Support - Reasons for Red Victory Flashcards
Why did the peasants support the Reds?
They feared the loss of their newly-acquired land and were assured by the Reds that the land they had taken would stay theirs
Why did workers and soldiers support the Reds?
The reds wanted to protect the gains from 1917
Why would nationalists/minorities support the Reds?
The Reds were more pragmatic about the nationalists/minorities desire for independence
Which group made up the majority of the Whites?
tsarists
Why did tsarists support the Whites?
They wanted to ‘put the clock to before the revolution
How many Jews were murdered by White Armies?
50,000 Jews
What White slogan intimidated the ethnic minorities?
‘Russia, one and indivisible’
2 examples of the whites being opposed by Nationalists
the nationalists in Ukraine and Georgia