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Ukrainian War of Independence: The Red Army launches a surprise attack against the Makhnovshchina.

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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…
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Red Army

Soviet army and air force from 1918 to 1946

The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Republic and, from 1922, the Soviet Union. The army was established in January 1918 by a decree of the Council of People's Commissars to oppose the military…
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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…
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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…
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November 26

Day of the year

November 26 is the 330th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 35 days remain until the end of the year.
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