Russian Civil war 1919-1921
- bolsheviks = reds
- oppositon = whites
- whites composed of: tsarist officers, Cossacks, bourgeoisie, outlawed political groups, international community
- whites won early victories but in 1918 it turned because of Trotsky's strategy
- reds were centralized in most populous and urban area
- allied intervention was weak because of prior war
- reds controlled industry and most of population
- Lower classes were generally reds
- middle/upper classes were whites
- peasants were mainly neutral
- >1000000 casualties
Summary
Many conditions would allow the red army to win handily. This would be the last time opposition stances would be voiced in Russia for decades to come.
“A single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic.” -Joseph Stalin
Had the allied forces been more involved, would Russia have eventually become as strong an industrial nation as the other powers?