• The Bolsheviks were the ‘Reds’
• All groups who opposed them were the ‘Whites’
• Whites were mainly: Tsarist officers, Cossacks, Bourgeoisie
• Outlawed political groups
• International community
Con't
• All groups who opposed them were the ‘Whites’
• Whites were mainly: Tsarist officers, Cossacks, Bourgeoisie
• Outlawed political groups
• International community
Con't
- 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
Summary
A fight between the Red and Whites took place to gain land in Russia. Although the whites won a lot of