Today, we bring you Part 2 of a 3-part series on Nestor Makhno, a Ukrainian anarchist revolutionary during the civil uprisings of the late 1910s. Part 2 focuses on the terrible Eichenfeld Massacre on Nov. 8, 1919, when well over 100 Mennonites were executed by Nestor Makhno’s men. More Mennonites were murdered in surrounding villages. Did Nestor Makhno attend these events? Why couldn’t he better control his troupes? 

These are just a few of the questions we ask historian Sean Patterson, who has been studying Makhno and his movement for fifteen years.

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Podcast Series: Tales from the Mennonite Heritage Archives
Episode 49: Who Was Nestor Makhno? (Part 2)
Date: November 16 , 2025
Host: Dan Dyck
Published by The Mennonite Heritage Archives

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