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When I first wrote about the obvious parallel between the current conception of a breakaway
state in Eastern Ukraine called Novorossiya, and it’s historical antecedent Makhnovchina – or
the Free Territory – back in June, I was amazed at the lack of attention paid to this fact. (I'll
repost that piece here soon - under the title of Makhnovchina – “The Free Territory” – Is history
repeating in Ukraine?
Then I posted this observation to a couple of sites where I believed it would be at the very least
acknowledged, if not welcomed with open arms. Both siteowners(Russia Today &
slavyangrad.org)wiped the comment out. Repeatedly.
Well, that’s kind of interesting, I thought. Who would have guessed that the story of a successful
guerrilla resistance to an invasion of Ukrania financed and led by foreign powers does not go
down well with the folks who are currently supposed to be conducting a successful resistance in
Eastern Ukraine to an invasion financed and led by foreign powers?
Shortly after that, we had crept up into higher elevations where internet was spotty or non-
existent; for the rest of the summer I had little opportunity to monitor the situation – but I was
pretty certain that sooner or later, that earlier example of popular insurrection in the Eastern
marches of Ukrania would become an inspiration to the people fighting against the NATO
proxies in the Donbass!
Now, four months later, having headed back down to lower altitudes after a full season of
nomadic meanderings in the Anatolian mountains, one finds the world busily preparing for the
final stages of that long sought conflagration by which the millenialist madmen in control of the
levers of power in all the western satrapies intend to achieve the mass immolation of the greater
part of humankind.
Here, in the aftermath of the major holiday of the year, Kurban Bayram, which the populace
celebrate with the ritual sacrifice of sheep or goat, it is easy to contemplate the prospect of the
this wider, Molochian enterprise of sacrifice planned by the Satanist power and its followers. The
blissful ignorance, meanwhile, in which those of a ‘new[er]world’ heritage will celebrate their
own “Thanksgiving” ritual with the proverbial turkey in the sacrificial role that will soon enough
give way to the wholesale destruction of almost the entirety of those same persons – the long
planned revenge of a heretical judaic sectarian movement that systematically plots the demise of
all societies which have given it refuge through the millenia.
But I digress from my chosen task here – now with computer back at my disposal, to solve the
mystery of the missing Makhnovchina – a movement of popular uprising gone missing just when
its time should have come finally again! Doing the obligatory web search for signs of somebody
finally making the connection in my absence, we find, in English language -exactly – nothing.
No, not quite true… in addition to the article of June from, we find one fascinating quote – and a
question – from a site – https://nplusonemag.com/online-only/politics/eastern-ukraine-popular-
uprising-conspiracy-or-civil-war/
Why is it that the territory that used to be home to the Revolutionary Insurrectionary Army of
Ukraine, or Makhnovshchina, is not facing the same borderline terrorist riots that inundate the
Donetsk and Luhansk regions, and, since the recent assassination attempt on Gennady Kernes,
Kharkiv as well? (Makhnovia, or Free Territory, occupied a substantial part of what is known
today as Western Ukraine. A territory well familiar with tumultuous events and uprisings, it was
an attempt to form an anarchist society led by Nestor Makhno from 1918 to 1921
At the time I wrote the original “Makhovschina” post in June, I did not have knowledge of the
full historical background of that polity which is now talked about as NOVOROSSIYA...
accompanying map shows in even more clear terms than the mapwork I used at the time the
degree of correspondence between todays incarnation and the historical record! Ignored, it
seems, by all parties.
Stay tuned as I try to unravel the mystery of the missing Makhnov – the most successful leader
of a popular uprising of the C20th. I gots some catching up to do!
Update
Since I wrote this piece in October, I've had the chance to post some comments on the Saker
website - where on might presume the highest concentration of people interested in knowing
more about the background to the current conflict in Ukraine hang out!
*Saker, in this lull/before/storm interval, it might just be useful to go back and examine some of
the original premises of the blog, to see if they have held up under unfolding events.
By which I mean, the idea that the battle for Novorossiya is one between Ukrainian and Russian
'nationalities.'Or, between the forces to which you consistently call 'defenders of liberty' - aka
Russia, and the fascistic proxies 'anglo-zionists'. Keep in mind that I'm not quibbling with those
characterizations; that topic should not sidetrack what I am about to say about this 'clash of
nationalities' thesis.
Several posters have provided background snippets as to the distinct origins of the populations of
western and eastern Ukraine. The upshot of which encapsulates the contrasting societies - west
as long-standing feudal zone whose serf majority was ruled over by successions of
Polish/Lithuanian/Austro-German-Hungarian elites ...
versus the RELATIVELY newer, and more 'open' society of the East - colonized in the majority
by those seeking relief from that serf system. A demographic shift driven by individual choice -
rather by specific nationalistic ambitions. The result of this contrast in origins has shown up
repeatedly in the different reactions to resource extractive exploitation schemes - like todays!
The western part, in other words, has a record of strong resistance to these efforts - Poles from
the north, the Bolshies from the east, Tatars from the south, the Germans from the west.
In light of this historical record my view of the present is heretical to BOTH yours and the anglo-
zionist version - to whit: the incipient 'State' of Novorossiya will sooner or later need be
recognized as fulfillment of the localised aspirations of a society not so much "Russian" in
identity as“Autarkic!” I realize this notion will hardly find favour here, at a time when Ukie
savages are openly targeting “Moskals” for elimination as’subhumans’ – that however, I
consider convenient smokescreen by which those running this show can hide the real purpose of
the INTERNATIONAL campaign to eliminate all pockets of resistance to their corporate
predatory planning. No use to view the situation in Ukraine in isolation to the events which are
taking place with similar intent all over the globe!
The one thing you can be sure of with these Zio-nazis – they have long(intergenerational)
memories! That which you describe as Novorossiya, I think of as “Makhnovschina” – The Free
Territory –
Here, the direct ancestors of those who are currently in rebellion against another “Hetman”
regime resisted the forces of both ‘red’ and ‘white’ terror,via an incredible self-reliance and
ingenuity of their genetic disposition - which fostered an ability to militarily DEFEAT their
external enemies. For a time.
https://diaspora.podzimek.org/uploads/images/f5aa25bde46a8dff2c08.jpg
The inheritors of the Bolshie Zio-nazi terrorists posing as ‘neo-cons’ have never for a minute
forgotten that small blot on their record of successful exterminations of resistance! Here, as in
other parts of the globe, they are intent on punishing/exterminating all those who might find
inspiration in the example.
I urge your consideration of this ‘alternative’ narrative of the situation which you so ably
document on these pages – not because I expect you to drop allegiance to your own narrative, but
because I respect your proven willingness to check your own assumptions and consider all sides
of a debate! Those who wish to are welcome to critique my premise - as long as it is
acknowledged that it is written in solidarity with your slogan -"Stop the Empire's war on Russia"
- full disclosure of a hidden truth behind the resistance movement might actually aid that effort!*
Nada. At least comments were not deleted this time! I'm now comfortable in saying - nobody
wants mention made of the true story behind this civil war... they're all much too comfortable in
their ethno-nationalistic reactionary politics. ALL of them. Pity.
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