RUSSIAN CIVIL WAR (7 nov 1917 anni – 22 ottob 1922 anni)
Descrizione:
CAUSES:
- closure of the constituent assembly
- Bolsheviks imposing one-party dictatorship
- Seized power by force: opponents claimed they had no right to rule Russia
- Brest Litovsk
SIDES:
THE REDS
- Bolsheviks: led by Trotsky
WHITES:
- various groups made up of the Bolshevik's opponents
- led by former tsarist officers
- uncoordinated attacks due to lack of common goal except for hatred of the bolsheviks
GREENS:
- peasant army fighting for independence from control of anybody.
Aggiunto al nastro di tempo:
Data:
7 nov 1917 anni
22 ottob 1922 anni
~ 4 years and 11 months