The Nestor Makhno Archive

This site is dedicated to the Ukrainian anarchist, Nestor Ivanovich Makhno who was active in Ukraine during the Russian Revolution. Most of the documents are now included in this archive but several are still external. The content includes practically all the material regarding Makhno, the Makhnovist Movement and the Organizational platform which is available on the Web. If you know of any suitable links or have texts that can be included, please let me know.

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By Nestor Makhno (or members of the Group of Russian Anarchists Abroad):

The Problem of Organization and the Notion of Synthesis, Group of Russian Anarchists Abroad
Organisational Platform of the Libertarian Communists, Nestor Makhno and others of the Group of Russian Anarchists Abroad ("the Dielo Truda group")
- Supplement to the Organizational Platform (Questions and Answers), Group of Russian Anarchists Abroad
- Reply to the Platform (Synthesist), Volin et al.
- Reply to Anarchism's Confusionists, Group of Russian Anarchists Abroad
- A Project of Anarchist Organisation, Errico Malatesta (a reply to the Platform)
- Organization and Party, Maria Isidine
- The Old and New in Anarchism, Piotr Arshinov
- About the Platform, Nestor Makhno (a reply to Malatesta)
- A Reply to Makhno, Errico Malatesta
- On Collective Responsibility, Errico Malatesta
The Anarchist Revolution, Nestor Makhno
The Struggle Against The State & Other Essays, Nestor Makhno
My Visit To The Kremlin, Nestor Makhno
- Translator's Introduction
- My Visit To The Kremlin
  - First Encounters
  - My Interview With Sverdlov
  - My Interview With Lenin
- Translator's Epilogue
- Notes
- Appendix: The Ever-Recurring Lie
Program/Manifesto of April 1920, Makhnovist Insurgent Army
Summons to the 4th Extraordinary Congress, Executive Committee of the Military Revolutionary Council
Manifesto of the Insurgent Army of the Ukraine (1 Jan. 1920), Revolutionary Council of the Ukrainian Army (makhnovitsi)
The "Makhnovitsi" appeal to their Brethren in the Red Army, Makhnovitsi Revolutionary Insurgents

About Nestor Makhno or the Makhnovists:

The Makhno FAQ, Section H.6 of An Anarchist FAQ
- Why does the Makhnovist movement show there is an alternative to Bolshevism?
- Who was Nestor Makhno?
- Why was the movement named after Makhno?
- Why was Makhno called "Batko"?
- Can you give a short overview of the Makhnovist movement?
- How were the Makhnovists organised?
- Did the Makhnovists have a constructive social programme?
- Did they apply their ideas in practice?
- Weren't the Makhnovists just Kulaks?
- Were the Makhnovists anti-Semitic and pogromists?
- Did the Makhnovists hate the city and city workers?
- Were the Makhnovists nationalists?
- Did the Makhnovists support the Whites?
- What was the relationship of the Bolsheviks to the movement?
- How did the Makhnovists and Bolsheviks differ?
- How do the modern followers of Bolshevism slander the Makhnovists?
- What lessons can be learned from the Makhnovists?
The Makhnovshchina, Daniel Guérin (from "Anarchism: From Theory To Practice")
Nestor Makhno, Alexander Berkman (from "The Bolshevik Myth")
The Makhnovists on the National and Jewish Questions, Piotr Arshinov (from "History of the Makhnovist Movement")
Yossif the Emigrant, Alexander Berkman (from "The Bolshevik Myth")
The Personal Side of Nestor Makhno, various authors
- Gulyai-Polye in 1918, N. Sukhogorskaya
- Agafya Andreyevna, N. Sukhogorskaya
- Memoirs, Agafya A. Kuzmenko
- Makhno in Paris, Ida Mett
The Rehabilitation of Nestor Makhno, Alexandre Skirda
A Visit from the Ukraina, Emma Goldman (from "My Disillusionment in Russia")
Nestor Ivanovich Makhno, Aleksandr Shubin
Lenin, Trotsky & Makhno, Adam B. Ulam
Russian Anarchists and the Civil War, Paul Avrich
In Defence of the Truth, by I.M. (reply to John Rees' article "In Defence of October")
Makhno's Black Cross, from Bulletin of the Kate Sharpley Library 1997 ~ No. 10
The Truth About Nestor Makhno, from Bulletin of the Kate Sharpley Library May 2000 ~ No.22
Notes on the Makhnovista..., Andrew Flood
Panic At Peregonovka, Nessie
Lenin, the Revolution Rapist, Revolt
The Makhnovists & The Russian Revolution, Heather-Noël Schwartz
Makhno & The Makhnovshchina: Myths & Interpretations, Ben Annis
Review of Alexandre Skirda's "Facing The Enemy", Geert Dhondt
A Review of "Facing The Enemy", Mark McGuire NEW!
Proletarian Insurrection in Ukraine (1918-1921), Internationalist Communist Group
Trotsky on Makhno, a collection of the writings of Leon Trotsky regarding the Makhnovist movement (Warning! Reading requires strong constitution!)
- The Makhno Movement
- Military Revcom. Order No.1824
- Order No.107
- Order No.108
- Report About The Situation On The Southern Front
- Order No.112
- Makhno and Others
- Order No.180
- What Is The Meaning Of Makhno’s Coming Over To The Side Of The Soviet Power?
- Makhno and Wrangel
- How Is Makhno’s Troop Organised?
The History of Anarchism in Russia: Chapter V, E. Yaroslavsky (more Bolshevik lies)

