Russian Civil War 1917-22

Causes of the Russian Civil War;

The Civil War was caused by an array of issues such as; Lenin's Actions, the Challenge to Bolshevik Rule, the Famine and the Desire for National Independence...

Lenin's Actions: 

• Lenin knew that if Bolsheviks cooperated then it would make successful counter-revolution easier 

The Challenge to Bolshevik Rule:

• Social Revolutionarie's (SRs) driven from the government beacuse they opposed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk and refused to sign it 
• Attempted revenge by the majority party
• The SRs joined the Whites against the Reds 

Famine

• Government faced with loss of Germany to Russia's main supply area 
• March 1918 - Treaty of Brest-Litovsk signed
• June 1918 - The workforce in Petrograd shrunk by 60%

Desire for National Independance 

• Reds (Bolsheviks) VS Whites (Enemy)
• The struggle was presented as a class war 
• National minorities fought in the war as an attempt to gain…