Russian Civil War

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Why had Civil War become increasingly more likely by 1918?
Bolsheviks weren't willing to share power
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Why did Lenin refuse to co-operate with anti-Bolshevik groups?
A counter-revolution would have been easier
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When was Trotsky made Commissar of War?
March 1918
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Who wanted the Tsarist system to return?
Whites
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Who were the political minorities?
Greens
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Who were the Bolsheviks?
Reds
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Were the Allies fully invested in their intervention?
No
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When was the Constituent Assembly dissolved?
January 1918
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When was the treaty of Brest-Litovsk?
March 1918
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Did Lenin accept the terms of the treaty of Brest-Litovsk?
Yes
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Why did Bolshevik opposition originally form in 1918?
Famine
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Who organised the anti-Bolshevik coup in Moscow?
SRs
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When was the first assassination attempt on Lenin?
July 1918
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When was the second assassination attempt on Lenin?
August 1918
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Where were the Czech Legion fought against by the Bolsheviks?
The Trans-Siberian Railway
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Had resistance to the Bolsheviks been around before the start of the Civil War?
Yes
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What did the 1921 Treaty of Riga see?
Russia gave Poland lands from its borders
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When was the Battle of Yekaterinodar?
10th-13th April 1918
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When did France ally with the Whites?
18th December 1918
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When did the USA and Britain withdraw their forces?
June-August 1919
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When was the Battle of Perekop?
7th-15th November 1919
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Was the White army ever united?
No
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Who controlled Petrograd, Moscow and most of the railway systems?
Reds
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Did the Whites rely on foreign supplies too much?
Yes
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Why did the Reds lose sympathy by the end of the war?
Brutal grain requisitioning
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What fraction of the 1927 Communist party had joined in the Civil War?
1/3
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Where did decision making move to?
Politburo and Orgburo
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Why did Lenin refuse to co-operate with anti-Bolshevik groups?

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Who wanted the Tsarist system to return?

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