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
A map of Cholera diffusion by sanitary physician Scouttetten, 1831, of France, depicting the routes travelled by Asiatic cholera, including an unusual route across the Ural Mountains just north of India through Russia, the focus of his dissertation on the same. (This is covered in my historica...
Russian Civil War - Intervention, Allies, Bolsheviks: The Allied governments now had to decide on their policy in the confused Russian situation. The original purpose of intervention, to revive an eastern front against Germany, was now meaningless. Russi
How did the revolution lead to the Russian Civil War? What happened to the tsar and his family? Who was Leon Trotsky? What was Leon Trotsky’s role in the October Revolution? Read Next Russian Revolution Timeline All 119 References in “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” Explained ...
battle sites during the Crimean War (1853−56)Map showing battle sites and key locations in the Crimean War (1853−56).(more) The regional rivalry between the Russians and the Turks persisted, however, and in theCrimean War(1853–56) it expanded into a broader European conflict. Anglo-...
World War IRussia's all-female “Battalion of Death” performed well during the June Offensive of 1917, but morale in the armed forces was collapsing around it. By 1918 Russia had exited World War I, and civil war had gripped the country. Maria Bochkareva, leader and guiding force of the...
How did the revolution lead to the Russian Civil War? What happened to the tsar and his family? Who was Leon Trotsky? What was Leon Trotsky’s role in the October Revolution? Read Next Russian Revolution Timeline All 119 References in “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” Explained ...
World War IHistorical map of the Eastern Front during World War I.(more) Despite some reforms that followed the Russo-Japanese War, the Russian army in 1914 was ill-equipped to fight a major war, and neither the political nor the military leadership was up to the standard required. Neverthe...
How did the revolution lead to the Russian Civil War? What happened to the tsar and his family? Who was Leon Trotsky? What was Leon Trotsky’s role in the October Revolution?Read Next Russian Revolution Timeline All 119 References in “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” Explained The Assass...
How did the revolution lead to the Russian Civil War? What happened to the tsar and his family? Who was Leon Trotsky? What was Leon Trotsky’s role in the October Revolution?Read Next Russian Revolution Timeline All 119 References in “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” Explained The Assass...