feb 1, 1920 - Though the Bolshevik troops were much more numer- ous, Makhno and his detachments constantly kept out of their reach. But the Bolsheviks managed to establish them- selves solidly in several places, and to stop the free develop- ment of the region, which had begun in 1919. It was then that mass executions of peasants began. Many will remember that the Soviet press, in articles on the struggle with Makhno, cited the number of Makhno- vists defeated, captured or shot. But this press always neg- lected to menti (Timeline)