Savelii Makhno
Ukrainian anarcho-communist
Savelii Ivanovych Makhno (1872 – 21 February 1920) was a Ukrainian anarcho-communist, member of the Makhnovist movement, and brother of Nestor Makhno.
Biography
Savelii Makhno was born in 1872 in Huliaipole to a poor peasant family. Shortly after the birth of his younger brother Nestor, Savelii's father died, leaving he and his brothers in the care of his mother. By the turn of the 20th century, Savelii was married to Theodora and had 7 children - Thomas, Paul, Ivan, Gregory, Anastasia, Evdokia and Maria.
In 1904, Savelii was called up to serve in the Imperial Russian Army and set off to fight in the Russo-Japanese War. After returning home during the 1905 Revolution, he joined the anarcho-communist Union of Poor Peasants in 1907. Savelii's brother Nestor was arrested and imprisoned for his own activities in the Union, only being released following the February Revolution. Upon Nestor's return to Huliaipole, he was greeted by Savelii, along with his mother and his elder brother Omelian, and they set about reorganising the town's anarchist movement. Over the subsequent months, Savelii participated in the foundation of a libertarian society in Huliaipole.
Following the October Revolution, a civil war broke out in Ukraine, as the forces of the Central Council of Ukraine and the Ukrainian People's Republic of Soviets struggled to take power.
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