Russia 4 Flashcards
what were some reasaons for the civil war
huge territorial losses from brest litovsk
nationalities from the old russian empire wanted to break away
mensheviks and SRs opposed the bolsheviks
what were the effects of the civil war on the bolsheviks
they used terror tactics to ensure control - once they captured an area, they hunted down opponents and executed them
winning the civil war would strengthen the bolshevik beliefs
they feared foreign invasion from britain and france
what were the armies in the civil war
red was bolsheviks
green was nationalities
whites were bolsheviks opposition
why did the bolsheviks win the civil war
strength of the bolsheviks
role of trotsky
weakness of the whites
what were the strengths of the bolsheviks in the civil war
the red army but the army up to 5 million soldiers
control of central russia - they could easily supply their armies
trotsky led the red army and reintroduced discipline making it an effective fighting force
what was the role of trotsky in the war
organised the huge mobilisation of the red army
trotsky commissars kept strict discipline in the army and spread bolshevik propoganda
what foreign intervention was there in the civil war
british french japanese and us soldiers were all sent to help the whites
but bolsheviks used foreign intervention as propoganda to motivate russians
what made the whites weak in the civil war
geographically very spread out
foreign intervention was a gift to the reds
far fewer whites than reds - fewer than 250,000
there was no single white leader
whites were not popular with workers and peasants
