History of the Russian Civil War 1917 - 1920, summary, causes, red army, white army, bolsheviks, number of casualties, its participants, its leaders, its revolutionaries, communism, its battles, when did it start? when did it end? maps, background, facts
Although a “definitive history” has yet to be written about the pogroms that occurred during Russia’s civil war (1918–1920), it has been estimated that more than 1500 pogroms in more than 1300 villages, towns, and cities took place in the Ukraine alone. Oleg Budnitskii,Russian Jews be...
had been moved to Yekaterinburg, a thousand miles east of Petrograd. The Provisional Government had treated him decently, and Kerensky thought he and his family would be safer far away from the capital. But the Bolshevik coup spelled their end. After civil war broke out and White Army fo...
The map is designed to show just how broken up Palestinian land in the West Bank really is. And while originally published in French, it is quite clear in the main point it’s trying to make. Here are some key points about the map: ...
In 1915 the Germans captured Lithuania-proper during the First World War. In 1917 Russia surrendered to Germany (after the war hardships led to a revolution in Russia) and renounced any claims to the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea, while the subsequent German losses in the Western Front led...
Among other controversial statements, Lisitsa described Ukraine’s situation after 2014 as a “civil war” and repeated pro-Kremlin talking points such as the prevalence of “neo-Nazi” elements in Ukraine. She touted herself as having become adept at “unmasking fakes published by Western media....
This gripping autobiography plays out against the backdrop of Russia's bloody Civil War, and was one of the first Western eyewitness accounts of life in post-revolutionary Russia. Marooned in Moscow provides a fascinating account of one woman's entry into war-torn Russia in early 1920, first-...
Eurasian Visions of Russian Nationhood in Space47Mark BassinEurasian Visions of Russian Nationhoodin SpaceFrom its inception in the interwar period down to the present day, Eurasianismhas always attracted attention first and foremost by virtue of what it says aboutRussia’s place on the map of ...
Tajik history textbooks positively assess the actions of Soviet Russia during the civil war in the country [sic]. They point out that Soviet troops were the main force protecting the local populace. The textbooks also note Russia’s contribution to the growth of science in Tajikistan. In general...
we had nowhere to go. Kyle and his wife Katie decided to take us in and give us shelter. We finally had a dot on the map where we were welcome. That was how we ended up in the United States, after traveling through five or six countries in the first three months of the war. ...