Moscow Federation of Anarchist Groups

The Moscow Federation of Anarchist Groups (Russian: Федерации анархических групп Москвы; MFAG) was a Russian anarchist political organisation. Established in Moscow in the wake of the February Revolution of 1917, it dedicated itself to distributing anarchist propaganda to the city's workers and soon became the second largest political force in the Russian capital. After the Bolsheviks seized power in the October Revolution and signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, the Federation established armed detachments of Black Guards, which raised tensions with the Bolshevik government. In April 1918, the organisation was suppressed in a mass raid by the Cheka. It remained active as a clandestine organisation, before joining the Underground Anarchists in 1919.