Today's episode is about Nestor Makhno — a Ukrainian revolutionary leader and anarchist active during the Ukrainian War of Independence of 1917-1921.

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"[A] will to freedom and independence, which only in the width and depth of the Ukrainian soul could so quickly and strongly manifest itself." - Nestor Makhno

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The music at the end of today's episode is "Любо, братці, любо" ("l'ubo, bratsi, l'ubo") sung by Taras Zhytynskyy. It is a Ukrainian folk song that emerged during the Ukrainian War of Independence of 1917-1921. It was frequently sung in Ukrainian by the army of Nestor Makhno. Some say that Makhno himself liked to sing it too. The music in the episode's background is "Melody" by Ukrainian composer Borys Lyatoshynsky.

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