9 oct. 1919 - The Polonsky Conspiracy -

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According to Volin, in the regions occupied by the Makhnovists,
"Without delay were announced freedom of speech, of the press,
of assembly, and of association - for all" (this was intended to
apply to left-wing parties). Coupled with this, Makhno warned
the socialists, and the Alexandrovsk Revkom personally, that if
they created organs of power they would be shot. This was re-
ported to members of the Yekaterinoslav Revkom by Lashkevich,
commander of the 13th Regiment. It is within the framework
of these positions that the "Polonsky conspiracy" developed, the
most important such event in the history of the Makhnovshchina.
The investigation of the conspiracy was conducted by the military
branch of the Kontrrazvedka. However, the conspirators were
arrested and shot by Lepetchenko and Vasilevsky - members of
Makhno's personal kontrrazvedka who were in charge of its civilian
punitive operations. Finally, the most famous scandal concerning
the Kontrrazvedka was linked with this conspiracy, resulting in the
transfer of the Kontrrazvedka's punitive functions to a "Commission
for Anti-Makhnovist Activities”. That's why I consider it logical to
examine the "Polonsky conspiracy in the context of the activities
of the Civilian Kontrrazvedka.

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