By or about Makhno, in other languages:

Castellano:

Plataforma Organizacional de los Comunistas Libertarios, Grupo "Dielo Truda"
- Lo viejo y lo nuevo en el anarquismo, Piotr Arshinov
Nestor Majno y Vladimir Ilich Lenin: Entrevista Histórica, Nestor Makhno
Sobre la disciplina revolucionario, Nestor Makhno
La Revolución desconocida, Libro III, Parte II, Volin
- El Movimiento de la masas en Ucrania,
- Formación del Ejército Insurreccional Makhnovista,
- Las ofensivas de Denikin y el derrumbe final,
- La conducta del los Makhnovistas en las regiones liberadas,
- La ofensiva de Wrangel y su derrota,
- Tercera y ultima ofensiva bolchevique contra los makhnovistas y anarquistas,
- La suerte de Makhno y algunos de sus compañeros - Epílogo,
- El testamento de la Makhnovitchina a los trabajadores del mundo,
La Majnovchina, Daniel Guérin
Makhno y el ejercito insurreccional en Ucrania, Confederacion Sindical Solidaridad Obrera
Rusia y la Machnovstchina, from Lucha Libertaria 1999 (FAU)
Nestor Makhno: un campesino anarquista, Cristián Vila Riquelme

čeština:

Organizační platforma libertinských komunistů, "Delo Truda"
- Nové v anarchismu - K čemu vyzývá „Organizační Platforma“, Petr A. Aršinov
Boj proti státu a jiné eseje, Nestor Makhno [RTF Version]
- Velký říjen na Ukrajině
- K 10. výročí vzniku machnovského povstaleckého hnutí na Ukrajině
- O obraně revoluce
- Několik slov o národnostní otázce na Ukrajině
- Židům celého světa
- Machnovščina a problém antisemitismu
- Na památku kronštadtské vzpoury
- Idea rovnosti a bolševici
- Cestičky proletářské moci
- „Sovětská“ moc – její současná a budoucí situace
- Boj proti státu
- První máj – symbol nové éry v životě a boji námezdně pracujících
- Anarchismus a dnešek
- Naše organizace
- O revoluční disciplíně
- ABC revolučního anarchisty
- Otevřený dopis španělským anarchistům
- O historii španělské revoluce z roku 1931 a roli, jakou v ni sehráli levicoví a pravicoví socialisté a anarchisté
- Bibliografický doslov – Alexandre Skirda
Dejiny machnovskeho hnuti, Petr A. Aršinov (RTF Version)
Nestor Machno – člověk a mýtus, Paul Avrich
V.M. Eichenbaum (Volin) – Muž a jeho kniha, Paul Avrich
Nestor Ivanovich Machno, from the CSAF web pages

Dansk:

Historien om anarkisterne i Ukraine, from "Kronstadt - Det sidste stop før Stalin", by Daniell Marcussen
Makhno-bevægelsen 1918-1921, Daniell Marcussen NEW!

