feb 2, 1919 - Following certain anti-Semitic incidents which oc curred in the region in February, 1919, Makhno proposed to all the Jewish colonies that they organize their self-defense and he furnished the necessary guns and ammunition to all these colonies. At the same time Makhno organized a series of meetings in the region where he appealed to the masses to struggle against anti-Semitism. The Jewish working population, in turn, expressed profound solidarity and revolutionary brotherhood toward the revolutionary insurr (Timeline)