It remains controversial to this day, continuing to inspire some anarchists (notably the platformism tendency) because of the clarity and functionality of the structures it proposes, while drawing criticism from others (including, at the time of publication, Voline and Malatesta) who viewed its implications as too rigid and hierarchical.
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At the end of his life Makhno lived in Paris and worked as a carpenter and stage-hand at the Paris Opera, at film-studios, and at the Renault factory.
It faced the Reds to the north-east, Whites (who were against Ukrainian separation) to the south-east marching northwards against Moscow and the Anarchist Black Army of Nestor Makhno springing up all over Ukraine.
Néstor Kirchner | Daniel Nestor | Nestor Makhno | Nestor | Nestor (Stoic) | Palace of Nestor | Nestor's Palace | Nestor Serrano | Néstor Rodríguez Lobaina | Nestor (mythology) | Néstor Morales | Nestor Lakoba | Nestor J. Zaluzec | Néstor Gorosito | Nestor Carbonell | Nestor Buinitsky | Nestor 'Batko' Makhno | Néstor Almendros |
Yakir took part in actions against the White forces of Nikolai Yudenich in defense of Petrograd, in suppression of Ukrainian anarchist guerrilla forces of Nestor Makhno, and in the Polish-Soviet War.
The movie is a historical biographical drama about the life of Nestor Makhno, a Ukrainian anarchist who was the commander of the Revolutionary Insurrectionary Army of Ukraine (Makhnovshchina).
During the Civil War, Nestor Makhno led a Ukrainian anarchist movement, the Black Army allied to the Bolsheviks thrice, one of the powers ending the alliance each time.