The Russian Civil War 1918–22Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014 M06 6 - 144 pages The Russian Civil War is the most important civil war of the 20th century, changing the lives of over half a billion people and dramatically shaping the geography of Europe, the Far East and Asia. Over a four-year period 20 countries battled in a crucible that would give birth to Communist revolutions worldwide and the Cold War. David Bullock offers a fresh perspective on this conflict, examining the forces involved, as well as the fascinating intervention by Allied forces. At the dawn of modern war, as cavalry duelled with tanks, aircraft, and armoured trains along shifting fronts, this title tells a military story enacted against a backdrop of political and social revolution and within the context of immense human loss. The reader cannot fail to be moved by the rare photographs and illustrations that make this history come alive. |
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1881 | |
Background to | 1891 |
Warring sides | 1901 |
Outbreak | 1913 |
The fighting | |
Portrait of a soldier | |
The world around | |
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13th Army 1st Corps 5th Army action advance AFSR Alexiev Allies Anarchists April Archangel armistice armoured cars armoured trains Army Group artillery Ataman August autumn Baltic Battalion battle began Bolsheviks Bolshevism Brigade British captured cavalry Central Powers centre Cheka command commissar Crimea Czech Legion December Denikin Division Don Cossacks east Eastern Front Ekaterinodar elite enemy Estonia evacuation February fighting flank forces French Germans infantry January July June Kappel’s Kazan Kerensky Kiev kilometres Kolchak KOMUCH Kornilov Kuban land Latvia Lenin machine guns Makhno March Military Mission Moscow Murmansk Nestor Makhno November October Odessa offensive Omsk Orenburg partisans peasant Petlyura Petrograd Poland political positions prisoners Provisional Government railways Red Army Red Guards Regiment retreat Revolution Russian Civil War September Siberia Socialist Revolutionaries soldiers Southern Front Soviet Stalin tanks Tauride troops Trotsky Tsaritsyn Ukraine Ukrainian units Urals Vladivostok Volga Volunteer Army Western White armies Wrangel Yudenich