Pyotr Gavrilenko - commander and chief of staff (in January and November 1920) of the Makhno rebel army .
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Biography
Born into a peasant family. He joined the ranks of anarchists during the First Russian Revolution . During the Civil War in Russia, he was an active participant in the Makhnovist movement. At the beginning of November 1919, he was an assistant commander of the second group of infantry units of the 2nd and 3rd corps, created to oust the troops of the Supreme Soviet Union from the Gulyai-Polya area. Commanding the 3rd Corps, he played a significant role in the defeat of the All-Union Socialist League. In January 1920, he temporarily acted as chief of staff of the Rebel Army. He was arrested by the Soviet government. He was detained in Kharkov [1] .
After the conclusion of an agreement on the joint struggle of the Rebel and Red armies against the Russian army, Wrangel was released, sent to the front. The chief of the field headquarters of the Rebel Army, namely its "Crimean Group", which Nestor Makhno sent to the Southern Front to help the Red Army. The Makhnovist formation made a significant contribution to the defeat of the Wrangel army. Immediately after the victory, the Soviet authorities began to eliminate the “Makhnovism”, and the first blow was dealt to the Crimean group: on the night of November 24, 1920 its command, including Gavrilenko, was arrested and executed [1] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Zarubin, A. G., Zarubin, V. G. Without winners. From the history of the Civil War in Crimea. - 1st. - Simferopol: Antikva, 2008 .-- S. 708. - 728 p. - 800 copies. - ISBN 978-966-2930-47-4 .
Literature
- Zarubin, A. G., Zarubin, V. G. Without winners. From the history of the Civil War in Crimea. - 1st. - Simferopol: Antikva, 2008 .-- S. 708. - 728 p. - 800 copies. - ISBN 978-966-2930-47-4 .
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