Ukrainian War of Independence Part 7: Anarchy in Ukraine

<p>In this episode of our series on the Ukrainian War of Independence, we follow the Directory as it encounters new challenges after overthrowing the Hetman. Facing off against a revanchist Poland in the west, the Entente powers in the south, Nestor Makhno’s anarchists in the east and a renewed Soviet offensive in the north, the Directory’s tenuous control over Ukraine begins to slip even further.</p> <p><a href='mailto:%20historiadramaticapod@gmail.com'>Email me</a></p> <p><a href='https://twitter.com/kaiserwillemii'>Follow me on Twitter</a></p> <p><a href='https://www.facebook.com/historiadramaticapod'>Like the show on Facebook</a></p> <p><a href='https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxDbRAn94A6txCiKozsxB_g'>Watch the show on YouTube</a></p> <p><a href='https://www.ebay.com/sch/historiadr-8/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from='>Visit the eBay store</a></p> <p><a href='https://www.patreon.com/user?u=55693541'>Support the show on Patreon</a></p> <p style="text-align:center;">Works Cited</p> <p>Doroshenko, Dmytro. A Survey of Ukrainian History. Trident Press Limited, 1975. </p> <p>Engelstein, Laura. Russia in Flames: War, Revolution, Civil War, 1917-1921. Oxford University Press, 2019. </p> <p>Hrushevsky, Mykhailo. A History of Ukraine. Archon Books, 1970</p> <p>Hunczak, Taras. The Ukraine, 1917-1921: A Study in Revolution. Harvard University Press, 1977.</p> <p>Maslakh, Serhii and Shakhrai, Vasyl. On the Current Situation in Ukraine. University of Michigan Press, 1970.</p> <p>Plokhy, Serhii. The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine. Basic Books, 2021.</p> <p>Reshetar, John. The Ukrainian Revolution, 1917-1920: A Study in Nationalism. Princeton University Press, 1952.</p> <p>Cover Image: "World Peace in Ukraine!" Ukrainian propaganda poster, c.1920.</p> <p>Opening Theme: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, "From the New World", Op. 95, B. 178 by Antonín Dvořák</p> <p>Closing Theme "Ще не ўмерла Україна," Anthem of the Ukrainian People's Republic, 1917-1922</p>