Causes and Impacts of the Russian civil war

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	Causes and Impacts of the Russian civil war
	Causes The reds wanted their absolute power to remain intact Whites where made up of many different powers including: The foreign powers led by the generals: Wrangel,Yudenich and Denikin. They were angry because Lenin had left the war and they wanted Russia's debts to be repaid. They were also scared of communism. The Czech legion who wanted independance which they wouldn't achieve under Bolshevik power The Tsarists wanted the Tsar back in power The liberals and social revolutionaries wanted democracy not communism. Mensheviks wanted another revolution but a slower one.	Effects War communism was one of the main impacts of the civil war and it lead to a number of things including: poor conditions in the towns: Books/furniture used for fire, Hyperinflation made money worthless, Factories were transformed to produce guns and black markets sprung up everywhere. There was also very poor conditions in the countryside; Peasants horded supplies so the whole country went hungry, they also made less grain so less would be taken by the requistion squads, basically the peasants didn't want to share. So both the cities and countryside was in chaos, 5 million died of starvation, burgulery and orphans became a common sight.
	Overall summary The reds won the war for a number of reasons; -They were united under one common goal unlike the whites -The Reds occupied important parts of the country: cities <This lead to communication and transport being easy for the reds but difficult for the whites -Lenin and Trotsky were good leaders whereas Wrangel, Yudenich and Denikin were poor leaders and they didn't trust each other. -Reds also used the CHEKA to keep control and they used propaganda against the whites. -Whites treated both the peasants and their soliders badly so the Whites suffered from low moral and desertion -The Reds used war communism to keep control of their economy.

Causes and Impacts of the Russian civil war

Causes

The reds wanted their absolute power to remain intact
Whites where made up of many different powers including:
The foreign powers led by the generals: Wrangel,Yudenich and Denikin. They were angry because Lenin had left the war and they wanted Russia's debts to be repaid. They were also scared of communism.
The Czech legion who wanted independance which they wouldn't achieve under Bolshevik power
The Tsarists wanted the Tsar back in power
The liberals and social revolutionaries wanted democracy not communism.
Mensheviks wanted another revolution but a slower one.

Effects

War communism was one of the main impacts of the civil war and it lead to a number of things
including:
poor conditions in the towns: Books/furniture used for fire, Hyperinflation made money worthless, Factories were transformed to produce guns and black markets sprung up everywhere.
There was also very poor conditions in the countryside; Peasants horded supplies so the whole country went hungry, they also made less grain so less would be taken by the requistion squads, basically the peasants didn't want to share.
So both the cities and countryside was in chaos, 5 million died of starvation, burgulery and orphans became a common sight.

Overall summary

The reds won the war for a number of reasons; -They were united under one common goal unlike the whites -The Reds occupied important parts of the country: cities <This lead to communication and transport being easy for the reds but difficult for the whites -Lenin and Trotsky were good leaders whereas Wrangel, Yudenich and Denikin were poor leaders and they didn't trust each other. -Reds also used the CHEKA to keep control and they used propaganda against the whites. -Whites treated both the peasants and their soliders badly so the Whites suffered from low moral and desertion -The Reds used war communism to keep control of their economy.

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Causes and Impacts of the Russian civil war