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"Kontrrazvedka" by Vyacheslav Azarov

category international | history of anarchism | news report author Wednesday November 19, 2008 21:19author by Black Cat Pressauthor email blackcatpress at interbaun dot com Report this post to the editors

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In the years of revolution and civil war, the Makhnovist movement was protected from its numerous enemies by a remarkable military force — the Insurgent Army; and by an intelligence service — the Kontrrazvedka.

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Kontrrazvedka
The Story of the Makhnovist Intelligence Service

by Vyacheslav Azarov

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. He is the author of many essays on the history of Russian/Ukrainian anarchism and the application of anarchist concepts to contemporary politics.

86 pp; includes translator's introduction, footnotes/endnotes, glossary, a chronology of the Makhnovist movement, photos, and a full colour map.

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