Russian Civil War: History and Participants

The Red Army (Bolsheviks), the White Army (nationalists and monarchists), and the Green Army (peasants).

The collapse of the Russian Empire, political opposition to the Bolsheviks, and the Bolshevik Decree on Nationalities.

The consequences of the Russian Civil War included the Bolsheviks consolidating their control, economic ruin due to War Communism, unrest with strikes and uprisings, around eight million deaths, and the centralization of control within the Bolshevik Party.

<p>The Whites lost the Russian Civil War due to their reliance on foreign assistance, lack of planning and unified leadership, communication problems, lack of a single goal, limited control over major areas, and smaller, poorly supplied army.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The impact of War Communism included the economic ruin of the country, as food production and manufacturing collapsed, leading to unrest and uprisings.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Bolsheviks consolidated their control through economic policies like War Communism, political suppression using the Red Terror, and centralization of power within the party.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Increased Soviet Union's suspicion of capitalist West, pursuit of worldwide communist revolution, 'Red Scare' in 1920s America</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Whites, the Greens, and foreign countries like Britain, Japan, and USA</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Trotsky becoming Commissar for War, rebellion of the Czech Legion, execution of Tsar Nicholas II and his family, Red Army's harsh discipline, major set-back during the Eastern Front Offensive, stopping General Yudenich's and General Denikin's advance, war with Poland, defeat of the Whites at the Battle of Perekop, defeat of the Green Army in Ukraine and Tambov</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Control of industrial heartlands and transport links, strong propaganda machine, conscription into Red Army, harsh military discipline, Red Terror</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Ideological opposition to communism, signing of Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, hoped to defeat Bolsheviks by supporting the Whites and re-enter Russia into the war</p> Signup and view all the answers