Deutsch:

Das ABC des revolutionären Anarchisten, Nestor Makhno
Der ukrainische Freiheitskampf, die Machnowstschina, Yoshito Otani
Nestor Machno, Syndikalist Nr. 43/ 1922 Beilage

Français:

Plate-forme d'organisation des communistes libertaires, Groupe d'anarchistes russes à l'étranger ("Dielo Trouda")
Makhno en visite au Kremlin, Nestor Makhno
- Ma conversation avec Sverdlov
- Mon entretien avec Lenine
La lutte contre l'Etat (et autres écrits), Nestor Makhno
- Le Grand Octobre en Ukraine
- Pour le Xème anniversaire du mouvement insurrectionnel makhnoviste en Ukraine
- Sur la défense de la révolution
- Quelques mots sur la question nationale en Ukraine
- Aux juifs de tous pays
- La Makhnovchtchina et l'antisémitisme
- A la mémoire de l'insurrection de Kronstadt
- L'idée d'égalité et les bolcheviks
- Les voies du pouvoir "prolétarien"
- Le pouvoir soviétique, son présent et son avenir
- La lutte contre l'Etat
- Le 1er Mai : symbole d'une ère nouvelle dans la vie et la lutte des travailleurs
- L'anarchisme et notre époque
- Notre organisation
- Sur la discipline révolutionnaire
- Abécédaire de l'anarchiste révolutionnaire
- Lettre ouverte aux anarchistes espagnols
- Sur l'histoire de la révolution espagnole de 1931 et le rôle joué par les socialistes de droite et de gauche et les anarchistes
Guerre ou Révolution?, Nestor Makhno
À toute la population laborieuse de la ville d'Alexandrovsk et de ses environs, by L'état-major de l'armée insurrectionnelle (makhnoviste)
À bas le combat fratricide, by Les insurgés Makhnovistes
Anarchisme et Makhnovstshina, extrait de "La voie vers la liberté" (organe Makhnoviste)
Projet de déclaration de l'armée insurrectionnelle révolutionnaire d'Ukraine (makhnoviste)
Manifeste de l'armée insurrectionnelle d'Ukraine, Conseils révolutionnaires de l'armée Ukrainienne (makhnovitsi)
2è congrès régional du 12 février 1919
Camarades Paysans, l'Armée Insurrectionnelle d'Ukraine (Makhnovchina)
Souvenirs d'un partisan makhnoviste, Ossip Tsébry
Souvenirs sur Nestor Makhno, Ida Mett
La Révolution Inconnue (Livre III - Ukraine 1918-1921), Voline
- Le mouvement des masses en Ukraine
- La formation de l'Armée insurrectionnelle " makhnoviste "
- Les offensives de Dénikine et l'effondrement final
- Le comportement des makhnovistes dans les régions libérées
- L'offensive de Wrangel - Sa défaite
- La troisième et dernière guerre des bolcheviks contre les makhnovistes et les anarchistes ; écrasement de l'Armée insurrectionnelle
- Le sort de Makhno et de certains de ses camarades: Epilogue
- Testament de la Makhnovtchina aux travailleurs du monde
URSS 1918 : l'affrontement bolchevics/anarchistes, Groupe Florès-Magon
Ukraine 1914-1920, Groupe Colargol Liquide
Ukraine 1917/1923: Nestor Makhno et l'Armée insurectionnelle d'Ukraine, Pascal Nurnberg
À propos du livre "Les formations anarcho-communistes de Nestor Makhno", Jean-Marie Chauvier
La Makhnovstchina, Les carnets rouges de Trainspotting
À propos des 80 ans de la Révolution Russe, René Berthier
Insurrection prolétarienne en Ukraine (1918-1921), Groupe Communiste Internationaliste

Hrvatski:

Moja Poseta Kremlju, Nestor Makhno

Italiano:

Piattaforma Organizzativa dei Comunisti Libertari, Gruppo di anarchici russi all'estero ("Dielo Truda")
- Risposta di alcuni anarchici russi alla Piattaforma d'organizzazione, Volin et al. NEW!
- A proposito della "responsabilità collettiva", Errico Malatesta
Nestor Makhno, da La rivoluzione russa in Ucraina (marzo 1917-Aprile 1918), Nestor Makhno
A tutti i lavoratori dell'aratro e del martello, Sezione culturale degli insorti rivoluzionari di Ucraina (Makhnovisti) NEW!
Machno, brani da Gli anarchici nella rivoluzione russa, Paul Avrich
- Manifesto
- Le comuni agricole - Nestor Machno
- A tutti i contadini e gli operai dell'Ucraina
- Chi sono i machnovisti e per che cosa si battono?
- Fermati! Leggi! Rifletti!
La Machnovščina, Daniel Guérin NEW!
La disfatta dell'anarchismo russo, Paul Avrich
La "Plate-forme" d'Archinov, Gino Cerrito NEW!
A proposito degli 80 anni della Rivoluzione russa, René Berthier

