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| Green Guard | |
|---|---|
| Зелена Гвардія | |
| Active | 1942–1943 |
| Disbanded | 1945 |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Type | Partisan detachment |
| Garrison/HQ | Kyiv |
| Nickname(s) | Green Army |
| Engagements | Eastern Front of World War II |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | Osip Tsebriy |
The Green Guard (Ukrainian: Зелена Гвардія) was an anarchist guerrilla unit in occupied Ukraine during World War II.
History
[edit]The Green Guard was formed in 1942 in the Kyiv Oblast, then part of the Reichskommissariat Ukraine, by the former Makhnovist Osip Tsebriy,[1][2] who had returned from exile in France, on the other end of Nazi-occupied Europe.[3] Tsebriy tried to revive the tradition of the Makhnovschina among the Ukrainian peasants.[2] The partisans fought against the troops of Nazi Germany, as well as those of the Soviet Union, and Ukrainian nationalists.[2] In the winter of 1943, the Green Guard was crushed by anti-partisan German troops.[2][3] Tsebriy went into hiding with the local peasants for several months, but in the end was captured. Unrecognized, he was imprisoned in a concentration camp in Nazi Germany, from where he was freed by the western Allies in 1945.[2][3]
See also
[edit]- Anarchism in Ukraine
- Anarchist brigades in the Italian Resistance
- Green armies
- Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine
- Soviet partisans
- Syndicalist Brigade
- Ukrainian Insurgent Army
References
[edit]- ^ Damier, Vadim (2009-09-28). Anarcho-syndicalism in the 20th Century. Retrieved 2022-06-07 – via The Anarchist Library.
We have knowledge about at least one attempt at organizing armed struggle undertaken by anarchists in Ukraine. A former participant in the Makhnovist movement, Osip Tsebry, returned to the country illegally in 1942 and organized a partisan detachment in the Kiev region. In the tradition of its predecessors, it acted against both Germany and the USSR, until it was defeated by German forces in 1943.
- ^ a b c d e Damier, Vadim (November 1998). "Fate of the Makhnovist". Прямое действие. Translated by Riltok. Confederation of Revolutionary Anarcho-Syndicalists. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ^ a b c A. Dubovik; Y. Kravets; A. Belash (eds.). "ЦЕБРИЙ Осип Васильевич". Makhno.ru. ИМЕННОЙ УКАЗАТЕЛЬ (in Russian). Retrieved 12 May 2021.
Further reading
[edit]- Bonnet, F. (2017). Des vies en révolution - Ces destins saisis par Octobre-17. Non fiction (in French). Éditions Don Quichotte. ISBN 978-2-35949-652-9. Retrieved 2022-06-07.
- Tsebry, Ossip (1949–1950). "Memories of a Makhnovist Partisan". Delo Truda–Probuzdénie. No. 31–32. New York. pp. 17–19, 13–14. Retrieved 2022-06-07 – via The Anarchist Library.
- Woroncow, Jakub (2021-06-03). "Osip Tsebry: Burzliwy życiorys machnowca". Anarcho-Biblioteka (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-06-07.