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Part One: Nestor Makhno: Anarchist Warlord and Book Club Aficionado

Behind the Bastards

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Anarchist Reading Circle

All of Russia and that included Ukraine at this point was under a state of siege, as had been proclaimed by the czar. Talking about like social democrat shit was illegal. Anarchist books were like meth to the czar's police. So Nestor and his friends took some serious risks to sit around and talk about books. They would talk for hours about the idea that it might be possible without czar someday.

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