apr 2, 1919 - The K gets busy: "provisioning" for the army in Mariupol and berdiansk

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In April 1919 separate "civilian sections of the Kontrrazvedka were
formed by Chernyak and Zinkovsky in the cities of Maryupol and
Berdyansk. These sections were concerned mainly with provisioning
the army. Such forms of military procurement as expropriation, con-
tributions (levies) or so-called "living off the land" were widely used
from 1917 on by Red Guard and Black Guard (anarchist) detach-
ments. With the start of the transformation of the Red Guard into
the RKKA this practice ceased in Central Russia. But in Ukraine it
continued longer. For example, the 2nd Brigade of the Zadneprovsky
Division under Grigoryev occupied itself with self-supply after the
capture of Odessa in April 1919.

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