Notes
- The Bolsheviks were the 'reds'
- All groups who opposed them were the 'whites'
- whites were mainly:
- tsarist officers
- cossacks - kings guards
- bourgeoisie - upper middle class
- outlawed political groups
- international community
- Whites won early victories in 1918, but the tides turned due to Leon Trotsky
- Reds were more organized and central
- Allied intervention was only half-hearted
- Reds controlled the industry and had majority of the population
- Lower classes were generally Red
- Middle and upper classes were white
- peasants were neutral
Summary
The Russian Civil War was to tear Russia apart for three years – between 1918 and 1921. The civil war occurred because after November 1917, many groups had formed that opposed Lenin’s Bolsheviks. These groups included monarchists, militarists, and, for a short time, foreign nations. Collectively, they were known as the Whites while the Bolsheviks were known as the Reds.
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If there was no segregation at the time, would there have been two different groups (whites and reds)?