Viktor Belash

Viktor Fedorovich Belash (Ukrainian: Віктор Федорович Білаш, Russian: Виктор Фёдорович Белаш; 1893 – 24 January 1938) was the Chief of Staff of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine (RIAU) under Nestor Makhno.[1] He was of Ukrainian ethnicity.[2]

Viktor Belash
Born1893
Novospasovka, Mariupolsky Uyezd, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire
DiedJanuary 24, 1938 (aged 44–45)
Kharkov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Citizenship Russia (1893–1917)
Free Territory (1918–1921)
USSR (1922–1938)
OccupationAnarcho-communist

His son, Aleksandr, a World War II veteran, was able to obtain the manuscript of his father's work, with other previously unknown documents in 1993. He subsequently published it together as a book called “The Roads of Nestor Makhno”.[3][4]

References
  1. Skirda, Alexandre, Nestor Makhno: Anarchy's Cossack. AK Press, 2004, p. 86
  2. "Жертвы политического террора в СССР". Lists.memo.ru. Archived from the original on February 1, 2018. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
  3. Белаш Александр - Дороги Нестора Махно. Unotices. 1993. Archived from the original on March 8, 2022. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
  4. Belash, Viktor; Belash, Aleksandr (1993). Дороги Нестора Махно [The Roads of Nestor Makhno] (pdf) (in Russian). РВЦ “Проза”. ISBN 5-7707-3814-6. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 10, 2020. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
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