Civil war: establishment of communist state (jan 16, 1918 – oct 25, 1922)
Description:
- Victory to the Bolsheviks- The Bolsheviks were united, had greater military skill and enjoyed the support of the peasants.
-- Bolsheviks formally declared their newly-formed state to be the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) or Soviet Union
- Russia became an official communist state.
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Date:
jan 16, 1918
oct 25, 1922
~ 4 years and 9 months