nov 15, 1919 - mk kontrraz underground operating in cities, towns and villages across Southern Ukraine at this peak moment for the movement, with agents based in all manner of business and accommodation.

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At the peak of the Makhnovist movement in the autumn of 1919,
the underground intelligence centres of the Kontrrazvedka were
found in all the cities, towns, and large villages of southern and
eastern Ukraine. These centres were usually situated in artels(pre-revolutionary coop of ariana or craftsmen living together), inns,
boarding houses, cafeterias, restaurants, and shoemakers or tailors
shops - in fact anywhere where one could expect to meet soldiers.
Secret agents in the rear of the enemy were to be found in factories,
plants, and mines. It is from these agents that the Makhnovist
Shtarm received information about conditions in the rear and the
mood of the workers. The network of agents of the Kontrrazvedka
extended from Odessa to Novorossysk and sent information on the
movement of White units. Secret addresses of the Kontrrazvedka
were maintained in Odessa, Kherson, Nikolayev, Poltava, Yuzovka,
Taganrog, Rostov-on-Don, Yeysk, Sevastopol, Kharkov, Cherkassy,
and Kiev

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