 For the sake of preserving the independence of the Gulyai-Polsky district and building an anarchist society, Belash agreed to armed defense from the encroachments of the Soviet regime.Anticipating the inevitability of breaking the alliance with the Bolsheviks after the defeat of Wrangel, the headquarters tried to pull the Makhnovist troops into the Gulyai-Pol region, avoiding their dispersal.From the moment the Bolsheviks broke the military-political agreement and with the resumption of the armed struggle between the Makhnovists and the Reds (November 26), Belash exercised operational control of the RIAU movement during the raids of December 1920 - March 1921 in Tavria and Yekaterinoslav.