nov 13, 1920 - The role of the Makhnavists in liberating the Crimea of Wrangel's troops was the following. While the Red Army blocked Perekop, some of the Makhnovist troops, following the orders of the staff, went 20 miles to the left of the Isthmus and set out over the ice of the Sivash Strait, which was frozen at this time. The Cavalry, commanded by Mar chenko, an anarchist peasant originally from Gulyai-Polye, went first, followed by a machine gun regiment commanded by Kozhin. The crossing was made under violent and co (Timeline)