The Makhnovshchina was a mass movement to establish anarchist communism during the Ukrainian War of Independence of 1917–1921. Named after Nestor Makhno, the commander-in-chief of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine, its aim was to create a system of free soviets that would manage the transition towards a stateless and classless society. It controlled territory in southern and eastern Ukraine.
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| Subject | Makhnovshchina |
| Category | Ukrainian anarchist movement |
| Reading time | 1 min · Advanced |
| Key date | 1917 |
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