THE RUSSIAN CIVIL WAR overview

What is a Civil War?  A war between factions or regions in the same country French Wars of religion in 1520s: between Catholics & Protestants American Civil War : between the North and South over a political issue (slavery). The Spanish Civil War 1930s: for political control of the country The Nigerian Civil War or Biafran War : to prevent seccession.

Exams: Paper 2:  Causes, Practices & Effects of War  As a civil war  As a revolutionary war  Foreign intervention in wars  Rise and Rule of Single Party States  Lenin consolidated authority  Role of ideology  Methods of establishing control

Exams: Paper 3:  Lenin’s rise and rule  Lenin’s ideology  Comparison between Lenin and Trotsky  Part played by Lenin in establishment of Bolshevism  Lenin’s authority

Causes of the Russian Civil War  Opposition to the Bolsheviks was inevitable  Measures taken by Sovnarkom  Treaty of Brest-Litovsk  Bolsheviks needed to extend their control to all of Russia

When did the RCW begin? The Czech Legion incident, May 1918

Who fought who? The Reds – leader: Trotsky  The Workers & Peasants Red Army  Conscripted workers  Krondstadt Sailors  Red Guards

Who fought who? The Whites – leaders: Kolchak, Yudenich, Deniken  Liberals  Tsarists  SRs  Foreign troops: GB, France, USA, Japan  Komuch: The Committee of Members of the Constituent Assembly

Who fought who? The Greens –no ‘leader’ as such, but Nestor Makhno most noted.  Peasant Armies  Some SRs  Anarchists

Phases of the Civil War 1918: Red vs Green : Red vs White : Red vs Green