Extra detail: the civil war Flashcards
How many people died in the Civil War?
~10 million
What did people in the Civil War die from?
Hunger, epidemic disease, military action
Who were some of the first elected members of the Politburo?
Lenin, Trotsky, Stalin
Who led the Whites in the South?
General Denikin
Who led the Whites in Siberia?
Admiral Kolchak
Who led the Whites in Estonia?
General Yudenich
Who led the Whites in the Crimea?
Baron Wrangel
How many miles did Trotsky’s train cover during the war?
65,000+
Why were civilians in Red occupied areas often badly treated?
To keep the rest of the population in line
What was introduced when it was necessary to build up numbers in the Red Army?
Conscription (in some areas)
- either fighting units or labour battalions
- labour battalions were sometimes made up of the bourgeoisie and were used on the front lines to clear debris and remove bodies and the wounded
What was the movement of the capital an important symbol of?
The changing attitudes of the government
Petrograd had been built to open Russia up to the western world
Moscow was further east and the Bolshevik regime considered itself superior to the world
