Nestor Makhno feels like the kind of man who would be delighted to be featured on a podcast called 'Behind the Bastards' and then horrified when he discovered it was (almost) all positive instead of an in-depth dive on why people shouldn't think too highly of him.
He really seems to have been indeed chill like that, first hand accounts of makhno from regular peasantsand people in his moventment said he did have a sense of humbleness about him, he second guessed his decisions on morale grounds like shooting one of his soldiers because he called for the death of jews (makhno, and makhnoskchina was horrified by Porgams) and also tactical ones like not confronting the soviets before going into Crimea. Also just shows in his writing sometimes whenever he would write about the events of the civil war. Very interesting history whenever you cut through to the accurate truth
There's a very good comic book version of Makhno's life (Makhno: Ukrainian Freedom Fighter, Philippe Thirault, Humanoids 2022). The first page depicts Makhno wearing a white fur hat, firing a pistol from the back of a horse-drawn cart with a mounted machine gun on it, which is being fired by a red-haired woman soldier, as the black flag flies above them. Pretty cool.
While i did take some small issues with the first episode, this was actually really good. Id love to have the list of sources so i could read more tho 🥺
Nestor Makhno feels like the kind of man who would be delighted to be featured on a podcast called 'Behind the Bastards' and then horrified when he discovered it was (almost) all positive instead of an in-depth dive on why people shouldn't think too highly of him.
He really seems to have been indeed chill like that, first hand accounts of makhno from regular peasantsand people in his moventment said he did have a sense of humbleness about him, he second guessed his decisions on morale grounds like shooting one of his soldiers because he called for the death of jews (makhno, and makhnoskchina was horrified by Porgams) and also tactical ones like not confronting the soviets before going into Crimea. Also just shows in his writing sometimes whenever he would write about the events of the civil war. Very interesting history whenever you cut through to the accurate truth
It seems like he was kept alive by sheer force of will. He couldn't die, the revolution was too important. After it failed, so did his body.
the flying car future happened but they're called private jets and only rich people get them
okay, I knew most of the story of the Makhnovites, but the horse-drawn technicals was both new and awesome.
There's a very good comic book version of Makhno's life (Makhno: Ukrainian Freedom Fighter, Philippe Thirault, Humanoids 2022). The first page depicts Makhno wearing a white fur hat, firing a pistol from the back of a horse-drawn cart with a mounted machine gun on it, which is being fired by a red-haired woman soldier, as the black flag flies above them. Pretty cool.
Can you imagine learning that you are now owned by a different person because your original Landlord lost a game of Durak?
I think you did him justice. Very well made
While i did take some small issues with the first episode, this was actually really good. Id love to have the list of sources so i could read more tho 🥺
Yes, I had the same feeling here.
Just curious, what issues did you spot in episode one?
What were the issues? I know very little about Makhno except what I've heard here
The private jet shit hit close to home, used to work in that industry and it's as bad as he says
Trespasser’s ЧОМУ НЕ ВИЙШЛО? brought me here. It even has a track about tachankas
Horse-drawn technicals!? Nice
God rest them and let them live on theough us. I hope they know the fight isnt over.
Jamie... no
soviet like South Vietnam?
Soviet as in Soviet Union.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union
...what.