Ukrainian War of Independence: The All-Ukrainian Central Executive Committee outlaws the Makhnovshchina by decree, igniting the Bolshevik–Makhnovist conflict.

Ukrainian War of Independence

Eastern European military conflict (1917–1921)

The Ukrainian War of Independence, also referred to as the Ukrainian–Soviet War in Ukraine, lasted from March 1917 to November 1921 and was part of the wider Russian Civil War. It saw the establishment and development of an independent Ukrainian republic, most of which was…

All-Ukrainian Central Executive Committee

All-Ukrainian Central Executive Committee was a representative body of the All-Ukrainian Congress of Soviets. It was the supreme legislative, administrative, executive controlling state power of Soviet Ukraine between the sessions of the Congress of Soviets that acted between…

Makhnovshchina

Ukrainian anarchist movement

The Makhnovshchina was a mass movement to establish anarchist communism in southern and eastern Ukraine 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…

Bolshevik–Makhnovist conflict

1920–21 political and military conflict in southern Ukraine

The Bolshevik–Makhnovist conflict was a period of political and military conflict between the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic and the Makhnovshchina, for control over southern Ukraine. The Bolsheviks aimed to eliminate the Makhnovshchina and neutralise its peasant base. In…

January 9

Day of the year

January 9 is the ninth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 356 days remain until the end of the year.