In 1918-19, the Bundist leader David Petrovsky (Lipetz) served as mayor of Berdychiv and head of its Jewish community. Meanwhile the Azov Sea port of Berdiansk fell under the control of the Makhnovshchina, becoming one of the key hubs of the Ukrainian anarchist movement. Both towns played roles in which broader conflict?

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The Ukrainian War of Independence. During the Ukrainian War of Independence, Berdiansk fell under the control of the Makhnovshchina and became a key center of the Ukrainian anarchist movement. In Berdychiv, from 1918 to 1919 during the same war and Russian Civil War, the town's mayor was Bundist leader David Petrovsky (Lipetz).