Alexandre Skirda (born 1942 - December 23, 2020) was a French
anarchist. His mother was
Ukrainian
Ukrainian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Ukraine
* Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe
* Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine
* So ...
and his father was
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...
n. He was a
historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the st ...
and a
translator
Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. The English language draws a terminological distinction (which does not exist in every language) between ''transl ...
, specializing in the Russian anarchist revolutionary movement. His writing is in
French.
Works
Books in French
* Alexandre Skirda, ''Kronstadt 1921: prolétariat contre bolchévisme'', Tête de feuille, Paris, 1971, 271 p. ()
* Alexandre Skirda, ''Les Anarchistes dans la Révolution russe'', Tête de feuilles, Paris, 1973, 186 p.
* Alexandre Skirda, ''Autonomie individuelle et force collective: les anarchistes et l’organisation de Proudhon à nos jours'', Publico, Skirda, Spartacus, 1987, 365 p. ()
* Alexandre Skirda, ''Nestor Makhno: le cosaque libertaire'', 1888–1934 ; La Guerre civile en Ukraine, 1917–1921, Éd. de Paris, Paris, 1999, 491 p. ()
* Alexandre Skirda, ''Les Anarchistes russes, les soviets et la révolution de 1917'', Éd. de Paris, Paris, 2000, 348 p. ()
Translations in English
*
Nestor Makhno
Nestor Ivanovych Makhno, The surname "Makhno" ( uk, Махно́) was itself a corruption of Nestor's father's surname "Mikhnenko" ( uk, Міхненко). ( 1888 – 25 July 1934), also known as Bat'ko Makhno ("Father Makhno"),; According to ...
(author), Alexandre Skirda (editor), (translation by Paul Sharkey)
''The Struggle Against The State And Other Essays'' AK Press, 1 January 1996, 114 p. ()
* Alexandre Skirda (translation by Paul Sharkey)
''Facing the enemy: a history of anarchist organization from Proudhon to May 1968'' AK Press, 1 January 2002, 292 p. ()
* Alexandre Skirda (translation by Paul Sharkey)
''Nestor Makhno: Anarchy's Cossack: The Struggle for Free Soviets in the Ukraine'' AK Press, 2004, 415 p. ()
See also
*
Anarchism
*
Nestor Makhno
Nestor Ivanovych Makhno, The surname "Makhno" ( uk, Махно́) was itself a corruption of Nestor's father's surname "Mikhnenko" ( uk, Міхненко). ( 1888 – 25 July 1934), also known as Bat'ko Makhno ("Father Makhno"),; According to ...
*
Kronstadt rebellion
The Kronstadt rebellion ( rus, Кронштадтское восстание, Kronshtadtskoye vosstaniye) was a 1921 insurrection of Soviet sailors and civilians against the Bolshevik government in the Russian SFSR port city of Kronstadt. Loc ...
*
Revolutionary Insurrectionary Army of Ukraine
The Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine ( uk, Революційна Повстанська Армія України), also known as the Black Army or as Makhnovtsi ( uk, Махновці), named after their leader Nestor Makhno, was ...
References
External links
Listing of Skirda's work.
Makhnovshchina
French anarchists
Russian anarchists
Historians of anarchism
Living people
Historians of Russia
Russian translators
1942 births
{{Russia-translator-stub