Civil War
•The Bolsheviks were the ‘Reds’
•All groups who opposed them were the ‘Whites’
•Whites were mainly:
Tsarist officers
Cossacks
•Bourgeoisi
Outlawed political groups
•International community
•Whites won early victories in 1918, but the tides turned due to Leon Trotsky
•Reds were more organized and central
•Allied intervention was only half-hearted
•Reds controlled the industry and had majority of the population
•Lower classes were generally Red
•Middle and upper classes were White
•Peasants were neutral
•All groups who opposed them were the ‘Whites’
•Whites were mainly:
Tsarist officers
Cossacks
•Bourgeoisi
Outlawed political groups
•International community
•Whites won early victories in 1918, but the tides turned due to Leon Trotsky
•Reds were more organized and central
•Allied intervention was only half-hearted
•Reds controlled the industry and had majority of the population
•Lower classes were generally Red
•Middle and upper classes were White
•Peasants were neutral
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Summary: The Russian Civil War of 1919-1921 was fought between the Reds and the Whites, both of which experienced victories and loss.