Ivrit:

Organisational Platform of the Libertarian Communists, "Dielo Truda Group"
Black Flags in Ukraine, edited by Ehud Eingel

Magyar:

A liberter kommunisták szervezõdési platformja, "Gyelo Truda Csoport"
Az anarchista forradalom, Nyesztor Mahno

Nederlands:

Organisatorisch Platform van de Libertaire Communisten, "Dielo Trouda Group"
De Russiese anarchisten, de revolutie van 1917 en het Platform, Organisation Revolutionnaire Anarchiste
Nestor Machno, een biografische schets

Polska:

Organizacja Platform Libertarianskiego Komunizmu, "Dielo Trouda Group"

Português:

Plataforma Organizacional dos Comunistas Libertarios, "Grupo Dielo Truda"
- Um Projeto de Organização Anarquista, Errico Malatesta
- Resposta a “Um Projeto de Organização Anarquista”, Nestor Makhno
- Resposta de Malatesta a Nestor Makhno, Errico Malatesta
- A Propósito da "Responsabilidade Colectiva", Errico Malatesta
Sobre a defesa da revolução, Nestor Makhno
Sobre a disciplina revolucionária, Nestor Makhno
Nossa organização, Nestor Makhno
O Grande Outubro Na Ucrâina, Nestor Makhno
Panfleto Makhnovista, Estado-maior do exército revolucionário insurrecional makhnovista

Pyccкий:

Воспоминания, Нестор Махно
Дневник: 19 февраля 1920 - 28 марта 1920, Г. А. Кузьменко
Воспоминания о Несторе Махно, Ида Метт
Анархистскии сoциальнии oпьит (oт Maхнo дo испании 1917 - 1936 гг.), Александр шубин
Нестор Иванович Махно, Александр Шубин
Похвала Махновщине, Кацапов
Махно, (author unknown)
Нестор Махнo, (author unknown)
Врангель в Крыму, ГЛАВА 11, Николай Росс (фрагмент)
Махно Нестор Иванович, хронос NEW!
Где похоронен Нестор Махно, Лев Яруцкий
АНАРХІСТЫ ПАДЧАС РЭВАЛЮЦЫІ Ў РАСЕІ 1917–21 Г., Баф NEW!
Возвращение Махно, Сергей Быковский
Повстанчество и махновщина, А.И. Деникин
Что означает переход Махно на сторону советской власти?, Л. Троцкий

Svenska:

Ett Machnovistiskt Dokument
Upprop från makhnovisterna till sina bröder inom Röda Armén
Program Utarbetat (1921), Sektion för kultur och uppfostran inom den makhnovistiska Upprorsarmén

Machnorörelsen, Piotr Arshinov

Makhno-rörelsen i Ukraina 1917-21, Växjö Ungsocialister

Anarkistena i Ryska Revolutionen, Bengt Ericson and Ingemar Johansson

Türkçe:

Liberter Komunistlerin Orgutsel Platformu, "
Dielo Truda" (İşçi Davası)
- Bir Anarşist Örgüt Projesi, Errico Malatesta
- Makhno'nun "Bir Anarşist Örgüt Projesi" başlıklı mektubuna yanıt olarak Malatesta'ya gönderdiği mektup, Nestor Makhno
- Malatesta'nın Nestor Makhno'nun mektubuna yanıtı, Errico Malatesta
Nestor Mahno ve Ukrayna İsyanı

Photos:

Images of Makhno and the Makhnovists UPDATED!

Links:

www.mahno.ru Russian website dedicated to Makhno - documents, articles and discussion forum

The Daily Bleed's Anarchist Encyclopaedia, including a page dedicated to Makhno.

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Возвращение Махно, Сергей Быковский

Повстанчество и махновщина, А.И. Деникин