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Nestor Makhno

Makhno in a displaced persons camp in Romania (1921)

Nestor Ivanovych Makhno (1888—1934) was a Ukrainian anarchist revolutionary and the commander of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine during the Ukrainian Civil War. Born into a poor peasant family in southern Ukraine, Makhno became involved in the local anarchist movement and was imprisoned for his activities. Following the 1917 Revolution, he returned to his home town and became a local revolutionary leader, spearheading anarchist resistance to Ukrainian nationalists and the White movement. Upon defeating his enemies in battle, he established the Makhnovshchina, a mass movement by the Ukrainian peasantry to establish anarchist communism in Ukraine, coming to control much of the southern and eastern part of the country. After collaborating with the Bolsheviks to defeat the Whites, his former allies turned on him. He was driven into exile, where he died from tuberculosis. (Full article...)

• Most recent similar article(s): Last military commander was in 11 October 2023; last Ukrainian was in 24 February 2023.
• Main editors: Grnrchst
• Promoted: 11 November 2023
• Reasons for nomination: Date would be the second anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This would be my first FA to appear on TFA. It's listed as a level-5 vital article, but used to be level-4. It has an equivalent article on 61 other language versions of Wikipedia.
• Support as nominator. Grnrchst (talk) 15:26, 5 December 2023 (UTC)
• Support - happy to see this here Mujinga (talk) 17:38, 5 December 2023 (UTC)
• Oppose the date, but support otherwise - would be seen as supporting a point of view on the conflict. One we probably all share, but regardless I'd like the encyclopedia to remain neutral on that current event. Abeg92contribs 18:16, 22 December 2023 (UTC)