnic So it makes it okay for the black army to requisition horses because the reds tried to requisition food?

@Miron_Marnic Жыл бұрын

@@wiizzpl4718 Yes, because the Reds not only stole food, but also killed, tortured, and imprisoned millions. Black army had lots of support among local populace. And I don't know what you would do, but I would prefer the Blacks taking my horses over the Reds making me starving and possibly killing me. Also, EVERYONE requisitioned stuff in this war.