aug 3, 1920 - kontrraz capture starobelsk bank with 22mill rubles, showing their method of capturing assets to aid funding of movement. 22 party and soviety workers shot

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During the time of the raids in the summer and autumn of 1920,
the agent networks of the Kontrrazvedka identified the presence of
supplies or money in various cities. Thus the occupation of cities by
the Makhnovists wasn't arbitrary but had the object of replenish-
ing the supplies and finances of the Insurgent Army. For example,
agents detected the presence of 22 million rubles in the Starobelsk
bank. On September 3 the was taken, with the seizure of major
spoils, and money was paid out as wages to the insurgents. Twenty-
two party and soviet workers were shot.

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