Chapter 5

Question 1

why did the Bolsheviks win the civil war 1918-1920?

Answer 1

1. geographical factors- controlled the central regions
2. unity and organisation- single unified command structure vs whites were a mixture of monarchists, republicans and constituent assembly
3. leadership- Lenin kept reds united and trotsky overhauled red army
4. propaganda- Reds got the peasants on side giving them aid and support and foreign support to whites stirred up nationalist sentiment