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Kontrrazvedka: The Story of the Makhnovist Intelligence Service

V Azarov
Edition: pb
ISBN: 97809737827
Publisher: Black Cat Press
Release Date: 2009-02-23
ITEM OVERVIEW
The Makhnovist movement was an attempt by peasants in southeastern Ukraine to create an anarchist society in 1917–1921. This unique social experiment embraced a substantial territory with a population of millions but has been little studied by historians.

In the years of revolution and civil war, the movement was protected from its numerous enemies by a remarkable military force—the Insurgent Army—and by an intelligence service—the Kontrrazvedka. It is the latter institution which is the subject of this study by Vyacheslav Azarov, a present-day Ukrainian anarchist.