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Author Patterson, Sean, 1982- author.

Title Makhno and memory : competing narratives of the Civil War in Ukraine, 1917-1921 / Sean Patterson.

Publication Info. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada : University of Manitoba Press, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Through Makhnovist Eyes -- Through Mennonite Eyes -- The Eichenfeld Massacre.
Summary "Nestor Makhno has been called a revolutionary anarchist, a peasant rebel, the Ukrainian Robin Hood, a mass-murderer, a pogromist, and a devil. These epithets had their origins in the Russian Civil War (1917-1921), where the military forces of the peasant-anarchist Nestor Makhno and Mennonite colonists in southern Ukraine came into conflict. In autumn 1919, Makhnovist troops and local peasant sympathizers murdered more than 800 Mennonites in a series of large-scale massacres. The history of that conflict has been fraught with folklore, ideological battles and radically divergent cultural memories, in which fact and fiction often seamlessly blend, conjuring a multitude of Makhnos, each one shouting its message over the other. Drawing on theories of collective memory and narrative analysis, Makhno and Memory brings a vast array of Makhnovist and Mennonite sources into dialogue, including memoirs, histories, diaries, newspapers, and archival material. A diversity of perspectives are brought into relief through the personal reminiscences of Makhno and his anarchist sympathizers alongside Mennonite pacifists and advocates for armed self-defense. Through a meticulous analysis of the Makhnovist-Mennonite conflict and a micro-study of the Eichenfeld massacre of October 1919, Sean Patterson attempts to make sense of the competing cultural memories and presents new ways of thinking about Makhno and his movement. Makhno and Memory offers a convincing reframing of the Mennonite/Makhno relationship that will force a scholarly reassessment of this period."-- Provided by publisher.
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Subject Makhno, Nestor Ivanovich, 1889-1934.
Makhno, Nestor Ivanovich, 1889-1934.
Mennonites -- Ukraine -- History -- 20th century.
Mennonites.
Ukraine.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Anarchism -- Ukraine -- History -- 20th century.
Anarchism.
Ukraine -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 -- Personal narratives.
Collective memory -- Ukraine.
Collective memory.
Revolution (Soviet Union : 1917-1921)
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Personal narratives.
Personal narratives.
Other Form: Print version: Patterson, Sean, 1982- Makhno and memory. Winnipeg, Manitoba : University of Manitoba Press, 2020 0887558380 9780887558382 (OCoLC)1120150624
ISBN 9780887555800 electronic book
0887555802 electronic book
9780887555787 electronic book
0887555780 electronic book