Russian Civil War 1918
Main causes of the 1918 Russian Civil War
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- Causes of the Russian Civil War
- The Role of the Czech Legion
- created from Austro-Hungarian prisoners
- fought with Allies
- Hoped to create own country after Austria-Hungary had been defeted
- Consisted of 4000 men who opposed the red Army
- The role of different nationalities
- Fins, Ukrainians and Poles
- wanted their own countries
- The role of foreign countries
- Britain and France wanted Russia to remain in WW1
- Japan wanted to expand their territory and influence
- Provided Whites with supplies
- Britain, France and Japan occupied parts of Russia
- The role of the Whites
- Opposition to the Bolsheviks (the reds)
- The role of Communist policies
- Many Russian s opposed to Treaty of Brest-Litovk
- Socialist Revolutionaries left coalition with Comminists
- Bolsheviks clashed with peasantry
- Lenin used force to collect grain from peasants to feed cities and Red Guard
- The Role of the Czech Legion
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