Civil War Flashcards
Civil War:
1917-1920
After the October Revolution, Bolsheviks had … days of fighting in Moscow
10 days of fighting before Bolsheviks prevailed
Lenin on Civil War:
“The proletarian slogan must be: Civil War!”
Red Army created:
January 1918
Trotsky war slogan:
“Everything for the front!”
Green army consisted of :
Around 40,000 Czech soldiers and Slovak POW’s
Chelyabinsk Incident:
14 May 1918
Foreign Internationalist’s consisted of :
Britain: 40,000 troops
Japan: 70,000 troops
General Denkin controlled the :
Armed Force of Soviet Russia in the South. Came within 300 km of Moscow in November 1919
General Kolchak controlled the:
Southern Army.
General Yudenich controlled the:
North-Western Army. Reached the suburbs of Petrograd in November 1919
Soviet-Polish War:
April 1920 - March 1921
Treaty of Riga:
18 March 1921
Taylor on the Treaty of Riga:
“The Soviet leaders abandoned the cause of international revolution”