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Makhno and Memory

2020 book by Sean Patterson

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 15, 2026
Entity authorityQ130682153 ↗
Source-derived summary

Makhno and Memory: Anarchist and Mennonite Narratives of Ukraine's Civil War, 1917–1921, is a history book by Sean Patterson on Nestor Makhno and the Makhnovist movement. The book discusses competing Makhnovist and Mennonite narratives of the Russian Civil War, and purports to shed new light on the Eichenfeld massacre, where Makhnovist forces killed Mennonite colonists.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Makhno and Memory” as 2020 book by Sean Patterson. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1917, 1921—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Makhno, Memory and book can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the arts & letters register because the source frames it as 2020 book by Sean Patterson. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q130682153. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1917 and 1921.

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Titles can refer to several editions, objects or performances, making precise identification essential before interpretation. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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This entry incorporates text from “Makhno and Memory” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.