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The Civil War
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- 1Who were the Reds?The Bolsheviks
- 2Who were the Whites?Ex-tsarist, conservatives, SRs, Mensheviks, liberals.
- 3Who were the Greens?Peasants
- 4When 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
- 5What cities did Kolchak capture?Kazan and Samara
- 6When did Denikin get dangerously close to Moscow?Summer 1919 but Trotsky forced his army south towards the Crimea
- 7How big was Yudenich's army?15,000 men
- 8What happened in October 1919?Yudenich got relatively close to Petrograd but was pushed back by the Red troops
- 9What happened to Kolchak?He was in retreat by the autumn of 1919 and was shot in 1920.
- 10What occured in the second stage of the Civil War?Conflict against Poland who entered Ukraine. More of a nationalist struggle
- 11What role did Trotsky play?He took charge over the Red Army?
- 12What did he ensure?The army was well-fed and equipped as well as discipline (re-introduced ranks)
- 13Who did he recruit?50,000 former tsarist officers to train new recruits.
- 14What punishment was available for deserters?The death penalty
- 15When was the tsar murdered?July 1918
- 16What were the key features of war communism?Requisitioning of grain
Nationalisation
Labour discipline and rationing
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- GCSE History (Russia) FlashCards sobre The Civil War, criado por Izzy Noone em 05-06-2017.
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