The Civil War

Question	Answer
Who were the Reds?	The Bolsheviks
Who were the Whites?	Ex-tsarist, conservatives, SRs, Mensheviks, liberals.
Who were the Greens?	Peasants
When and where did Denekin first attack?	Summer of 1918, threatened Tsaritsyn but failed due to red resistance. Stopped Denekin from linking up with White armies in the east
What cities did Kolchak capture?	Kazan and Samara
When did Denikin get dangerously close to Moscow?	Summer 1919 but Trotsky forced his army south towards the Crimea
How big was Yudenich's army?	15,000 men
What happened in October 1919?	Yudenich got relatively close to Petrograd but was pushed back by the Red troops
What happened to Kolchak?	He was in retreat by the autumn of 1919 and was shot in 1920.
What occured in the second stage of the Civil War?	Conflict against Poland who entered Ukraine. More of a nationalist struggle
What role did Trotsky play?	He took charge over the Red Army?
What did he ensure?	The army was well-fed and equipped as well as discipline (re-introduced ranks)
Who did he recruit?	50,000 former tsarist officers to train new recruits.
What punishment was available for deserters?	The death penalty
When was the tsar murdered?	July 1918
What were the key features of war communism?	Requisitioning of grain Nationalisation Labour discipline and rationing

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