Toilers and Non-Toilers

The core of the Bolshevik movement had been workers from Russia's industrialized cities, whereas the Makhnivist movement was made up of peasants. The anarchists were seen to them as temporary allies against reactionaries, but not trustworthy and people who eventually needed to be beaten. In 1919, a white army general named Dinnikin had amassed a potent force and was in the process of reconquering huge chunks of Ukraine. This started happening at the same time as the Red Army and theMakhnivists began to integrate.