The Bolshevik–Makhnovist conflict was a period of political and military conflict between the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic and the Makhnovshchina, for control over southern Ukraine. The Bolshev
Polish troops in Kyiv, during the Polish–Soviet War
Bolshevik anti-kulak propaganda poster
Painting depicting the flight of the bourgeoisie from Novorossiysk in March 1920
Felix Dzerzhinsky, chairman of the Cheka
Fedir Shchus, also spelled Fyodor Shuss, was a Ukrainian sailor in the Imperial Russian Navy and, later, ataman in the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine during the Russian Civil War.
Fedir Shchus (center) with the Dibrivka detachment of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine
Fedir Shchus (top-right) with other members of the insurgent general staff