The author of this book is a person more competent than anyone in the field. He knew Nestor Makhno long before the events described and watched him closely throughout them, at various moments. He also knew all the outstanding participants in the movement. He himself was an active participant in the events, he himself experienced their development full of greatness and tragedy. More than anyone else, the innermost essence of the Makhnovism was clear to him - its ideological and organizational searches, aspirations and aspirations.