Russian Civil War

Question 1

What was the civil war between and who won

Answer 1

Reds vs whites - communists

Question 2

Why did the civil war start

Answer 2

Opponents not prepared to be pushed out and lenin wanted to destroy them

Question 3

What areas were controlled by reds

Answer 3

North and central Russia

Question 4

areas controlled by whites

Answer 4

Less industrialized an populated

Question 5

Greeen areas

Answer 5

Ukraine areas surrounded y whites

Question 6

Nationalists in civil war

Answer 6

Small group with little area

Question 7

What took place on 17th July 1918

Answer 7

Romanov family killed by Lenin’s wishes

Question 8

When as civil war from and till

Answer 8

1918-1921

Question 9

X4 strengths of bolsheviks

Answer 9

1. Discipline
2. Trotskys leadership
3. Saw the war as ideological
   Had control over Moscow and petrograd as well as industrial areas

Question 10

Problems of the whites x4

Answer 10

1. Support from allies was weak
2. No unity
3. Scattered geographically
4. Desertions due to no central leadership

Question 11

Role of Cheka

Answer 11

Eliminated opposition and shot deserters and discipline

Question 12

Main reason for victory of Reds during civil war

Answer 12

Centralized power of lenin which ent against was he believed in but was for th justice of rev government which was weak