12 maio 1919 ano - We described earlier the speed and determination with
which the Makhnovists executed Grigor'ev and his staff, and
we mentioned that one of the main reasons for this execution
was their participation in pogroms of Jews.
We can mention other events of this nature with which
we are familiar.
On May 12, 1919, several Jewish families-20 people in
all-were killed in the Jewish agricultural colony of Gor'kaya,
near Aleksandrovsk. The Makhnovist staff immediately set up
a special commission to investigate this even