15 marzo 1921 anni - kontrraz manage to convey to Shtarm not only morale and dispositions of army's, but even the characteristics of commanders - including one instance where they assessed the literacy and competency if a red commander who struggled with the scale of a topographic map. Makhno would disinform enemies about his intentions. with help of kontrraz he tricked rkka into forming a front in expectation of battle while his army marched 64km in the other direction (lol)

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Thanks to their agent network the Makhnovist Shtarm had access to
detailed information not only about the dispositions of Red units,
their strength and movements, but also about the state of morale
in the various formations and even the characteristics of their com-
manders. According to the words of a participant in the operations
against Makhno, P. Ashakhanov, the Makhnovist Kontrrazvedka
was so efficient, that the Makhnovists were aware of the literacy
level and military competency of a certain brigade commander who couldn't figure out the scale of a topographic map. With the aid
of his intelligence agents, Makhno could disinform the enemy about
his intentions. In a letter to Arshinov, he recalled his usual modus
operandi when, in March 1921, with the help of the Kontrrazvedka
the Makhnovists forced one of the RKKA formations to deploy along
a front for 24 hours in expectation of a battle, while the Insurgent
Army was completing a forced march of 60 versts.

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