may 12, 1919 - We described earlier the speed and determination with which the Makhnovists executed Grigor'ev and his staff, and we mentioned that one of the main reasons for this execution was their participation in pogroms of Jews. We can mention other events of this nature with which we are familiar. On May 12, 1919, several Jewish families-20 people in all-were killed in the Jewish agricultural colony of Gor'kaya, near Aleksandrovsk. The Makhnovist staff immediately set up a special commission to investigate this even (Timeline)