English Explanatory Dictionary

Makhnovshchina

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Synonym of Makhnovism.
  2. Synonym of Black Army.
  3. Synonym of Free Soviets.

Word forms

Makhnovshchina Makhnovshchyna

Etymology

From Russian махно́вщина (maxnóvščina) or Ukrainian махно́вщина (maxnóvščyna). Both mean "the thing relating to Makhno", and are equivalent to Махно (Maxno) + -ов (-ov) + -ский (-skij) + -ина (-ina).

Synonyms

Makhnovism Black Army Free Soviets
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