RUSSIAN CIVIL WAR - CATALYST/COURSE 2

Question 1

treaty of Brest-litovks (before civil war)

Answer 1

consolidated an anti bolshevik sentiment from different social groups (liberals socialist monarchists) and mid 1918 ant bolsheviks (white) armies formed

Question 2

CATALYST FOR WAR- czech legion revolt

Answer 2

czech legion was the only superiorly battle worth army in russia at the time and fought for russia as 35k Czech/slovakians wanted independence from astro hungarian empire BUT were cut off from home land following treaty of BREST LITOVKS

Question 3

concequenses of bolsheviks clashing with czech legion on transiberian railway:

Answer 3

made b look weak, inspired other anti b forces prepare to attack b, czech cough for white army in RCW

Question 4

trotskeys leadership of the red army

Answer 4

strict disiplin, centralised command structure, promoted communist ideology, plan and execute military campaign

Question 5

why their was still issues for red army despite trotskeys firm leadership:

Answer 5

as during the war red army conscripted 4m peasnts, so numerous peasnts staged local uprising (green armies)

Question 6

reds

Answer 6

bolsheviks/red army

Question 7

whites

Answer 7

various anti b groups

Question 8

green

Answer 8

peasnts armies, some pro/anti b

Question 9

COURSE OF THE CIVIL WAR:
1)-inital advances of the whites

Answer 9

-kolcanck managed to take Kazan+samara June 1919
-yudencih sat at precipe of st pet oct 1919

Question 10

COURSE OF THE CIVIL WAR
2) end of 1920 reds defeated main white army

Answer 10

kolcanck forced back, captured, killed jan 1920
yudenich defeated nov 1919

Question 11

COURSE OF THE CIVIL WAR
3)soviets then failed to gain control of baltic republics > red army defeated

Answer 11

lithuanaia aug 1919, Latvia aug 1920
soviet republics also were made(bolshevik dominated)- ukarain nov 1921, Belarus jan 1919