
Part One: Nestor Makhno: Anarchist Warlord and Book Club Aficionado
Behind the Bastards
The Russian Regime and Nicholas the Great
On January 22nd, 1905, a massive crowd of working men gathered outside the Zars main palace in St. Petersburg to protest all the bullshit. And the Zars orders a crackdown on them and a correspondent from the London Times was there. Nicholas sends troops into the Baltic provinces in Georgia in order to massacre everyone who resists. By the time it's over he kills about 13,000 people putting down this rebellion. Well here's my question. Then why is he made out to be such a nice guy in the animated Anastasia? Because he seemed really nice and he gives her a little kiss on the forehead. So I just have some questions about that because I'm pretty sure that
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