Indeed, there were probably few people who could look back on such a tumultuous and adventurous life. Rudolf Rocker, a German publicist and anarchist (1873-1958). Degraded by Soviet historiography to that of a murderer and bandit, celebrated by anarchists around the world as a hero, as the Ukrainian Che Guevara, Nestor Makhno (1888-1934), the leader of the legendary people's movement and peasant army Makhnovshchina, significantly influenced the outcome of the Russian Civil War. Under the black flag of anarchy, Makhno waged an uncompromising partisan war from 1918 to 1921 against everyone - against supporters of the Tsar, Bolsheviks, Ukrainian nationalists, German and Austro-Hungarian troops - and for the collective self-governance of peasants and workers in a stateless, non-hierarchical society. From reports, memoirs, and interrogation protocols.