The Russian Civil War Between 1918 and 1921 there was a civil war in Russia. The war was between the reds, who were the communists/Bolsheviks, and the whites who were the either Tsarists or anti-communists. The whites also had help by the way of foreign intervention and in this essay I am going to explain what happened and how this helped the communists win the Russian civil war. One reason why the communists won the civil war was that both sides had different aims. The reds had one collective
The Russian Civil War The following were equally important reasons why Lenin and the Bolsheviks were able to hold onto power during the Civil War: Trotsky's organisation of the Red Army The disunity of the White opposition War Communism The Leadership qualities of Lenin Explain how far you agree with this statement. The four reasons why Lenin and the Bolsheviks were able to hold onto power during
The Russian Civil war, 1918-21 It is accurate to say that the Whites were a huge threat to the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil war. This discussion will analyse why they proved such a threat using source A and my own knowledge. As source A correctly shows, the whites controlled vast amounts of Russia. This would have given them a huge advantage when it came to attacking for they could do so from all sides. This ultimately would stretch the Bolshevik forces to a large extent, causing
The Reds' Defeat Over the Whites in the Russian Civil War From the summer of 1918 a civil war began in Russia between the Bolsheviks (called the reds) and their opponents (called the whites). There were several reasons why the reds won the civil war in 1921, I will go through each of them in turn before coming to a conclusion on which I think was the most influential. The Reds were a single minded group with a single political aim based on an important single geographical area of Russia
Many wars have happened in our Nation, but let’s go half way across the world and learn about a group named “The White Army.” They were military forces that participated in the Russian Civil War. This group was very different from others and due to those facts, they end up having a tragic loss. Broadly speaking, the White armies were military forces that participated in the Russian Civil War. The White armies fought against the Bolshevik Red Army for control of Russia. Unlike the Bolsheviks the White
Why the Bolsheviks Won the Civil War The Russian Civil War raged from 1918 until the start of 1921. During this time the Bolsheviks faced massive opposition to their rule in the form of the White Armies, led by the former officers of the Tsarist state, and also from intervention by the forces of foreign countries. The Bolsheviks were surrounded, and often outnumbered by their opponents, and had no experienced military commanders. At times, their situation seemed hopeless. Yet, by the start
included his land reform policies and his imposition of the NEP (New Economic Policy). However there were also several points were Lenin was ideological and stuck to his Marxist views. This was evident through him bringing about peace and the end of Russian involvement in WWI. Add social policies One way in which Lenin was Pragmatic was through his land policies for the peasant class in Russia. Leading up to the 1918 revolution Lenin started to promote a new Bolshevik land reform policy in Russia. This
problems in trying to consolidate their hold over the ex-tsarist empire. Firstly, how were the Bolsheviks, in view of their military resources, to extend their hold over the nation at large? The second, was how could they achieve a speedy end to the war and effect a rapid withdrawal of the German army, which was currently occupying the western part of Russia. Thirdly, how quickly would they be able to stage an economic recovery? Beset by internal and external enemies, the Bolsheviks were engaged
Bolsheviks had been against the war and had promised immediate peace if they came into power. They couldn't go back on this promise. · This is where the differences between Lenin and Trotsky become clear. Lenin wanted peace immediately while Trotsky wanted to wait. · Lenin realised that with the amount of desertions at the front, Russia wouldn't mount a serious challenge to Germany for much longer so a treaty would be a minor set back if Germany lost the war to Britain and France. · Trotsky
communist government. Lenin and the Bolsheviks From the very beginning Lenin felt that Russia did not need to participate in World War I because it was the main cause for Russia problems Lenin`s belief were developed from Karl Marx, the father of communism. Lenin believed that a government should really represent the people of Russia, therefore he aimed to overthrow the Russian government because it was said to be the cause of misery in Russia. After being put in exile for sedition, Lenin returns to Russia
