Polonsky conspiracy
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The Polonsky conspiracy, also known as the Polonsky plot or Polonsky affair, was an attempt by Ukrainian Bolsheviks to overthrow the Makhnovshchina during the autumn of 1919.
Members of the insurgent staff, including Semen Karetnyk (front row, second from left) and Hryhory Vasylivsky (front row, third from left), who participated in the suppression of the conspiracy
Volin, a leading anarchist of the Makhnovshchina, who voiced his opposition to the summary execution of the conspirators
Kontrrazvedka
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The Kontrrazvedka was the counterintelligence division of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine. Its main functions were to carry out military reconnaissance, the prosecution of captured enemies
Polonsky conspiracy
…command, after which pro-Bolshevik units of the insurgent army would seize power in the region. However, the plot was uncovered and suppressed by the Kontrrazvedka, the Makhnovist counterintelligence division. Mykhailo Polonsky and other members of the conspiracy were arrested and summarily executed by firing…
Members of the Union of Poor Peasants.
Lev Zadov, founding member and chief of the Kontrrazvedka.
Dmitry Popov, the chief of the Kontrrazvedka during its operations in Katerynoslav.
Halyna Kuzmenko, one of the founding members of the Commission for Anti-Makhnovist Activities.