Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine

Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine
Leaders
Dates of operation1918–1921
Allegiance Makhnovshchina
HeadquartersHuliaipole
Active regionsSoutheastern Ukraine
IdeologyAnarcho-communism
Political positionFar-left
Size103,000 in December 1919
Allies
Opponents
Battles and wars
Preceded by
Black Guards

The Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Революційна Повстанська Армія України, romanizedRevoliutsiina Povstanska Armiia Ukrainy), also known as Makhnovtsi (Ukrainian: Махновці), named after their leader Nestor Makhno, was an anarchist army formed largely of Ukrainian peasants and workers during the Russian Civil War of 1917–1922. They protected the operation of "free soviets" and libertarian communes by the Makhnovshchina, an attempt to form a stateless anarcho-communist society from 1918 to 1921 during the Ukrainian War of Independence.


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