a key role in the Bolshevik party, encouraging revolution, which saw the Bolsheviks gain power in 1917. He built up a strong Red Army during the civil war, used to ensure the survival of the Bolshevik government and was seen by many as the most likely candidate to take over as leader after Lenin’s death, showing the significance he was held in by Russians. However, evidence suggests that after Lenin’s death he lost his a considerable amount of power, eventually being exiled from the Communist party
Solved the Problems Caused by War Communism Subsequent to the Bolshevik revolution in October 1917 commenced a two year domesticated war in Russia between the newly empowered Communist establishment and the conservative military officers. The primary victims were peasants, affected mostly from the exorbitant demands of food supplies and other essential necessities. The communist and despotic techniques practiced by the Bolsheviks during the war were hence dubbed “war communism” and had considerably
wrought with war, devastated economically. Russia's involvement in World War I, followed by its Civil War, wide spread famine and a change in political and social ideology were the problems confronting Lenin after the October Revolution. Lenin did succeed in ending both the war with Germany and the Civil War for Russia. Yet, the economic and social aspects of the revolution can be more critically assessed. Lenin knew the importance of ending Russian involvement in World War I. On March 3
The Reasons War Communism Was Abandoned in 1921 In order to win the ongoing civil war against the White armies the new communist government found that it was vital to keep the red army supplied with food, ammunition, weapons and clothes. They had to find ways of producing the massive amounts of provisions needed. As a result Lenin imposed a set of very harsh rules known as 'War Communism'. These rules meant the government took charge of all industrial factories and businesses in the towns
gained pace and the Bolshevik revolution began between 25-27 October,as a result; the Provisinal government ministers were arrested and the 2nd Congress of the Soviets was announced. Lenin, appointed chairman. Later in December, Cheka; the all Russian Comission against counter-revolution was established. As the 'dictatorship of the prolatariat' began, so did a new era with Lenin, which only lasted for few years. Although it would not be fair calling Lenin a tyrant and a bloodthirsty man,
support as well as giving him unquestioned authority within the party. Furthermore, his push for the signing of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk to help save the revolution from foreign invasion was crucial and his practicality was further exemplified through War Communism and the introduction of the New Economic Policy (NEP). The use of terror under Lenin 's rule was also highly effective in removing political dissidents and exerting Bolshevik authority through coercive measures like the Cheka and the Red Terror
after the conclusion of World War I he joined a Russian art group and became an active member until the Nazi’s shut down their group. The rest of his life was spent in Paris as an active painter (“Vasilii Kandinskii” 7) “Red Oval”, painted in 1920 is similar to the other paintings of his during this time. It is clear that during this time, many of his paintings contained a red shape, whether it be a square, oval, or even a red blob. At this time, around the end of World War I he was in Russia and with
Trotsky’s Contribution to the Success of the Bolsheviks Up to 1922 The relatively brief period between approximately 1917 and 1922 was an extremely strenuous, yet glorious and successful time for the Bolshevik Party. With the great help of his right hand man Trotsky, the party leader, Lenin was soon able to deflect support from the current provisional government, and turn heads towards the far more organised and dedicated Bolsheviks. Despite having once been a Menshevik, Trotsky was soon
character Vasia Brykin, in the novel Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternack, is created and developed as a symbol of the rampant and chaotic times during the turbulent Russian Revolution. His significance in relation to the overall plot is minor because of his only two sub-chapter appearances, but thematically he works to show the breakdown of the Russian economic and social infrastructure in the country, and the lasting effects it has on the generation of lives that were swept up in its political turmoil.
complaisant, the CHEKA were formed. The CHEKA were supposedly a 'secret police' force, but the CHEKA soon turned to terrorising and murdering not just Bolshevik enemies and unfaithful party members, but their friends and family as well. When the civil war started, the violence and terror used by the CHEKA soon became known as the 'red terror'. When the communist party were rising to power in 1918 people of the elite classes decided to set up the white army to fight the up and coming revolution