RUSSIAN CIVIL WAR Flashcards
When did the fighting break out?
25th October 1917.
Who had been defeated by the Spring of 1918?
Volunteer Army under Kornilov.
What did Lenin claim in April 1918?
That the Civil War was over.
What happened in May 1918?
A Czech Legion, made up of 40,000 captured members of the Austro-Hungarian army. The Red Army collapsed and fled.
Who was executed in July 1918?
Nicholas II.
Where was a directory government set up?
In Ufa, in September 1918.
What marked the end of the Directory in Ufa?
Admiral Kolchak made himself military dictator.
When did the war with the Whites start?
December 1918.
What happened in March 1919?
Kolchak’s army began to advance.
What did General Denikin do in May 1919?
General Denikin and an army of Cossacks and others advanced on Moscow from the south.
What were the Red Army forced to abandon in August 1919?
Kiev.
When did Kolchak abdicate?
January 1920.
What treaty ended the Russo-Polish war?
The Treaty of Riga, Oct 1920.
When did the last White forces leave Southern Russia?
In Nov 1920, shelled by Red forces.
What happened to Lenin in August 1918?
Shot 3 times by a SR agent.
Give one white general.
General Denikin.
What did Trotsky ensure?
The Red Army were ruthless and determined.
What did the Red Terror ensure regarding the population?
Ensured it was kept under strict control. In 1918-19 alone there were nearly 8,000 recorded executions.
What did effective propaganda ensure?
Kept the people aware of the atrocities committed by the white.
What did the Red Army propaganda train have?
A cinema aboard to help spread communist ideas.
Why did Lenin declare that war was about to end in April 1918?
Defeated General Kornilov’s Volunteer Army.
What treaty was signed in October 1921?
Treaty of Riga, ending the Russo-Polish conflict.
When did the Red troops drive the last of the white troops out?
November 1921.
What type of foreign policy was created as a result of the civil war?
Conciliatory foreign policy with other Bolshevik nations, and not abandoning Comintern.
Who formed part of the post-war government?
Those who served as part of the Red Army.
What were the five main parts of the Red Terror?
Enforcing War Communism, the ‘Labour Code’, the elimination of kulaks, the administration of labour camps and the militarisation of labour.
What was founded in 1921 in order to promote an idealised picture of Russian life?
The Agitation and Propaganda Department (Agitprop).
What are the Whites seen as evidence of?
Opposition to the Bolsheviks.
What did the Green Armies suggest about the nature of the war?
Was not simply about party politics, but also concerned conflicts about nationalities and regions.
