Civil War Flashcards
1
Q
Why did a civil war break out?
A
Socialist revolutionaries and cadets accused the bolsheviks of seizing power using force.
Desperate economic state - hunger, famine
2
Q
What happened during the civil war?
A
The Czech Legion supported the whites.
Whites were successful at first - then reds
By 1919 the whites were within 48km of Petrograd and 320km of Moscow
Tsar killed 8th July 1918
3
Q
Why did the Bolsheviks win the civil war?
A
The whites were divided, fighting for different reasons.
Whites had 250,000 men Reds had 2mil men
Bolsheviks controlled the railway
Trotsky recruited from the Russian imperial Army - Better trained and supplied
