Military Revolutionary Council

Military Revolutionary Council
Военно-революционный Совет
Nestor Makhno and his lieutenants in Berdiansk (1919)
Overview
Established12 February 1919 (1919-02-12)
Dissolved26 November 1920 (1920-11-26)
Polity Makhnovshchina
LeaderChairman
Appointed byRegional Congress of Peasants, Workers and Insurgents
HeadquartersHuliaipole

The Military Revolutionary Council (Russian: Военно-революционный Совет, VRS) was the de facto executive of the Makhnovshchina, empowered to act during the interim between sittings of the Regional Congresses.[1]

  1. ^ Malet 1982, p. 27; Skirda 2004, p. 87.