Civil War Flashcards

1
Q

Why were other nations frustrated with Russia post-WW1?

A

The Bolsheviks were neither paying the Tsar’s debts nor honouring their side in WW1.

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2
Q

Leader of the Comintern during Civil War

A

Zinoviev

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3
Q

Nations who intervened as a result of the establishment of the Comintern

A

Britain, France, America

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4
Q

Launching points for foreign interventions in the Civil War

A

Archangel, Ukraine, Vladivostok

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5
Q

How many soldiers made up the Czech Legion?

A

40,000

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6
Q

Czech legion sought to gain independence from …. and so they….

A

Austria-Hungary, fought in WW1

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7
Q

Why did the Czech Legion become isolated post-OctoberRev?

A

The treaty of Brest-Litovsk

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8
Q

Four groups of enemies who posed domestic challenges to the Bolsheviks

A

Tsarists and landowners, Patriotic Russians, ProvGov & Menshev supporters, SR’s

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9
Q

Tsarist supporters and landowners wanted….

A

The reversal of peasant land seizures, return of the Tsar Nicholas II.

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10
Q

Patriotic Russians were…

A

Kadets and Conservative (Right) forces

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11
Q

Why did Brest-Litovsk anger Right forces and split the Bolshevik party?

A

Much of Russia’s best agricultural land was lost to Germany (Ukraine, estonia, Latvia, Lithuania)

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12
Q

The SR’s claimed that they were the legitimate government because…

A

They had won a majority in the dissolved Constituent Assembly

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13
Q

What did Lenin favour instead of the Constituent Assembly?

A

Political terror and soviet rule.

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14
Q

Kerenskyists advocated…

A

The return of the Constituent Assembly.

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15
Q

Aim of the Reds in the Civil War

A

To remain in power

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16
Q

Why the Reds had an inherent advantage in the Civil War

A

Their aim was so clear and they were unified around it

17
Q

Supporters of the Reds during the Civil War

A

Kronstadt sailors, Red Guards, volunteer workers, soldiers from former imperial army

18
Q

Nature of the White side during Civil War

A

Divided. An umbrella group

19
Q

One idea the Whites were united around

A

Opposed to Bolshevik Government

20
Q

2 Main ideas the Whites favoured as an alternative to Bolshevism

A

Military Dictatorship or Constituent Assembly Rule

21
Q

Within the Whites the liberals favoured…

A

Military Dictatorship

22
Q

Within the Whites the SR’s favoured…

A

Constituent Assembly Rule

23
Q

Some groups who supported the Whites included…

A

liberals, former tsarists, nationalists, separatists, socialist revolutionaries and other moderate socialists

24
Q

The White armies would often…

A

fight one another.

25
Q

Four of the more significant White armies

A

Yudenich’s army, Southern Volunteer Army, The Komuch, The Omsk Government

26
Q

Size, location of Yudenich’s Army

A

Small, NW. Attacked Reds out of Estonia

27
Q

Generals who formed the Southern Volunteer Army

A

Kornilov and Alekseev

28
Q

General who managed the Southern Volunteer Army post-1918

A

Denikin

29
Q

Membership of the Komuch

A

Committee of members of the Constituent Assembly, mainly SRs

30
Q

The Komuch claimed they were…

A

the legitimately elected government

31
Q

Location of the Komuch

A

Samara, on the river Volga

32
Q

The Omsk Government was mainly… who favoured….

A

Rightists, monarchy or military dictatorship

33
Q

Nominal leader of the Omsk Government

A

Admiral Kolchak

34
Q

The Bolsheviks allowed the Czech Legion to pass through Siberia to continue fighting their enemies on the Western Front in…

A

March 1918