Red Devils (story)

The novel gives a negative portrayal of the anarchist Nestor Makhno. For example:

Land of the Soviets was burning in the fire of civil war. From all sides the heart of Russia - Moscow - moved numerous hordes of counter-revolution, From the east, the north and south were threatened by foreign invaders who supplied White Army weapons and food. In Crimea, sat down Wrangel troops which broke the Ukraine, in the area of Katerinoslavshchina.

And here, in the rear of a young Red Army rampaged kulak gang, led by different Batko and leader. Urban workers and the rural poor selflessly fought for Soviet power, helped the Red Army and all our partisans than could. Hundreds and thousands of young volunteers joined the ranks of the glorious fighters for the cause of freedom and socialism. During these terrible years, surrounded by enemies, the Soviet people lived hard, hungry and cold. After the war the industry was destroyed, fields are sown, even the bread was not enough to supply the Red Army. Country kulaks-the rich hid their bread and products, and in pits secret places, engaged in speculation and brutally robbed city population to go down for bread and potatoes last belongings. In those days, to which the action of our story, the same situation was in the city of Ekaterinoslav.

In Polye and throughout Ekaterinoslav province, Makhno's famous gang robbed civilians in Ukraine. Acting in the rear of the Red Army, the gang brought incalculable harm Soviet people: organized pogroms, looting base supply, killing Soviet workers, especially the Bolsheviks and Red partisans. Village rich and bourgeois assisted them in every way in the struggle against Soviet power. They wanted to restore the old regime, the Tsar and landlords.

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