Abram Budanov | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Абрам Єфремович Буданов |
| Born | 1886 (1886) |
| Died | 1929(1929-00-00) (aged 42–43) |
| Allegiance |  Makhnovshchina |
| Service |  Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine |
| Years of service | 1919–1922 |
| Battles / wars | Ukrainian War of Independence |
Abram Efremovich Budanov (sometimes, Abraham;[1] 1886–1929) was aUkrainiananarchist military commander, as a member of theMakhnovist movement inDonbas and a permanent member of the RIAU Revolutionary Military Council.[2]
Born in 1882 in the village ofStary Krym, inMariupol, he also received four classes here.[3]
He joined theanarcho-communists in 1905, took part in the Revolution of 1905–1907 inLuhansk.[1] In 1917–1918, he was involved in organizinganarcho-syndicalisttrade unions among Donbasminers, then he participated in the underground struggle against theUkrainian State ofHetmanPavlo Skoropadsky.[1]
In the spring of 1919 he joined the Makhnovist movement.[1] In August 1919, he organized and led the Makhnovist uprising in units of the red 58th Division.[1] On 1 September 1919, Abram was elected to the revolutionary military council of theRIAU in the village ofDobrovelichkovka.[1][2]
In the RIAU he commanded the 1st Don Brigade, which was later transformed into a corps (1919), led the partisan struggle inKharkov andDonetsk provinces (1920) and was a member of the Council of Revolutionary Insurgents of Ukraine.
On the evening of 23 February 1920, he arrived with the Makhnovists inGavrilovka, Budanov called a meeting in the village and pasted leaflets with his own hand.[4] At the end of 17–18 March, in the village ofBolshaya Yanisol, he conducted political and propaganda work.[5] InAleksandrovka, Budanov was elected to the cultural and educational department on 29 May, appointing him head of the department.[6][7]
On 29 September 1920, the RIAU Council Diplomatic Commission was formed, which went toKharkov to maintain contact with theSoviet government; Budanov was elected a member of the diplomatic mission.[8]
He was arrested upon breaking the military-political agreement with the Bolshevik authorities on 26 November 1920,[9] but in the summer of 1921 he escaped from theRyazan prison and returned to Ukraine, leading the rebel movement until it was defeated in 1922 inDonbas.[1]
By the end of 1928, he organized an underground anarchist group nearMariupol, which was discovered by theGPU of theUkrainian SSR on 25 November 1928, and Budanov was sentenced to be shot.[1][3]
In 1995 he was posthumously rehabilitated.[3]
